It was already in its "Tuxedo Black" paint scheme when it showed up at TVRM around 1969-1972. The car had water and diesel fuel tanks in each end of the car. It had a small Detroit Diesel engine-gener

If my memory is correct, when the heater car first showed up in Chattanooga and was loaned to TVRM for supplying steam to the cars that were stored at Terminal Station it was HC-50. At some point it w

Back in 1979 when I was on the Car Department Staff in Atlanta I was in the Mechanical File room searching for something I needed, when I ran across a proposal from ALCO for high-hood, long hood forwa

I see the letter was from the fifth vice president to the fourth vice president. Was there a sixth, seventh, and eighth vice president. :-)

Tom, There was an excellent article in the April 1969 edition of Trains Magazine by Jim Boyd on the Pidcock lines. It was done shortly after the Southern took over. Charlie Powell

I grew up next to the K&0 line west of Knoxville in the early 60s and remember the boxcars with no doors. The lime was piled in bulk in each end of the car. Seemed like it was seasonal as in early spr

Alex, I saw a posting on the "Trainorders" website with link to an author's website advertising a book "Railroads of Indiana" for $59.00. There was a short video clip showing some of the photos in the

What is the platform on the back deck of the tender?

I also started with Southern after Mr. Brosnan left and worked for for a number of people who had come up under his administration. A lot of them were pretty tough to work for as well. Some years late

James, As others have mentioned the Ms class Mikes were used on the branches and at least from Huntingburg to Princeton on the main line as Princeton was the main shop for that division. One of those

Jason, What you are seeing is the white flag in the flag holder and a radio antenna on top of the hood directly behind the flag. Since 3121 is equipped with Loco Control radio equipment there are two

I am helping a writer friend with a historical novel that takes place in 1945. His characters are going from Warm Springs, GA to Washington, DC. So far I have found a 1950s SR passenger Timetable that

Wow, Doesn't look like the Southern folks were Final Four basketball fans! I posted Saturday evening and there were seven responses before midnight! Seriously, thank you to all especially the drawing

A friend of mine sent me the link below to a short video from 2016 regarding the SOU 1200 coach that was placed in the Smithsonian. The video showed some short clips of the car's interior during the r

David, Pasted below are excerpts the current Code of Federal Regulations (229.125) regarding locomotive headlights. While these are much later than when the E-6s were built, I suspect that in regards