> Followup:1. What's the purpose of the ECAFB? Was air pushed into the cabinet to keep the 60's electronics cool? It's a second stage of air filtration for the electrical cabinet. Remember, most of th

> 1. For my review - Were oval cab vents added to the engineer's side of the cab later on, or were they there from the factory? Every photo I have says yes and that they were on the right. > Just for

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Oracle has come through again! Warren's close-up photo of 4260 shows some kind of fine screening on the side of the hatch. This wouldn't be necessary if the hatch was exhausting air. So it looks l