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From: Edwin Locklin
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 2:51 PM
To: main@SouthernRailway.groups.io
Subject: Re: [SouthernRailway] Southern box car preference, circa
1918 Ike,
I’ve certainly enjoyed reading all (or most) of the Southern Rwy’s historic
letters and documents that you’ve posted. Keep up the good work.
Ed Locklin at mp367.
From: George Eichelberger
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 12:23 PM
To: main@southernrailway.groups.io
Subject: [SouthernRailway] Southern box car preference, circa
1918 I
mentioned in an earlier post that the Southern was not particularly interested
in obtaining 50-Ton USRA box cars. Here (attached) is a 9-20-1918 memo to SR
President Fairfax Harrison explaining why 30-T capy box cars are more suited to
Southern’s territory and traffic base. Note that in 1918, “The South” was still
an agrarian economy with not much heavy manufacturing. The memo is as much about
the Southern’s business environment as it was about box car design.
Comments please! There is no reason to fill up the .io list if this kind of
material is not of interest to many people.
I believe it IS a reason for people to donate both their cash and their
time working on the SRHA archives material!
Ike
 
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