I’m not sure I can claim to be “in the know” but I can confirm SRHA purchased The WrightTrak Southern prototype models. SRHA did not acquire any parts or kits from Gary but we do not expect him

I might have heard it wrong. Maybe someone in the know will reply! WC

Warren, Thanks for the information. I didn’t hear that. It was just they bought the molds. Gary Olszewski Sent from Mail for Windows 10

I was under the impression that they bought all the Southern related Wright Trak models, but I may be wrong! Warren Calloway

Hi, I was directed to this group from members of the IC Modelers group on IO. I have two Wright Trak IC Centralia Porch caboose models and one of them is missing the underframe. A member said the

I think I got that too … at least, my list of .IO lists shows both of the Southern groups had updated signature files. Jim King http://smokymountainmodelworks.com/ -- Jim

All: For an upcoming article in TIES, I am looking for an image, taken from the Church Street overpass in Spartanburg, of the four trains meeting in Spartanburg’s station between 1950 and 1966. This

Are the photos dry? If not, dry them thoroughly as you can in cold dark dry location—air conditioned room helps, but a dry freezer is even better. Then see if mold turns to powder that can be

I found an old print of a Southern Locomotive that I have had for years and it has some light brown mold on it. Does anyone know how to remove the mold without damaging the print? Fenton Wells

Need to fix your signature line on your Email too! WC

It was pointed out to me today that my web address wasn’t working. Thru some investigation, I found that WWW. is no longer used and, in fact, created a barrier for my web site to be uploaded to my

Does someone have a track chart showing Canton and Balsam grades? I have a complete track chart in paper form from Dillsboro/Sylva to Murphy but need to know about the other 2 significant grades on

Steve: Was the haulage not used because the plan was to shift the Palatka paper mill traffic to Triple Crown trucks out of Jacksonville? And…. I included an “epilogue” about the Palatka line

Interesting about the 1940's abandonment of the Palatka line. During the "rush" re the "new era of NS-CST cooperation" in the 80's (Foley Line Trackage rights allowing CSXT to abandon an entire sub,

Thanks Ike. The A&Y is listed and liked under the Southern at NARA. The boxes i pulled often had notebooks for other Southern lines, main company, subsidiaries and wholly owned short lines. I’m

On second thought…. The A&Y Valuation data may (!) be in the Southern “short line” or “subsidiary” ledgers. They contain many union station and subsidiary files. None have been reviewed or

There appear to be three bridges described in your example. The examples you posted look like they are from field notes. The quality and format of the notes depended on the two or three people in the

We had a productive work session at the SRHA/TVRM archives this weekend. When someone comes to the archives for the first time, we usually suggest that the simply open one of the Presidents' archive

Bill is correct. The Southern did cross the Eno on the south end of Hillsborough NC. It's successor (NS/NCRR) continues to do so and I'm very happy to report that during cooler weather I have the

Thanks for all the feedback, guys.  I will leave the "Eno River" on the sheet when it comes to lettering one of the 10-6's I have. I had found lists of Southern sleepers, none listed it, but did