A couple months ago, there was a discussion of a pic showing a Silverside gon coupled to an N&W tender. This is what the tender belonged to. Note the N&W GP9 in the background and the Silverside

Ike, If I can assist TVRM with any 3D CAD or possibly wire EDM work, please let Tim Andrews know. Yours, Dave -- Owner, Cumberland Model Engineering(865) 333-5712

TVRM is in the process of purchasing Southern Budd dining car 3307 from Amtrak. The car is in basically the same condition as it was in Southern Railway service and will be shipped to TVRM in

I have more questions than answers when it comes to depot painting. Depot painting: the “best” documentation I’ve found is in Wiley’s book Exterior 1925 – standardized

When the Augusta area was in my sales territory, I would frequently spend an evening visiting with Oscar. It was invariably an entertaining visit. Oscar was very generous in allowing the use of many

Oscar was such a nice guy to me. This news is not surprising, but it is sad all the same. Many of you will not get the reference (back from rec.models.railroad usenet days when "Big John" was alive

I was just told that Oscar Kimsey passed away a few days ago. His funeral was this afternoon. "OK", or a circle with a "K" inside was surely one of the giants of southeastern railroad photography. We

We probably have not mentioned it enough but because many people are not aware that the SRHA archives most likely contain the largest collection of organized CofG documents, and absolutely the largest

Ike … I went to the .IO web site and got the drawing that way. No need to resend to me as attachment. Outlook 365 is weird when it comes to attachments. SRHA is being credited with MOST of the

Ike, I can’t open this file, only copy it and can’t enlarge. Please send directly to me as an attachment, not embedded in the email. Thanks. Jim King www.smokymountainmodelworks.com

Jim: Not a particularly “pretty” drawing. As the SR did with repaints, it is a “generic” drawing rather than one for different car series but the dimensions are readable. Always measuring up

What is the height of SOUTHERN and main road number used on 41-6 low side gons? I’ve guesstimated the height based on the carbody height but never have seen a stenciling diagram for this car. I

Jim I'd check with Hubert Mask of Mask Island decals He does good work and is good to work with-- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Is Donnie Dixon’s web site still up? If not, are his artwork files available somewhere? I’m finishing artwork for the upcoming O scale 41’6” low side gon kit and need some gothic/block

I hope everyone takes the time to do a search for "Spencer Crew" ... DPayne

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/segregated-railway-car-offers-visceral-reminder-jim-crow-era-180959383/

Michael Young, I believe you need to know the date of the publication of the time table that the reserved seat statement was published and the date that segregation was ended. They might have over

In my 1963 ORG, the CofG has a boldface note in the Nancy Hanks schedule: "Reserved Coach Seats for White Passengers Only." -----Original Message-----

Attached is the outline of a presentation made at the RPM meeting at Cocoa Beach in 2016 by two excellent railroad historians, Noomi Peterson and Jim Murrie. Their contact information is shown on Page

The Central of Georgia had two number series of coaches. The 500-series were referred to as partitioned coaches because they had a partition near the center in order to comply with the Jim Crow laws.