Trackage rights for the CG from Albany to Tifton were apparently agreed to by SCL but not done? Ike

To this day I wonder how many ICC commissioners the ACL and SAL paid off to get that kind of ruling. It blows my mind that they were able to get the merger approved without giving up anything in the

Yet another major file(s) in the SRHA archives concern the Seaboard Coast Line merger in the mid 60s. In addition to competition from the ACL and SAL combination, the Southern was interested in

Brosnan was both a genius and a lunatic at the same time. He was a genius because of his many ideas and inventions that enabled the Southern - and the railroad industry in general - to mechanize and

Ike: Wow! Thank you so much for your effort in finding this information. Reading this response written over 50 years ago means a great deal to me. I doubt that it got him out of the dog house

Rodney: We look forward to you (everyone on SR@groups.io, actually) making it to one of our archives work sessions. They are a combination of actual work, just looking through the archives and always

I worked for L H Smith who was GM, Eastern Lines, in the late '80's. He was a protégé of DWB and if it was anything like working for LHS good lord. I went to a staff meeting in Atlanta in 1988 and

Thanks for the response Ike. I enjoy following the communications on the "Group". Mr. Brosnan was quite a man. I do have some stories about things that took place back then. One quick one that

Rodney: Please don’t be concerned….when you read the responses that always follow Brosnan’s margin notes, you see 99.99% of whatever the problem was, was beyond anyone’s control. “Thick

The "PCS" was my father, Paul Shu, General Manager - Western Lines in 1966. You had to be pretty thicked skinned in those days. Rodney Shu

There are multiple files in SRHA archives box 612 labeled “Operating Conditions 1966”. They are in the Presidents’ files as virtually every detail of the operation of the Southern Railway was

From the SRHA Archives: The attached letter from Ralph Budd to the Chairman of the “Southeastern Railroad Presidents’ Conference” may predate orders from the “Office of Defense

Regarding paranormal sightings and such: While I believe that such things may in fact exist, there usually is a "reason" for their appearance at a location, like the person died there or met an

Sounds like what we called "memo billing" in the' 80s. A non-revenue waybill. As for B/L and Bs/L, that's bill and bills of lading. Scott Chatfield A&Y Dave in MD <dbott@...> wrote: For anyone who

For anyone who may know early 20th century Southern Railway billing terminology: I found a reference in a 1920's era note about "card billing" vs commercial billing for moving a Southern-owned

David, Thank you for posting the pics. I did download them and I think several of them--the E-unit and SR wooden cab pics in particular--will come in handy for model-making. Thanks so

If anyone is seriously interested in doing research on Samuel Spencer, we moved six file cabinets of his papers out of the basement of the 175 Spring St bldg when NS gave the SR Presidents’ files to

Yes, I have been a bit surprised that no one has done a book on Samuel Spencer. Well we know that he liked quail hunting and he apparently enjoyed hanging around the Jekyll Island Club. Paranormal

James and all: As no proper biography exists for Spencer that I have seen, I for one would like to see one, and with it, the answer to your query. He was obviously a capable person and financially

James: Are you aware that SRHA has published a three-volume set of SR freight car diagrams plus books on Southern’s 40 and 50 box cars? I suggest you check out the SRHA “Grab” on www.srha.com,