A follow up to earlier posts on this. Please refer to info below re above club and where info might be available. As refers to Southern Railway and also other railroads. I am looking for archives

The SRHA files on Trains 17 and 18 include correspondence and SR internal memos on the trains’ mail and Railway Express services. The mail was moved to a USPO “Star” route (the date may be in

Because the Southern wanted to take trains17 and 18 off, and attempted to increase patronage, over several years, there are a number of items in the SRHA archives on the topic. Most are scanned but

Good info Jim, thanks for sharing Fenton

I'll scan it for you later tonight or tomorrow morning. Matt

Recent discussions with Jerry Ledford, Bill Schafer and Frank Scheer (USPS expert) regarding last run of trains 17 and 18 on the Murphy culminated in what I found yesterday while digging thru online

Um, the phrase is “Keep the Green Light shining.” Just sayin’. Another iPhone-generated message

All: One of the benefits of membership to the Southern Railway Historical Association is "Among Ourselves" which comes in each issue of TIES. I'm attaching the current issue of AO so you can all see

Would a similar file possibly exist on Birmingham Terminal Station? I know there are scattered documents in the President's and engineering files, but it would be wonderful if a single file had been

I forget this was in the SRHA digital files! Ike

I expect the coaches were 1400 series cars the Southern never planned to rebuild. The answer may be in the “passenger” equipment spreadsheet populated with info from the ICC records. A passenger

Wow, interesting reading! It opens lots of questions in my mind. What cars were used as the coach station, each time? Did they go back into service afterwards? How long did the new Southern station

Thanks George, pretty funny seeing how Southern picked out the new scheme! I guess it would have been a common sight to see heavyweight trains with both the old Roman lettering and new block lettering

The first use of the 7" block style passenger car lettering was on the “Southerner” and “Tennessean” trains of 1941. The SRHA archives contain a letter from Pullman-Standard asking how the

Hello all. When did Southern begin to use this simplified lettering on passenger cars? http://southern.railfan.net/images/archive/southern/passenger/575.jpg

There have been multiple conversations on the SouthernRailway.io group that describe the extent of the material in the SRHA archives. Although it will never be possible to make even a small portion of

Just a little reminder of the annual Harrisburg, Penna train show this Saturday, March 14, 2020. It will be held from 9 am to 3 pm at the I.W. Abel Union Hall of the Steelworkers Union at 200

Don't forget the SR standard for derails on tracks descending to main tracks. In the early 70's we were instructed to make a report on those locations, and many of them were replaced with switchpoint

Just a little reminder of the annual Harrisburg, Penna train show on Saturday, March 14, 2020. It will be held from 9 am to 3 pm at the I.W. Abel Union Hall of the Steelworkers Union at 200 Gibson

Much thanks! So no "D" or "Derail" or "Attend Derail" pointing out the obvious. Explains why I can't find anything. ... -- Paul Schmidt Sequim WA