I got a couple of sets, and they look pretty good. Not as sharp an edge as you'd get from an ALPS, but perhaps as good as silk-screening can be. I really like the addition of Alco and Baldwin builder'

Charlie, I believe that they are designed to do so, but they’ll look better on broader curves. Doug Alexander Sent from my portable UNIVAC Computational Machine.

I've always wondered if someone at Southern was pouring on the irony when they named the Southerner's three Jim Crow coaches "South Carolina" seeing is that's where secession and ultimately the War st

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 E-6's.

If you want to ask modeling questions, come to the Southern Modelers page on Facebook. We'll be glad to have you, and you can ask anything you want (as long as it pertains to modeling in general or mo

The assessment seems reasonable and well thought out, though I am reminded of one done by the US Highway Department in the late-1930's when the Pennsylvania Turnpike folks, unable to raise enough fund

Are you looking for just at Kemper Street, or beyond that? Doug Alexander Model Trains Department HobbyTownUSA 840 Barrett Parkway NW Kennesaw, GA 30144 Main 770-426-8800 Cell 404-272-2986

Well Bill, then hooray for tradition! Doug

Did you ever get an answer to your "period question"? I have noticed that on a lot of advertising of the era. I think that the last holdout, naturally, was the Wall Street Journal, which ran a period

Ike, I'm going through my enormous backlog of emails and happened on this. I don't know if you found a solution, but if not, why not call the nice ladies at Catzpaw in Griffin. They do 3-D printing, t

If Ike was all that with Photoshop, he’d have shown us a photo of the Eichelberger River! Doug Alexander Sent from my portable UNIVAC Computational Machine.

So Bill, was there in fact a 10-6 named “Eno River”? I don’t recall any by that name Doug Alexander Sent from my portable UNIVAC Computational Machine.

Richard, Southern named their 10-6 Pullman cars for rivers the railroad crossed. There were scores of them. And of course, not a one comes to mind at this moment. But I don't know of an Eno River on t

Enoree River was built for the Crescent in 1949 and began service on that train in 1950. While it might have been used on other trains from time to time, Enoree’s home was 37 & 38. Doug Sent from my p

I;m with Marv; I'd much rather see Clover and other Pullman cars in Pullman Green. I once asked the late Bob Soule why they had chosen Tuscan red for their cars, that being a more N&W and Pennsy color

Ike, I started a page on FB dedicated to that very proposition. It’s called “Fire Up 1401”. Doug Alexander Sent from my portable UNIVAC Computational Machine.

It is my feeling that the Smithsonian is hung up on the Jim Crow South. The entire exhibit around 1401 is focused on those terrible times and their effect on American Blacks. The rest of the story abo

The attached photo appeared in the 2010 Sept-Oct edition of TIES. This was the issue with the stories about the introduction of AC signaling to the Southern. This photo ran on the back page and was ca

If you "give" some to Steve, you need to "give" some to me at HTK, too! Just sayin'. Doug