Rick Bell did some serious scanning (300 drawings!) at the archives this week. Many of the drawings were from the height of the Brosnan era when freight cars were being modified or built new to

I think these were the divisions as of the Norfolk Southern merger in June 1982. All divisions were given new names in 1968 - a change from some of the cumbersome titles that resulted from the

It definitely depends on the timeframe you are talking about. Division names and lines changed over time. These are best reflected in the employee time tables from the eras. Earlier on, most divisions

Well, Greenville South Carolina is definitely in the Piedmont. I thought they met Greenville North Carolina which is quite far east in the Atlantic coastal plain.

That's Greenville, SC. Piedmont Division main line was Salisbury to Atlanta, so Greenville was near the center. Eastern Division, on the main line, was Salisbury to Pot Yard. Of course, both divisions

It would seem that Piedmont would fit Greensboro better and Eastern would fit Greenville better.

Division with HQ location in (). Eastern (Greensboro) Piedmont (Greenville) Carolina (Asheville) Georgia (Atlanta) Coastal (Macon) Alabama (Birmingham) Tennessee (Knoxville) Kentucky

I can tell you that the old Norfolk Division was combined in the Richmond Division in 1932 and that Danville-Washington-Richmond divisions that had been separate were combined into the Eastern

Title wise with SRHA, I am the Archives Director, one of SRHA’s BOD members. You can use the “Private” link on an .io posting to email only the sender of that item. “Archives@...” also gets

Thanks for the updated information Ike! May I ask what capacity do you serve at for the SRHA? I ask because I have a business related question I didn't know who was on this group. Maybe we should

There are some large files on Southern’s livestock business in the SRHA files. Until large scale refrigeration came available, animals were shipped live to various processing plants to reduce the

Michael: Yes! We expect to post details on the convention activities as they are finalized. Registration will most likely be done using the TVRM system that’s in place now, with links from the L&NHS

What divisions did Southern Railway operate up until 1982? I had a list of Divisions here somewhere and I can't find them. I need someone to remind me of what there was before NS. Thanks...

When will convention information be listed on SRHA website, So members can sign up to attend?-- Michael Shirey Southern Railway Historical Association Member #9748 and Modeler of the Modern DT&I and

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Curt: The New Car Program (NCP) file for these cars is probably in the archives. If someone will remember, we can look to find delivery dates, etc. at next week’s archives work session. Here is a

Still searching... Hi all, When Southern repainted their E-8's for "Southern Crescent" service in the early 1970's does anyone know if that color was the same as the Green they were delivered in? I

This document is available here: http://southern.railfan.net/paper/sr_paper.html It's listed as October 1979 but it's actually 1975. Tim Rumph Lancaster, SC

I've got a pdf copy of the October 1, 1975, Car Assignment Book that I downloaded (from somewhere ...). It's a wonderful resource. Tim

As far as I have ever seen or heard of, the Southern applied ice breaking fixtures to the roofs of some GP30's and SD24's for a few years. Apparently, that didn't last long before these fixtures were