I photographed him on a TV/SR Atlanta trip, early 80s, but not sure which year, which will make it the dickens to find in sheets of negatives. But I'll start shaking the bushes this weekend (after my

For an upcoming article in TIES, I’m trying to find a photo of Harold Duane “Cowboy” Mintz in his full Southern Railway uniform. B&W or color. If you can help, send it to

After a several month lag time here in the Mid-Atlantic, the train shows are restarting once more: Next up - Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, Va. on Saturday - Sunday, AUGUST 20-21. Lots of goodies to

Are there any photos of Southern #1401 at Spencer Shops? I haven’t seen any but I know there surely are some around.

Yes the Standard Drawing books are available from the Grab. They will also be at the joint convention. Ike

Allen: I expect all of the state crossing sign drawings are in the archives. Contact me off list. Ike

The SRHA issued books of SR standard drawings and you may look for those. I'm not sure they still have them Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Allen, This is earlier than your time frame but it will be close I'm sure. My scanner doesn't' have the size to do a good job but you get a good idea from this Maybe someone will have a better

Does anyone have the standard drawing or at least a picture of a Southern Grade Crossing/Crossbuck Sign that would have been used in Tennessee or any other southern states in the 1955 timeframe? If

The attached Southern memo from the SRHA archives* (dated 12-3-59) is the only documentation found that discusses the stencil change for the two-bay 100-ton aluminum covered hoppers from Roman to

Just in case you had not already heard ..........

Yes sir, the CTC equipment is in storage at Spencer at the NC Transportation Museum. Doug Sent via the Samsung Galaxy A52 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone

This brings back a lot of memories! In the late 70's I was a track supervisor under Jack Greene, for whom Bill also worked, and I then was there again as the division engineer in the mid-80's when

The photo of Southern RR station in Greensboro brought back a lot of memories. My father worked out of this building as a Trainmaster in the late '40s and was Superintendent of the Danville Division

That’s right, Jason. When I hired on in 1971, I worked for J. E. Greene, Division Engineer, whose office was in the back and overlooked the parking lot. This was my “home” until I was promoted

Bill S. can clarify as his first office was in this building I believe, but wasn’t this the Division offices for years as well? Jason Greene

I'm glad to finally hear about this happening: https://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2022/07/25/city-buys-railroad-station.html?ana=e_GR_me&j=28505603&senddate=2022-07-26 Partnership to buy

The August SRHA Archives work session will be the usual third Friday and Saturday of the month, Aug 19 and 20. As the third weekend in September is close to the Sept 30/ Oct 1 dates of the SRHA-L&NHS

I’ve attached the list of Southern freight car drawing indexes (“card lists”) that have been scanned. They are the best source for finding Southern produced drawings for freight cars. In many

It has been some time since we have posted a list of the Southern Railway Presidents’ files that have been scanned. The current list follows. At the present time, SRHA does not plan to put all of