I believe it made it easier to reach the water spout, though that practice was not common on other roads. In my opinion, it probably helped to keep one's feet dry when the water overflowed the tender

What is the platform on the back deck of the tender?

No, they got portholes and other doodad's. See attached photo. Jack Wyatt

Hey, I'm wondering about the E6-B units that remained in service into the 60's. My understanding is that they were upgraded internally to E-8 standards, though outside they still looked like

Allan: It may have been OC-5 when you rode it. You are certainly correct about being “plain”. One of the really interesting things about the Hayne Shop file is the series of “as-built”

Thanks for the builders photos Justin. Didn’t know they had red trucks as well. Southern sure loved to have lettering all over their coal cars! I’ve never seen another railroad with as much data

Thanks Darrell. Next time I'm at the archives I'll see if we have the NCP folders for these cars. Scott Chatfield

Curtis: Thanks for the info! Ike

Pullman Standard builders photos - http://canadianfreightcargallery.ca/cgi-bin/image.pl?i=sou78802&o=sou http://canadianfreightcargallery.ca/cgi-bin/image.pl?i=sou79263&o=sou Justin May

Re: ModelingTheSouthern: I found it. It's a subgroup. Look at your io.groups menu while logged in to this site and click on "subgroups". You should find ModelingTheSouthern. Good luck, Curtis

Hi Allen, There is a Southern Modeler's group on Groups.io SouthernRailway | ModelingTheSouthern I would be happy to tell you there that I mostly brush Future, it levels well and dries

I do remember these 78 and 79 thousand hoppers, and rerailed more than I cared to, since my territory was a major Sou. coal route. The first design, if you looked closely at the truck location (not

Evan, You are correct. These would have been considered PS3's. PS3 was nomenclature used by Pullman-Standard for all open top hoppers just like PS1 was nomenclature for all boxcars. Stuart Thayer

Thanks everyone! I’m assuming these are 100 ton PS-3’s, but perhaps built to Southern specs? L&N had plenty of PS-3’s but theirs had a different slope angle and more panels/ribs. -Evan Miller

Ike, I know, just having a little fun. Allen Cain

If you look closely there are two dates in the outline on the left, 3-77 and 8-31-84, FWIW. Allen Cain

On Apr 10, 2020, at 4:22 PM, Warren Calloway <wcalloway@...> wrote:  <image0.jpeg> <image1.jpeg> <image2.jpeg> On Apr 10, 2020, at 4:06 PM, Bill Schafer <bill4501@...> wrote: I’m going by

I have a copy of the same photo I got from Shelby Lowe and he told me the photo was taken at Atlanta and in the early 1950's. Don't know much more than that but I really like the "scene" and wished

On Apr 10, 2020, at 4:06 PM, Bill Schafer <bill4501@...> wrote: I’m going by memory here, but IIRC, the safety slogans on cabooses were commonplace in the 1970s but they weren’t universal. I

Jason: I agree about Atlanta Term Station but I cannot confirm the location using the ATS interlocking drawing (GRS 2-1-39, last updated 9-23-40). The string of REA cars in the photo must be farther