Another would be an Industrial Directory, of you can find one. It would list the businesses in each town, what they shipped/received, and, if the town was served by more than one railroad, the road on

While I never rode the train, I was told by those who did that the X-Plorer did not cover itself with glory on any of the few trips on which it was used. Most unreliable. Bob Hanson Loganville, GA

Good point, Bill. The SAL Pullmans of the period were two-tone gray. Bob Hanson

Not necessarily. The Pullman Company's Descriptive List of Cars for March of 1961 shows 28 of these cars in Pullman ownership and in the Pullman pool. Also, any cars that are not needed can be release

I've seen color slides that showed black lettering on the medallion. I may have one or two but I'd have to dig them up. Bob Hanson

And EMD called it a "Medallion." Bob Hanson

There's a lot of that "infinite wisdom" going around. A scanned image is not the same as an original document, and frequently they'll scan a contract or document without scanning the supporting docume

I think that such rights were rendered redundant by the purchase of the Georgia Northern. The Southern upgraded a portion of the road so that they could run trains from Albany over to Sparks, GA (just

To this day I wonder how many ICC commissioners the ACL and SAL paid off to get that kind of ruling. It blows my mind that they were able to get the merger approved without giving up anything in the w

Brosnan was both a genius and a lunatic at the same time. He was a genius because of his many ideas and inventions that enabled the Southern - and the railroad industry in general - to mechanize and c

Apparently I missed something - are they going to move the statue? I believe that the statue is sitting right where it should sit - in front of the NS building in Atlanta and if it should be moved at

Jack, you may be right. All I had to go on was the biography, apparently given to dignitaries, issued for the dedication of the memorial. I've done nothing to verify the information, so you'll get no

According to a biography in my collection that was issued at the dedication of the Spencer Memorial in 1910, Samuel Spencer also served at Vicksburg and later under General Nathan Bedford Forrest. He

Marv - I recall seeing waybills on similar cars and the origin station was Vertagreen, AL. Obviously, this was one of those stations that was, by rulebook definition, a place identified by name on the

Ike - A "quick-and-dirty" check of the Guide shows that the service did, indeed, begin and it was a Bristol-Nashville service. Service was provided by a 12Sec-1DR sleeper. How long the service lasted,

Luther Calvin Norris (1846-1930) was the father of Southern Railway president Ernest E. Norris. Bob Hanson Loganville, GA

There's a diagram for the 10-Roomette-6 Double Bedroom car Enoree River (along with all the other cars in the series) in the 1956 Southern Railway passenger car diagram book in my possession, also a l

If there was, it is not listed in the Pullman List for 1961.

There's a pie chart in the 1961 annual report that shows that 37.9% of the company's expenses were payroll expenses. By far the largest single item.\ The next largest was the catchall "other operating

George - Contact me off-list and I'll tell you - or at least TRY to tell you - about the SRHS/SRHA thing. Long, long, story. Bob Hanson