All, Just a reminder that this is the last week to order your SRHA swag in black. We’ll continue to carry the green items. So go out and order some of both for your summer wardrobe. Kevin

John, Good guesses on the abbreviations. You’re correct. Kevin

All, SRHA recently partnered with Squadlocker to provide wearable items for its members. We currently offer hats, ladies and men’s polo shirts, and lightweight jackets. All are embroidered with the SR

Ike, Of course you know I find this topic marginally interesting since it’s how I earned my living for a while. I’m going to add a little more dryness to the pot if that’s ok. To shed a little more li

Wouldn’t it have been lovely to be seated next to the vending machine? People stumbling over you to get their bag of chips, asking for change, etc. I can only imagine.

Happy Monday everyone, SRHA is happy to announce that we now offer embroidered apparel! You can order quality hats, shirts, jackets and vests in all sizes for ladies and gentlemen in our online store.

Ike, I know you’re aware of this, but some others may not be. One of the primary reasons for equipment being allocated across the different subs was related to tax benefits. Many times those benefits

Rahl, It’s definitely a long way from a finished product, but is also in very good hands. Kevin

Rahl, Positive on the car number. It was purchased and moved out of Florida a year or so ago. Glad the pictures help. Kevin

I was able to take a little time yesterday to photograph the steam A/C details under former Southern Railway coach 817. This car is now in private ownership and is undergoing restoration in Oak Ridge,

Ike, Whereas I agree that many of the lower level ICC accounts aren’t very interesting (replace 100# rail with 110# rail), many of them list the tracks they are related to. So many times you can deter

Ike, Turntables were typically accounted for in ICC 20. Kevin

It should be noted that in the case of the 1941 cars that Pullman built for the Southerner and Tennessean, the segregated section of the car contained the larger restrooms with lounge space. They are

Ike, Were these coaches the steel sheethed wooden cars, or am I thinking of something else? Kevin

My favorite was/is on X261 “Southerners do it Safer”.

I don’t think we’ve ever called them ghost tracks, but the same issue still exists. It’s always been difficult to get field folks and accounting folks on the same page. The ICC (STB) doesn’t much care

Ike We refer to cars that still have an accounting record but do not physically exist as ghost cars. They have soul, but their mortal bodies have left this earth. Movement records are generally resear

The pictures went to Charlie Poling and Chris Williams. Their company, East Tn Railcar owns the car. It is currently in storage awaiting restoration. It’s safe and in a good home.

Ed That photo was taken in Oak Ridge at SARM. When we received the car it didn’t look that good. With a lot of work by our volunteer staff, the car was restored to match the Fort Oglethorpe, also at S

Ed I’m not saying I know it all, but since I’ve been working on helping get it restored for a while, I’m at least pretty familiar with it. And it’s twin the Fort Oglethorpe. Somewhere (there’s a big w