Scott: WrightTrak did two versions of rebuilt 40’ box cars: “XF” food service cars (green doors) and 40’ roof hatch cars. Both are excellent models although I did not use his underframe castings. I’ve

Bjarne: I don’t remember anything about Goldsboro Union Station that has been published but I have been accumulating material for a TIES article. (Maybe also “Lines South” as it was a Southern/ACL/NS

A cross post from “Modeling the Southern”…..

The Southern Railway Presidents' files in the SRHA archive date to before the Southern was organized, the early years of railroading in the Southeast are well documented The attached letter to Samuel

Marv: Welcome to SRHA! Now that you are “official”, we need to get you to the archives to look through the Birmingham material. With multiple roads interchanging passengers and freight traffic, Birmin

We ran an article on Hampton, Fla in the last issue of TIES. In addition to Seaboard and Southern drawings of the interlocking plant and contracts between the two railroads controlling how the depot a

The next archives work session will be Oct 18th and 19th. Several projects are underway or nearing completion but more continue to be identified that will "fit" almost anyone's interest in the Souther

As we continue to organize the material in the SRHA archives, new topic "categories" to be researched are discovered at virtually every archives work session. Box 543 (Files 10,753 through 10,756) is

Something for the Official Guide fans among us. From Southern Railway Presidents' file Boxes 490 & 491, Files 10275, 78, 81 & 82 (884 scans). Did the service actually begin? If so, obviously, with a c

Oooops! I’m wrong…TVRM Founders Day is not the same weekend as the L&N&H and archives work session..it;s the 7th. Good reason to go to TVRM twice. Ike

I’m not sure I can claim to be “in the know” but I can confirm SRHA purchased The WrightTrak Southern prototype models. SRHA did not acquire any parts or kits from Gary but we do not expect him to sel

Steve: Was the haulage not used because the plan was to shift the Palatka paper mill traffic to Triple Crown trucks out of Jacksonville? And…. I included an “epilogue” about the Palatka line that was

On second thought…. The A&Y Valuation data may (!) be in the Southern “short line” or “subsidiary” ledgers. They contain many union station and subsidiary files. None have been reviewed or scanned in

There appear to be three bridges described in your example. The examples you posted look like they are from field notes. The quality and format of the notes depended on the two or three people in the

We had a productive work session at the SRHA/TVRM archives this weekend. When someone comes to the archives for the first time, we usually suggest that the simply open one of the Presidents' archive b

Certainly an interesting series of comments! All are certainly logical and probably contributed to the decision to get rid of section houses. Could the fact that most of the company house designs; sec

Two days of work in the SRHA archives has turned up yet another category of Southern Railway data...and a question. After WWII, there were a number of "programs" that included the retirement of variou

To remind everyone, the August archives work session is Friday and Saturday August 16 and 17. Several of us will be there starting Thursday. Ike

I’ve attached a photo of Sou 3252 “Emory River” taken Atlanta, GA 4-5-72 O.W. Kimsey, Jr. photo. Bill Schafer may be able to tell us which train the car is operarting in? Note the unpainted roof.. I’v

Dan: The L&N cabs were acquired by the L&NHS, I’ll ask what their plans are for them. We were told the ACL/SALHS was not interested but SRHA does not have those items, (The MD&S low side gon is partic