Gordon: For "The things I don’t know”, might you contact the group owners or moderators for answers? The SouthernRailway, ModelingTheSouthern, and SRHA.io groups are all affiliated with the

George - Contact me off-list and I'll tell you - or at least TRY to tell you - about the SRHS/SRHA thing. Long, long, story. Bob Hanson

They are not perfect but the enclosed Google Drive link will allow everyone to download a copy of the current draft of the Southern Railway Presidents' Files Finding Aids. We need to begin an archives

I notice no one has responded to this post yet. Although I cannot locate my copies of the Southern Railway standards books, if someone can look there, they may (!!) include plans for a track speeder

Thank you, Ike. -- Paul Schmidt Sequim WA

For what it’s worth, I don’t remember seeing any standards for a set-off track other than, maybe, at a track shed. I’m not sure such a specific standard existed, so I too would be interested in

Bill: I checked a number of ETTs thinking there may have been some kind of code showing MPs where they located…no luck there. Might the issue be that because a speeder could be moved off the track

I never saw a list of where the setoffs were, at least on the Southern. When I started in MofW in 1971 (which was before the hi-rail era), I don’t recall ever setting off at a purpose-made location

I appreciate Bill validating what I was thinking; the photos that I remember seeing of speeder setoffs, and not necessarily on Southern, were in remote places and perhaps outside tunnel portals. As

When I came along, David, the Southern was no longer using A-cars, at least on my part of the railroad. When we changed rail (such as behind the Sperry car) we used a “rail changer” (RCM), which

I've learned a lot already just from the replies. Always fascinates me how trying to unearth one bit of prototype information leads to so many other nuggets of knowledge. -- Paul Schmidt Sequim WA

Yes, I agree. In fact, I’ve been thinking this discussion could easily lead up to a terrific article for ‘Ties’ magazine. It seems so little is written about MW. It just seems to beg for

Pre-dating Bill by a few years, I was told A type cars had been "outlawed" on the Southern before my time. I was involved with replacing broken rails by chaining the replacement rail under an M-19

First: AC reminder, the usual third weekend of the month SRHA Archives work session is Friday and Saturday. (Several of us will be there in Thursday if anyone wold like to joiun us then.) Yesterday

I inherited many slides from a deceased friend's collection. He attended many NRHS conventions and one group of slides he marked 1960 NRHS convetion [the mounts didn't show dates] covered SRy F

We had another productive work session at the SRHA archives this past Thursday. Friday and Saturday. Although there is a lot of work to be done, we are making visible progress. Join us in

Table of contents of 2019-3 TIES, to be mailed this upcoming week: * “In Case of Fire, Break Latticed Crate” - history and replication of Southern’s standard water barrel/fire bucket for putting

The Silverside gon with N&W 475 was taken in Bristol VA at the N&W yard during a September 1960 NRHS convention. I have a color negative of 475 taken there; the Silverside slide you saw (came from

I have mentioned TVRM has purchased ex Southern Budd dining car #3307 from Amtrak. It will soon be moving from Beech Grove to TVRM for service. From the "when it rains it pours" category, TVRM is also

This is good news. I’m also very happy that TVRM has adopted the policy of keeping equipment in the paint and stenciling of its previous owning railroad or original owner’s paint colors and