William: Here are the pages from contract number 897: Ike

Ike, The diagram is great, and I would like to see the other pages if it is convenient. Thanks, Bill Pratt

This conversation is another opportunity to introduce the group to the various contracts in the SRHA archives. The list I posted a couple of weeks ago will soon be replaced by newer version that

Regarding Mr. Beckham's question, I do not know. However, in handling Operating Agreements for NS in the 80's, CSXT wanted to renew the 1880's Lease of the line Orange to Gordonsville (did SR operate

Bill and others: You are so right. But it gets more complicated .......... and fun, if you like digging and research. The old Orange & Alexandria RR by the mid-1870s was then the Washington City,

The correct answer is that the Orange-Gordonsville line was leased for 99 years to the C&O by the Richmond & Danville in December 1890. At the same time, C&O obtained trackage rights from Orange to

The Orange and Alexandria came to the area before the Civil War. SRHA has no employee information. CEA

Two questions, did the SR run through Gordonsville, VA in the early 1900s e.g 1915-1920? Also does the society have any employee lists from that period? Thanks! Jay Beckham

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I also would like that information

J.C.: I would like a list of Southern books you still have and the prices for them please. Mike Roderick

I need to sellsome of my Southern Railway & other south eastern railway books. These include, but not limited toSouthern Steam Locomotives & Boats by Richard E. Prince, Southern SteamPower by Harold

The Southern Railway Building is on the national historic register, and the park service has a web page about it: https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/16000194.htm According to that, the original

Bob: We could use a time line…. When did the Southern move from NYC to DC, Where was their first headquarters in Washington, “a few blocks from” does not sound like 1300 PA Ave, was “near the

Right after I hit send, a light dawned and here is perhaps why it wasn't rebuilt there: it was at the western end of the dawning Federal Triangle and perhaps the DC Commissioners, appointed by the

Ike: The mystery and curiosity of mine is, after the disastrous fire, why did the SR not rebuild on the same site, albeit with a new structure, etc.? That is my mystery inquiry on this issue. The fire

Bob: At first, I thought you were talking about NYC before Sam Spencer and the headquarters moved to DC. Yes, there is a time “gap” between the move and the new building. I have not “stumbled”

Perhaps more interestingly is where SR was located prior to this building, and why they relocated. The basics are fairly well-known (well, okay, maybe not THAT well-known) but where they were located

Their loss.

After NS moved out of the building, the people that purchased it contacted us for help with Southern Railway photos, maps, etc. to put in the lobby to recognize the history of the building. We sent