I understand the TRRA Historical Society did a deep dive on SOU operations into St. Louis some years ago. You might want to see if they have the issue that featured SOU. —Bill Another iPhone-generated

I hi-railed that line not long after it was acquired and took a number of slides, which i have around the house somewhere. I may also have some notes in files that have been sent to the Archives about

For an upcoming article in TIES, I’m trying to find a photo of Harold Duane “Cowboy” Mintz in his full Southern Railway uniform. B&W or color. If you can help, send it to editor@.... Thanks. —Bil

That’s right, Jason. When I hired on in 1971, I worked for J. E. Greene, Division Engineer, whose office was in the back and overlooked the parking lot. This was my “home” until I was promoted in the

Everyone would love to see more Southern steam in color. Problem is, Southern dieselized in the early-1950s, and steam was gone before many people got a chance to photograph it. Not so with the N&W, w

I guess I mean that if a new book on Southern steam is to succeed, it shouldn’t be a clone of the Prince books. It fwill have to have better photo reproduction, be more anecdotal/less analytical, and

The photo reproduction was not the best in any of the original Prince books, and the reprints were abysmal. They were reprinted by the Indiana University Press, IIRC; the books didn’t do their reputat

Jackson, Miss. - no.

Southern had extensive operations in Richmond, West Point, and Norfolk in the early years of the 20th century, particularly in connection with shipping cotton to the ports for export. Southern also se

2018-1 TIES Magazine has a couple articles on coaling facilities on the Southern, with a focus on Inman Yard, including a general map ca. 1944. Photos too. —Bill Schafer

2012-3 TIES, pp. 4-9, “Southern’s Little Long-Lived Flatcars"

Dave’s excellent article on the Spanish flu appeared on p. 12 of 2019-3 TIES - six months before the Covid 19 epidemic. —Bill

I think that the color that originally impressed Fairfax Harrison in England was the green used by the Southern Railway of England, which was a dark green. Beginning in 1926, Southern Ps-4s were paint

I think these were the divisions as of the Norfolk Southern merger in June 1982. All divisions were given new names in 1968 - a change from some of the cumbersome titles that resulted from the wholesa

The Murphy Branch trains “locals” looked like they belonged on the main line - full road power, plenty of cars. When I first encountered these trains arriving Asheville Yard in the 1960s, I couldn’t b

1976 view from one of those (older, 40’) cars of pulpwood.

Chris: I continue to be very interested in running whatever article you might send me on any aspects of SOU-related operations/facilities in the Cincinnati area. As Ike says, the material in the SRHA

Wonder how they fixed the turntable issue in Frostburg.

A longtime friend, Doug Brown, is offering for sale much of his collection of builders plates. Among them are three from Southern Railway steam locomotives - one from P-class no. 1216 and both from Ts

Gary: Personally, I have seen almost no pictures, color or otherwise, of SOU TrainMasters in service on road freights. Shots of them in engine terminals are more common. I was recently looking through