In the Atlanta Constitution newspaper for Thursday 21 March 1946, page 14, there was an article headed 'Terminal' Host To First Diesel Built In The South. This outlined an exhibition being held that

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OK should see you Thursday AM maybe 10ish? RB

Although there is much work to be done on the complete set (there is one file per year of the Southern 1894-1982), here is a draft version of two Southern Railway Presidents' Files finding aids. They

Fenton, I uploaded files to the resin car list files section for ORERs from years 1930, 35, 45, 50, and 55. The total size was close to 20MB (some are larger than others). If anyone else needs these,

https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt7n8p5v9x1t_17_1?q=train&offset=300&per_page=100 Interesting photo of a derrick with a cover. -- Mike Turner MP-Z35

Fenton, I should be able to send these to you tomorrow or Saturday. J. C. Paschal

If anybody has copies of these 1937 and 1940 ORER for SR Freight, could you please scan and send them to me. Thanking all in advance Fenton

Mike, The line to Cherokee ran from Ela on the Southern … it was called the Appalachian Ry. Remnants of the bridge piers/abutments where the line crossed the river near Ela are, supposedly,

This is interesting. I had not heard about the Southern & Southwestern Railway Club in about 30 years and had assumed that it had vanished. I was once president of the club in the mid-80s. It was

Thanks Ed and Robert. Organization still going. A reply I got gave me a contact. Details of there comments:- ****************** My name is Mike Rutkowski, and I'm currently the Secretary for the

Jim: I agree with your logic but the Southern was strict about reporting accounts to the ICC. SRHA does have the Southern’s (and CofG) carbon copies of all/most of the ICC Forms 588-R “Report to

Ike, Interesting tidbit re: tt's and wyes. The wye at Canton was still used when I was there 1977-81 and we had to turn an engine once after it broke an air pipe following a hard coupling and swapped

The Atlanta Constitution is now the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Try reaching them at ajc.com/contacts. This will give you a list of contacts and their e-mail addresses. Or you can phone them at

I’m pretty certain that the Southern and Southwestern Railway Club became inactive many years ago. In its last years N&W and Southern (and NS) would not support it. This spread to the other

I am not sure if my subject is directly related to this group but would like to be in contact with the above group re historical information from 1946 and there Volume 34 or 35. It is re the

I’m not sure if this is the appropriate group for model-related discussions so I’m giving it a shot until told otherwise. The reason for my recent inquiries regarding coal and water locations is

Jim: You are certainly making good use of the material! Keep it up! I would like for us to be able to organize a comprehensive study of various items in the SRHA archives. A point I have been

Gordon: Good evening how are you doing? Jim King has sparked interest in the Branch again. If you have a copy of the TT I would appreciate a copy of it, I sent Jim a copy of the 1946 one if your

I found a copy of a SRY TT that Marvin Black copied and sent me probably early 2000's. It does not mention the year but as I recall Marvin stated it was in the 1940's It has a few codes: I can