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I have found many Southern cars stenciled on the frame near the bolster but often this gets very dirty and hard to read. Inside the door is often another good place. You may have to remove layers of

By Jason Greene · #2101 ·

Re: Stamped car numbers?

I don’t know about the center sill but I do remember seeing the initial & number stamped on the lower side of the car body around the hand rails. Don’t remember if it was the ‘A’ end or

By Mike · #2100 ·

Stamped car numbers?

Does anyone know if the Southern used metal dies to stamp a car’s road number on its center sill? The question is to try to determine a car’s original number so it can be painted and numbered

By George Eichelberger · #2099 ·

Re: Budd Letter to Southern Rwy 4-28-47

Apparently, the question began from the NYC’s cars in the order. They started the issue of having 3 inch skirts on their lightweight cars. There is an entire sequence of correspondence between the

By George Eichelberger · #2093 ·

Re: Budd Letter to Southern Rwy 4-28-47

I wonder who the guy was that thought they could call up Ford and ask them to modify their cars to look like Chevy? My response would have been “If you wanted all your cars to look the same you

By Rob Wingo · #2092 ·

Budd Letter to Southern Rwy 4-28-47

The attached letter from Budd to the Southern, 4-28-47 is one of a series of letters in the SRHA archives where Southern asked Budd, ACF and Pullman to change the design of the side sheets on cars on

By George Eichelberger · #2091 ·

Re: SOU Flatcar Paint Color in 1955

In 1955 my memory says black. I’m not sure when the flats, hoppers and racks went to brown but I thought it was 1957. Could be wrong. Maybe some one who definitely knows will chime in. But you could

By O Fenton Wells · #2085 ·

SOU Flatcar Paint Color in 1955

In 1955 would the Southern 53'6" flatcars in the 51000 series have been painted black or freight car red? Allen Cain -- Allen Cain Modeling the Southern in 1955 in HO Scale

By Allen Cain · #2084 ·

Re: Trying to get Photos that might fiit the end of a Southern Auto Boxcar

Thanks, Gary. I check his site out. George Courtney

By George Courtney · #2082 ·

Re: Trying to get Photos that might fiit the end of a Southern Auto Boxcar

Chad Boas has the correct end door for the SRR 40' boxcar. Gary Bechdol

By Gary Bechdol · #2081 ·

Trying to get Photos that might fiit the end of a Southern Auto Boxcar

George Courtney Would either of these two ends be good for the opening doors on the ends of a Southern 40' or 50' Automobile Boxcar early 1950's? This might take e two messages

By George Courtney · #2080 ·

Re: Head On Collision Near New Market, TN, 1904

I have a copy, and I too enjoyed it, it contains a lot of good information, and is written in a way that holds a reader's interest. One thing I will always remember about it, however, is this quote

By Michael Young · #2077 ·

Re: Head On Collision Near New Market, TN, 1904

Bob, I enjoyed it too, learning about many obscure wrecks/accidents. I do recommend the book, but just double check anything which seems questionable. All wrecks are nasty, but New Market ranks right

By C J Wyatt · #2076 ·

Re: Head On Collision Near New Market, TN, 1904

That would be suspicious, Jack. The book was written by an English professor as a study of ballads and the wrecks that inspired them, it was not written by a railroader or a rail enthusiast. I agree

By Robert Hanson · #2075 ·

Re: Head On Collision Near New Market, TN, 1904

Thanks Bob, It's an interesting book, but some pictures in her article on the New Market wreck are questionable (e.g. wrecked freight cars in the wreck of two passenger trains). Jack Wyatt

By C J Wyatt · #2074 ·

Re: Head On Collision Near New Market, TN, 1904

I accidentally hit "send" before I was finished. Sorry. The previously mentioned book is a study of train wrecks and the ballads written about them. I don't think it is still in print, but one could

By Robert Hanson · #2073 ·

Re: Head On Collision Near New Market, TN, 1904

This wreck received about 10 pages of coverage, including photos, in Katie Letcher Lyle's 1983 book, Scalded to Death by the Steam,

By Robert Hanson · #2072 ·

Head On Collision Near New Market, TN, 1904

Initial report from president's files in SRHA archives.

By Carl Ardrey · #2071 ·

Re: Southern Single Sheated Boxcars

I agree with Dave, I am not aware of any Southern single sheathed USRA box cars. Although USRA allocated some number of them to the Southern, that information might be found on a USRA published list

By George Eichelberger · #2069 ·

Re: Sn3 7-58

According to the list compiled on the Steam Freighcars list, "SR" was Spencer. "SN" doesn't show up at all, though that group does not really consider anything after about 1960, A car reweighed at

By Aidrian Bridgeman-Sutton · #2068 ·

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