Has NS cut back on their traffic on the old Southern main line from Atlanta to Washington

Hi Ike and all, I believe my Grandmother! Happened in Pittsburgh, drawings came from Duquesne Power Co where he was a construction engineer. But likely started a lot earlier in Indiana where he

John: Arrrgh…I have heard that before but was hoping it was a railfan myth. I heard the Secretaries at the DC headquarters would ask the Engineering people for old drawings they could take and wash

Hi folks Love those old linen drawings. My grandmother used to make all my grandfather’s handkerchief from discarded engineering drawings. John Stewart Birmingham, AL

There are at least 46 partial drawings of the Atlanta Terminal Station building in the SRHA archives. As they were all scanned from old microfilm, none are in perfect condition and there is no

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

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

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

My observations were that engineering people more often than not found a purpose for track, buildings, etc. that were planned for abandonment. The purpose was usually to park work equipment or to

From the SRHA Archives: When the Southern dieselized, many structures, tracks, etc. were rendered obsolete but still on the company’s books as assets. Rather than "write them down” over the usual

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

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

Here is a quick reply. I hope this helps The 40 ft DD cars 272000-272999 had 4/5 dreadnought ends. Note that 272500-272524 had end doors. The 1938 50 ft DD auto cars had 4/5 dreadnought (sq) ends

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

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

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

Can anyone tell me if the 40' and 50' Southern boxcars with opening end doors were 5/4 or 5/3 ends. I can't find a photo anywhere I looked. These would be Dreadnought ends. My era is early

Paul: From the SRHA archives, here circa 1947, is the drawing for “Southern Railway Post Sign”. All of the various state RR crossing signs are also in the files, I will see if the VA “slow

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

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