Hey all, does anyone happen to have scans of any employee timetables for the Atlanta-Birmingham line they would be willing to share? Timetables for the 40s and 50s would be great, but I'll gladly

Hi, Sandy. The Tennessee Comptroller's Office has valuation maps of all railroads in Tennessee available for free download

Hello Sandy and all Some suggestions: Try accessing Sanborn maps through the Library of Congress website Search: loc sanborn maps Memphis Try contacting the Memphis Rail and Trolley Museum, Mike

Hello I posted a request for information about Memphis City Yard in the 1960s yesterday. I forgot to mention that I would also be interested in Memphis employee timetables, freight train procedures

Mike Condron’s site is great but you already got that. I don’t know if Steve Forrest is on this group but he’d be another good source. He shot a lot of slide in that area a little later than

Hello I am a SRHA member in Oban, Scotland, UK. I would like to find more information about the Southern freight operations around City Yard Memphis, Tennessee in the 1960s. This was inspired by

As one of the SRHA people that handle the SR.io group, a notice comes to me whenever anyone joins or leaves the group. This one, for long time SRHA member Dick Fisher, was a sad reminder that, last

How are you doing, Can I ask a favor? Edward

If anyone, or any foundation, historical group... can fund someone to work at the archives to organize, index, scan, copy, upload to the NAS…whatever. We can promise books, articles, copies, access

I like the big image files for archiving and research since you can read carbon copies, faded ink, and marginal notes in pencil or wax. But I agree that converting to 72 dpi and using optical

Thanks for sharing. A book acknowledging Marvin would be fitting tribute. He was a gem of a person and cared about preserving knowledge. He got me going on the A&Y and supported me in my

John: The example I posted shows only a fraction of the content in the material Marvin accumulated. (As a Sou-NS employee he had access to railroad files and most certainly volunteered when material

Based on the Royal Palm pool, a good guess for the date of the document would be at least spring 1947 or later. My March 1947 passenger timetable does not show the train as being dieselized, but the

George, If all the information is of the same quality, Mr. Black's contribution is to be lauded in the highest terms. Thanks for sharing this sample. These jpg's can be resized to 800x600 with no

We have not given sufficient "thanks" to the amazing amount of Southern Railway Diesel locomotive research material Marvin Black accumulated for his planned book on SR diesels. Among many other items,

On Southern Form 603. On the original Norfolk Southern Form 126. On Norfolk & Western form C. T. 37 1/2. On Tennessee Alabama & Georgia Form 18. On Central of Georgia Form A. NC&StL Form A L&N

That should be SRW (Southern Railway, not SRR, of course) George Courtney

Anyone know the Form number for SRR's Clearance Cards? An example is in "The Southern Railway Handbook" but so small I can't read it with my small magnifying glass. My modeled time period is 1953 to

Thanks, That is it! Jack

Hi Jack, See attached PDF. I'm not 100% sure these are right, but may help. Dave Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 11:45:09 AM, you wrote: -- David Bott Sent from David Bott's desktop PC