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

The Atlanta Constitution is now the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Try reaching them at ajc.com/contacts. This will give you a list of contacts and their e-mail addresses. Or you can phone them at 404-

This question got my curiosity aroused. I checked several rule books in my collection, and P is, indeed, the abbreviation that the Southern used for telephone. On the ACL, SCL, A&WP/WofA/GaRR, and P&N

P = Passing track D = Daytime train order office N = Day and Night time train order office. These are near-universal abbreviations. Bob Hanson Loganville, GA

When the Augusta area was in my sales territory, I would frequently spend an evening visiting with Oscar. It was invariably an entertaining visit. Oscar was very generous in allowing the use of many o

I agree with Dave. The facts have no color. The truth is the truth, no matter who utters (or writes) it. Go for it, Ike. Bob Hanson Loganville, GA The description of the Jim Crow car is unacceptable!

Ike - I cannot address the "Peddler" tariff. Never seen one. LCL traffic was frequently covered in separate tariffs from carload traffic. "Peddler" cars and local freight trains were commonly used ter

Mike - My description of the process was as I understand it. The car could have been spotted next to the caboose, but the article in a very old Trains Magazine that I recalled had it next to the locom

Ike - Unless I'm mistaken, a peddler car is a car loaded with LCL freight for various points along a run. As I understand it, these cars were usually placed right behind the locomotive and were set of

Another thought, Mike - If you're interested in a specific location - i e, Atlanta, Charlotte, etc. - a directory from a connecting line would contain the same information. Such directories usually gi

They occasionally show up at railroad memorabilia shows, but when they do, they aren't cheap. The last one I saw (circa 1930) changed hands at something over $100. You also might monitor ebay. Bob Han

Bro. Webster says that "despatch" is a variation of "dispatch." Apparently both are correct. Bob Hanson

Ike - Here are scans of the front and back of the pass I mentioned. I realize that it is from 1894, long after the R&D assumed control of the GP, but I have read, can't remember where, that the arrow

Ike - I have read that the arrow-through-initials herald (monogram/medallion) originated, not with the R&D, but with the Georgia Pacific Railway. I can't definitely cite the source of the information,