What were the different colors used to letter the Silversides? (The aluminum coal gons.) I gather the colors had meanings, either for which power company they hauled coal for or which subsidiary they

Thanks for the replies about the Hogshead cars. Very educational. Completely outside of my work at the Southern in intermodal. If memory serves we did have some tire shipments by piggyback into the At

A few questions about the ever popular hogshead cars. 1) Where they ever in interchange service? Especially in their original role of hauling tobacco "hogsheads". 2) I think most of them spent their l

Thanks Bill and Bob. I just couldn't see that short car being used in a full-length passenger train with E units and 85' cars. A derailment waiting to happen. Scott Chatfield

Is this thing for? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Rail-Slide-SOU-Southern-Railway-403-no-location-4-1964-ex-A-EC/303559401497 Scott Chatfield

A 1977 ETT has a chart for the restrictions but no pictures of the placcards. The 1978 version has pictures of the various diamond placcards with the words spelled out. Both state they were no restric

Paul Schmidt asked: > Anyone have access to a Southern Special System Instructions for the late 1970s (or equivalent document for the era) pertaining to the location of a hazmat car within a train? In

Thanks Darrell. Next time I'm at the archives I'll see if we have the NCP folders for these cars. Scott Chatfield

Pullman-Standard, if memory serves. Not ex-CG. Scott Chatfield "Evan Miller via groups.io" <nsrailfan82@...> wrote: Hello everyone, I was looking though the photos on the Southern Rail

The Southern Railway System leased the Norfolk & Western Railway at the end of 1990, and then the Southern's formal name was changed to Norfolk Southern Railway. This is the end date of the Southern R

I gather some Alabama coal even made it as far west as the Colorado Fuel & Iron steel mill near Pueblo, Colorado. I gather this didn't happen until the '60s, and perhaps was done only because mines in

I find it interesting that this ca1950s map shows six mines served but the 1984 map I've seen shows twelve on less track. I wonder if the mergers gave the Southern access to more mines on L&N track or

Ike wondered: > PS I have not checked but might the new Tangent hoppers be a starting point for a model of these? Tangent's 3-bay hopper is a Pullman 15-panel PS-3, 2700cf if memory serves. L&N owned

Thanks guys for the answers and pics. Some serious weathering projects there! I assume the reason for the "clamshell" doors is regular coal car doors wouldn't be tight enough to keep wet clay from lea

The Southern had a bunch of modified 3-bay open hoppers for clay service. These are the ones with sorta-clamshell doors held closed by chains that were wrapped around spools on the carside. I gather t

> Sometimes, an entry in the SR records will say something like "car interchanged to Mexico, never returned" .... I recall a memo that listed the groups of Southern cars that were not to be loaded to

Sounds like what we called "memo billing" in the' 80s. A non-revenue waybill. As for B/L and Bs/L, that's bill and bills of lading. Scott Chatfield A&Y Dave in MD <dbott@...> wrote: For anyone who

That drawing was specifically for the fuel cars built in 1973 so there is some minor differences in the data. For instance, the 1962 built tanks were type ICC111A100W1, and of course, rubber lined. Th

> Does anyone have a general arrangement diagram for these cars? The full length center sill and welded construction are definitely a unique features that could be modeled. I know SOU 992454 at Spence

I've enjoyed the info as well. This is probably the one Southern mainline I know the least about. I don't recall ever seeing an article about it in the railfan press (Trains, R&R, CTC Board, etc). I d