George, the photo you attached. Is that the bridge from Cincy to Ludlow? Michael Shirey PCRRHS and SRHA Member

Michael: You are certainly correct that more needs to be researched, written and presented on the Southern’s Louisville-E. St Louis line. The SRHA archives contain photos, contracts, maps and

Thanks guys! So sorry to hear about Tom's passing. So with this new information, whom has the photos of Toms'? My only intention was to see if they had more photos to share of Louisville, KY., New

Greetings to Mr Fisher! I assume WABCO is Westinghouse? John John R Stewart www.bhamrails.info 205-901-3790

I think Everett Young lives in Kentucky, maybe Pikeville? W Calloway

Agree. Tom left the hobby in the early 70' and disposed of his collection, then got back into it later in the 70's. I think RR Wallin got most of it and sold a lot when he ran his auction letter

Michael, If you are looking for the Tom Smart from Louisville KY he passed away probably 30+ years ago. Stuart Thayer

Hello all, I am looking for Everett Young or Tom Smart if anyone knows how to reach them. They are mentioned in the Morning sun book, Southern Railway in color VOL.4. pages 6-16 of the book. They had

Mr. J. D. Howard, "Super Chief" on the Georgia Division, referred to them as "Big Reds" and "Little Reds" with no 'Big' in the reference to the Greenville cars. Perhaps he just got tired of saying

If I may introduce SRHA member Dick Fisher…… After a career with WABCO and Southern Railway, Dick is THE expert on air brakes and all manner of hardware. Ike

The P-S cars were Big Reds and the Greenville cars were Little Big Reds. Dick

We need to confirm the term was not more broadly used but here is a SR memo describing Specification F-127 (Sou 75000-75799) and F-200 (Sou 75800-76599) 100-T, 49’ 4003 cu ft hoppers as “Big

Speaking of coal cars, of which I had zero interaction with during my time at the Southern, and rarely photographed afterwards, there is the question of the "Big Reds". Does the term refer to all the

Thanks for the help! It looks like it'd be fine to mix in some black and repainted INT cars in a 60's era Middlesboro based mine run I'm considering modeling. Being able to mix in Southern Black,

Ike, That rationale for joining the cars makes sense to me. As far as the name goes, I guess “articulated” was a way to make it sound more exciting than it really was ;-) Dan

It was my understanding that some of the cars retained their knuckles between the two cars and the cut levers removed. Jason Greene

I don’t know what was used by the Southern to permanently couple (“articulate”) cars but recall that American Steel Foundries (ASF) offered (and may still) a cast steel connector for use between

50-ton aggregate cars were also articulated. Dick Fisher

Dan: I don’t think the concept of joining two 50-T hoppers was based on reduced costs. After the “Big John” case was settled (won), the Southern wanted to offer 100-T tariffs on other

Bill, I don’t have any photos I can share online, but in the hopper section of “Southern Railway Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment” by James Kincaid is a photo of an articulated