I am certain Central of Georgia box cars, without doors, were used in lime service. I have taken, but not found, photos of either CG or Southern cars carrying lime but I will keep looking. The Hayne

Hello, list. Right after WWII, a lot of the Southern roads pressed boxcars into pulpwood service, as there weren't sufficient woodracks.. Do any of you know of any photos of pulpwood being loaded in

Tim’s schedules are correct for the time. However, may I point out the unusual numbering. Standard Code (and every other RR that I worked on) almost always has even numbers EB/NB, and odd numbers

Gentlemen, That is a Rocor stand,with a mid-level target. As Ron can confirm, IRR also had a high level target just entering Andover yard, called appropriately enough High Target. I have a mid

Thank you, Matt. That Bethelem made them, not Racor, confirms what another member has told me. And that information has since led me to a drawing. -- Paul Schmidt Sequim WA

There are several like this in NC, cast by Bethlehem Steel from what I remember. Matt Bumgarner

Hoping someone can help me pinpoint the model number of what I believe is a Racor/Ramapo switchstand. It's seen here in this Ron Flanary photo: https://www.railpictures.net/photo/538395/ Thank

HI Ike The social justice aspects of rail and industrial history are a wide field, and one that I personally leave to others (for which I am occasionally criticized mightily). But nevertheless I

Barber Junction station had two waiting rooms, an agents office in the corner below the tower, and a baggage/freight room. The white waiting room was separated from the agent by an open slat wall

That's the way Lexington SC was. I spent my early years in that station. Rick Bell

More on this topic. Conductors on the Charleston Division are warned not to move "colored" passengers out of air conditioned cars once they have been seated especially non air conditioned (NAC) cars.

Not always the case. Many times a station had both "White" and "Colored" waiting rooms adjacent to each other on one end of the building with the "Colored" to the rear and the "White" to trackside.

John: There is an entire “story” about this. My interest is simply in “straight down the middle” history and I’d like to see more published on this topic published in a straightforward

The typical small stations on all of the railroads of in the south were laid out in virtually the same way. Starting at one end of the station, there is the white waiting room. Next is the

It is important to remember that Southern didn't just subject passengers to Jim Crow but also employees of color. Vintage Southern employee timetables tell us that employees of color were treated at

It should be noted that in the case of the 1941 cars that Pullman built for the Southerner and Tennessean, the segregated section of the car contained the larger restrooms with lounge space. They are

Anyone who’s ever been inside a Jim Crow coach knows the segregated restrooms are slightly the size of a porta potty.

HI Ike Sad but interesting. I never thought about how segregated facilities cost businesses money John John R Stewart www.bhamrails.info 205-901-3790

I've always wondered if someone at Southern was pouring on the irony when they named the Southerner's three Jim Crow coaches "South Carolina" seeing is that's where secession and ultimately the War

Contrary to what many people might assume, the Southern did not like how “Jim Crow” laws effected their passenger operations and equipment designs. There are multiple memos and letters in the