Bill S wrote: If the original image was made on orthochromatic film, deeper reds would look black, IIRC. Scott Chatfield

I suspect that Cumberland River bridge photo is a colorized black & white photo, so I don't trust it until it can be proven otherwise. Look at the lack of color on the bridge and its piers. Plus the o

Ike, Since Trailer Train's intermodal cars have always been stenciled for restricted loading only, I would not read "return to general service" as returning cars to intermodal service, but to regular

Ike, That's an interesting document, but those cars weren't released to Trailer Train for use as intermodal flats. Those flats were Trailer Train classes F89CH and F89DH, and I don't recall any of tho

Mike, back in February I explained to the Modeling The Southern list (a sublist of this list) how I kitbashed an old Walthers/Heljan Thrall gon into a Greenville. It is titled Workbench Wednesday #5.

> I realize now I should asked when TT&TO was done away with, rather than when CTC was implemented. TT&TO wasn't done away with until it was replaced by either CTC or Track Warrant Control, and that h

The H Line south of Atlanta wasn't converted to CTC until, what, 1988? Scott Chatfield

If memory serves the Green Bay & Western was the only other buyer of these 52'6" FGE cars. As Nick Molo mentioned, FGE was more a car assembler than a car builder, and these cars look like they have s

Ike wrote: > References seem to be missing for tank cars used in clay slurry service, not used in the early 60s? Clay slurry (in water) did not become common until the mid '70s, and when it did it was

Bill S wrote: > Fairfax Harrison certainly didn’t/couldn’t adapt and it darn near bankrupted the railroad during the depression. Is this why I can't think of any facilities on the Southern named for h

Ike, the letter shows that the problem of cube vs tare is not a new one. Truckers for years have begged for ever longer trailers because so many of their loads cube out before reaching the weight limi

Older lanterns burned animal oil, for several reasons. The important reason for us collectors is the older glass can not take the heat of kerosene fire. The demand for animal oil increased a great dea

What model and make is it? I use regular lamp oil in my lanterns, not kerosene. Scott Chatfield

While you can still find Southern-painted waffle boxcars on the rails (saw one yesterday), almost every last one has lost its original doors. Does anyone recall when that started? Building cars to use

So I was looking through my Southern general arrangement drawings, a pile that stops in the late '60s, and noticed that the drawings for both the Pullman Big Reds and Greenville Little Big Reds both s

Speaking of coal cars, of which I had zero interaction with during my time at the Southern, and rarely photographed afterwards, there is the question of the "Big Reds". Does the term refer to all the

Lee, First thing, if you're looking for O-scale detail parts, the first place I'd call would be Des Plaines Hobbies. Same for S-scale parts. The horn is a Nathan M-3. The bell is a standard "fabricate

> Just to confirm this is from Oct 1984? Yes. Scott Chatfield

I guess my phone doesn't want to upload directly to this list's file section on groups.io, so I'll just attach the images to this email. Scott Chatfield

In the Archives we have a map printed by the Southern of active coal loadouts in October 1984. Of course it includes the Southern and Interstate lines in southwest Virginia. I took quick pics of the m