Sounds like a reasonable approach and I would hope to purchase. What wheel arrangement do expect to lead off with? You could go with the one which has the most general appeal outside of the Southern

I think I would definitely support this project by purchasing the books.

In an effort to stir the pot and drum up a little discussion, let’s talk about a steam book series. SRHA has a project in the works, and it hit the front burner this weekend. That means we’re

There is a silent film of action on the Saluda grade that can be found on YouTube right here, https://youtu.be/3XyAHXJNYhc Sadly it is a VHS copy of the film. Does anyone know if the original film

Simply as info. Presently there are 3,272 Southern steam loco scans, 141 memos, and 1,424 steam loco drawings in the archives. It’s not really possible to estimate how many more there are of those

All: Donnie has a good point but it’s important to note, the copyright/right to publish of most of the photos in the SRHA archives are held by SRHA. Getting anything published takes, manpower to

I thank you for your comments, it is obvious I do not know very much about how things are done with books to publish things so I am sorry for that. I will however keep searching for photos as a hobbie

A few weeks back, I posted that a Prince book was for sale on eBay. No doubt someone MUST have bought it. Anyone bid? (that might indicate interest) The Prince book does

Will, I can appreciate your request. I would remind you of a few things I’ve learned. 1. There are two major but out-of-print photo books on Southern steam—Prince’s and the Ranks & Lowe books

Just a small point of order.  COPYRIGHT may just need to be considered.  Officially, one cannot just compile a bunch of photos and put them into a book without the permission of the originator.  Of

I recall that there was discussion about a Southern Railway book to potentially be made. I do not know if this will indeed come to be true, but I would like to ask if there would be anyway to make a

Just that last minute little reminder of the next train show coming up THIS weekend; Richmond, Virginia on the weekend of January 21-22, 2023; Saturday and Sunday. It will be located in the Richmond

The branch line from Belton, SC to Walhalla, SC, crossing the Wash-Atl mainline in Seneca, SC, was designated the Z line. Originally the Blue Ridge Railway and predating the actual Southern Railway,

In the 1974 Carolina Division ETT, the Carolina and Northwestern main line from York, SC to Lenoir, NC (included Newton, Conover, and Hickory on the S-Line) did not have a letter designation. Later

Thanks for the pointer to that 1912 list; that's very interesting and helpful. But I still can't really discern a pattern to the letter designations. For example, B was the Harrisonburg Branch but C

The 1912 Station list for all the Southern at that time includes letters representing lines in the station number column. Junctions have multiple station numbers, e.g., Greensboro has 3 numbers, K-0,

All the CofG mileposts are from Savannah with a letter prefix designating the line. The former ETV&G lines used a letter suffix. CEA

There also at one time was an R line in I think the Danville Division and there is one on the Piedmont Division today

At some point the letter system became division dependent. There is a C-line on just about every division and many of the timetables as an example. Does anyone know when that came into play? Maybe the

I'll stand corrected on this one but somewhere around the turn o the 19th to the 20th century, the newly created Southern Railway came up with a "numbering system" for branchlines. The plan was