HI again folks Regarding the movements, Mike Burns notes that L&N hauls for Republic were “added on to the rear of the trains” from Montgomery to Birmingham, when he ran for L&N. I believe

Hi folks THANKS! I am still getting used to this group as it is a little different than the JMRI group.io that I belong to. I didn’t post attachments, but apparently attachments here are OK.

When I was stationed in Selma, Ala., 1972-1973, I would see these cars come through Selma occasionally. They looked much different from the new aggregate cars then arriving on the property. When I

The Southern “ore cars” were 100T three-bay cars (Southern 100000-100249 built by P-S in 1954 (note the date) under Program F-117 as their Lot No. 8127-3. At only 36’ over strikers, the cars

John, I am considering adding a steel mill to my 1955 Southern layout and any info you could provide on the ore and Taconite cars you mentioned would be GREATLY appreciated from anyone who can

John, I don't have any specifics on Sou Ry movements or equipment that you are seeking, but I see an error in your work regarding other eastern US shipments. Baltimore MD sounds reasonable as

Hello I am researching the movement of Venezuelan iron ore by rail from the Port of Mobile to TCI steel mills in Birmingham, AL starting in 1954. Based on work so far, I have found that three

Reading though passenger train-off files in the SRHA archives, I realized there was a direct relationship between the Southern wanting to reduce passenger train miles and the early development of

Jack: Thanks for the reminder about the Wayner book. Another book I suggest is “Midwest Florida Sunliners” by R. Lyle Key Jr. Most of the material in the draft of the Sunbeam article is from the

Ike, Have you seen the consist for the Florida Sunbeam departing Miami on December 25, 1940 published in Wayner's Passenger Train Consists of the 1940? The Pullman names could be crossed checked with

All: I attempted to copy the following series (some omitted) of posts from ther Passenger Car LIst but apparently I "fat fingered" the process. Here is attempt number two.... Ike *** I am putting the

Gino, That is correct. There is a great discussion of coal car design issues in the book by Robert Karig "Coal Cars: The first three hundred years." White's "The American Railroad Freight Car" is

Gino: I believe that is correct. Eventually, the composition of the steel improved to help somewhat. I cannot quote the car series offhand but the Southern(s) first group of all steel gondolas was

Hi, I'm no chemist, but could it be that the sulfur in the coal reacted to form sulfuric acid? Which in it's turn corrodes the metal quickly if it is an inferior quality? Gino Damen The

Sam: To further complicate the nomenclature, there were also “hopper bottom” (HB) gondolas. They were as you’d expect, gondolas with hopper bottoms. A benefit of the “hopper” design was that

Would one of y'all gentlemen please explain to me the difference between the "drop bottom" vs. "double drop bottom" as described below. Thank you, Samuel Smith

Dave: There is not a specific file or folder to refer to and read but these kinds of letters appear in the Southern Railway Presidents’ files quite often. They provide insights into both the

The AAR was almost funny. The Southern had one of the larger gondola fleets in the US, especially relative to its size (obviously nothing like the Pennsy). I guess Faricy figured if a road had so

For a medium size railroad, the Southern maintained sufficient freight cars to receive, rather than pay, per diem for interchanged freight cars. When cars were MOL free running, there are multiple

We are gathering material to use in a future TIES article on the “Florida Sunbeam”. If anyone has any information or material to contribute, please contact us at editor@... or archives@.... The