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.

TVRM operates two ex-Central of Georgia Jim Crow coaches in regular service. TVRM 906 is a modernized heavyweight, and the partition is still intact (but the “white” and “colored” designations

Dave: You are correct of course. My thought when I made that comment to Bill Withun was the entire question of segregation on the Southern needed someone with a broad knowledge of the subject…not

I agree with Dave. The facts have no color. The truth is the truth, no matter who utters (or writes) it. Go for it, Ike. Bob Hanson Loganville, GA

Why can’t a white guy write the article? Ike, you have the evidence, that’s reason enough to set the facts right, just as much as a young black woman had the reason to refuse to move from her

Just want to say, I'm learning a lot from these threads. Out of curiosity, I know a few other museums, like NCTM, have Southern Jim Crow cars in their collection; has anyone else restored one and

Bill: Based upon everything I have read and learned here, the painting not being quite right (or maybe even right at all?), is sure believable. That said, what about the "shopping" referred to earlier