Thanks, Rick, for the memory jog. Here is the excerpt from the October 1915 Southern News Bulletin announcing the official adoption of the SR monogram as the company trademark. No mention is made of t

All: Here is an interesting series of emails about the Southern’s “Arrow” monogram (I have never seen the word “logo” in company documentation.) Can anyone provide any additional information? Ike PS T

Here is an aerial photo of the Spencer Transfer, which is mentioned prominently in the document that Ike posted. This is just south of the shops, adjacent to what is now called "Old Spencer Yard". The

Dumb question of the day: where might one find a copy of SOU directories of industries? Specific interest is circa 1950 but any year would be helpful. Thx. Mike Turner MP-Z35 On 10/16/2018 11:57 AM, C

There was another very obscure "local" freight service that I have only seen in the Southern's tariff. Assuming the name describes the service "Peddler Cars" were (I assume) cars that were set out alo

Wish I could join y'all this weekend but we have a bunch of friends coming from out of town for an operations weekend. I get play asshole dispatcher (I know, redundant...) Scott Chatfield

All: My apologies! Please disregard the first posting on this..... The attachment included a reference to an organization I never want to see or hear about again. Here is a "clean" version. To get rea

Does anyone have a copy of the subject list dated January 1, 1967 (on or about)? If so, would you let me know if all nine of the Central of Georgia F3 locomotives (901 - 909) are listed. Thank you. Da

All, I'm currently trying to figure out three things for Southern (Phase 3) F3's that had the Rooftop Tanks: 1. Does anyone have photos or drawings of the roofs to determine where piping for the tanks

All, Recent news...Sunset Models/3rd Rail is now going to attempt do the dual service (steam generator + rooftop air tanks) F3's in both green and black. These are O Scale models and come in both 3R (

I have been looking at purchasing the Walthers F7 models. The numbers offered, though, do not seem to match the configuration very well. The models have dynamic brakes and steam generators. My researc

I realize thirty pages of meeting notes from 1904 will not interest everyone but to see for yourself use the link to Google Drive to view or download the notes of a meeting at Southern headquarters in

All: I trust it will be OK with NIck Molo if I forward his “Master Class” discussion to the group. I’ve posted it on the Southern Railway (not only “modeling”) group because of its business and operat

Does anyone have information on these boxcars? They were rebuilt 40 boxcars with 16' door openings and double plug doors. Some had loaders insd=talled and were called container cars. They are in the 1

Mike: I agree 100%! People have asked why there is so much “business” data in the Southern 50’ box car book. With the data we have in the SRHA collection, I thought even the “rivet counters” would be

Next Friday and Saturday is the November work session at the SRHA archives. Most of our shelving is up and we plan to empty as many packing boxes as possible. One project (of many) is to organize our

Just a reminder SRHA 2019 calendars are now available with details at www.srha.net. CEA

First of all, to everyone that has joined the Southern Railway group..... Hello and welcome to the new Southern Railway group sponsored by the Southern Railway Historical Association. Membership in th

Hey All, I saw this link from a gentleman on the SOU Modelers Facebook group, but I don't know if it had been posted here. Not sure how many members here are a member of that page, so I apologize if y

Hi all, Quick Question - I've been looking at photos, but can't tell, were the lower headlights (or were they mars lights?) on the E6, E7, and E8 units that had them, supposed to be parallel to the tr