Clark: You didn't mention a year for the "Carolina Special" consist, here is a document from 11-15-67 showing the standard consist of Train 27 not long before it was discontinued. The Pullman came off

Welcome Clark, According to a passenger car diagram book, Sou Rwy 3168 is 82'-4" over the buffers/diaphrams, 78'-1" inside length, 58'-9" truck centers. There are pass car experts on here, just

Hello, I'm new to the group and interested to learn more about Southern Railway. I have a couple questions (this in regards to a few model train cars I just purchased): Southern Railway Diner Car

I know I have seen lists of destinations for kaolin clay that were routed via the Southern (they virtually all originated on the Central of Georgia) but, of course, I cannot find them off hand. Here

From the Southern Railway Historical Association Archives, Box 334A: Although unremarked, and for a much shorter period than WWII, railroad troop movements for WWI were still significant. Here is page

Ike wrote: > References seem to be missing for tank cars used in clay slurry service, not used in the early 60s? Clay slurry (in water) did not become common until the mid '70s, and when it did it was

The SRHA archives include many files on the shortage/purchase/rebuilding of 40’ box cars 1963-65. Many were needed as the Southern’s contribution to various on-line and off-line car pools and for

All, Thanks for the extra history. I didn't realize coal has acid in it that would eat away at steel cars, but that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for Bob's number. I haven't lived in Raleigh for close

Tim: No, Sou 992987 (according to the SR MoW records) is one of the high side gons built by Mt. VernonCar Co. in 1943. I’m sure the info is someplace but I cannot locate the car’s revenue road

Could this be a similar car? Photo was made January 10, 2020 in Chattanooga

David, Bob is in Wallingford KY. He will be at the Neuse River show in Raleigh May 1-2. (Next weekend!) His number is 606-748-1811 David Carpenter

Hi Bill, Thank you for helping me with that information. Glad to see the other model is numbered correctly after all. I'll have to think about what I want to do and either paint it similarly and

David, This is a model of a Southern Coal Gondola. The following information is from the Sunshine Models Prototype Data Sheet.The cars were originally CAPY: 100,000. I have a couple of photo’s from

Hi all, I've had a model of a 42' Gondola made by PSC for quite some time. I'm trying to understand what I actually have. There is no documentation in the box and nothing really at all about this

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Rodney: There must (!) be some videos of the Southern container cranes among the films SRHA received from NS a number of years ago. (More videos than I remember, my Honda Accord was down on its

Thanks for the information. I plan to be in Chattanooga at the next "work day" and will certainly look set aside some time to look through those files. I wonder if there are any short videos of the

All, Just a reminder that this is the last week to order your SRHA swag in black. We’ll continue to carry the green items. So go out and order some of both for your summer wardrobe. Kevin

Rod: I never managed handling COFC but the answer to your question can be found in the Rail-Highway files in the SRHA archives. Two things are important to understand: The first TTX cars did not have

I would like for those of you who managed the early handling of containers on flatcars (without truck wheels or frames) for information as to why Southern initially handled loading and unloading of