This is a Westerfield O 15. It is the modern kit but I had to use the '40's decals as my railroad time ends in 1953. It has been built pretty much as the directions outlined and HyTech air hoses and T

Dan: Here is a reduced size SF-21598 showing the bracing that sat inside the box car wood chip conversions. You’ll understand my reference to looking like a child’s swing set. (I’ll look to see if Sou

I am curious how the through passenger train services accessed Birmingham Terminal Station. For instance, for the SLSF - Southern services, I would think that Frisco arrived and departed the north end

Would any SRHA members be interested in helping to catalog SRHA’s drawings by entering the pages on the different card lists into a spreadsheet? When that is done, we will link the pages from the Card

I have some aerial photos showing the grading for Norris Yard at Irondale AL east of Birmingham. I am curious what the timeframe for the construction of Norris Yard was. Appreciate it! Jack Wyatt

Does anyone know when the Southern's Atlanta-Birmingham line converted to CTC?

For anyone interested in Express and mail services on Southern passenger trains, this memo from Harry DeButts to Ernest Norris may be interesting. I have mentioned how reduction in passenger schedules

The new SRHA scanner is in service at the archives. As expected, it does a superb job on our large drawings (linens and blueprints). I’ve uploaded the full size, full resolution scan for drawing SF-10

Not really a “trivial” thing…. If you have downloaded the Southern wood under frame box car drawing, notice the ends of the wood pieces. The wood grains drawn are not random, they are different for ev

I've been trying to figure out locomotive classes and traffic were common on the Southern's Atlanta-Birmingham line in the late 40s and 50s. I don't have a copy of Richard Prince's book, so I'm having

I have mentioned how the Southern was not averse to letting car and loco builders “have it” when they were unhappy about something. Here is an example from the SRHA archives. If we can presume (hope)

The stuff about Southern switch engines has me thinking… Are there any Southern ALCo or EMD switch engines preserved at one of the museums? TVRM just did a lot of work* obtaining, and moving, a “Baby

The most recent post on the locomotives of the Atlanta-Birmingham line caught my attention. I was not aware of the Ms-7 class of engones acquired from Erie RR during WWII, some with Vanderbilt tenders

In 2005, Norfolk Southern donated a number of printed, but unbound, copies of “The Legal History of the Southern Railway” to SRHA. Written in 1901, by future SR President Fairfax Harrison, with supple

Southern 2605 cu ft two-bay covered hopper - Sou 4000-4199 This series of two-bay aluminum covered hoppers were built by Magor in 1959. Already 100-ton capy. cars, they were simply increased to four-b

I'm interested in understanding the differences between the various groups of boxcars listed in my copy of the 1934 ORER (see attached PDF of scan as well as my transcription of what I think are key d

SRHA has a complete set of the Southern Rwy publication Ties. What would be the interest in offering for sale a CD with a calendar year's worth of issues? CEA

Hi all, It’s true the Man o’ War wasn’t a Southern train, but I thought you all might find this interesting Kevin August 5, 2021 From Southern Appalachia Railway Museum, Inc.and East Tennessee Rail Ca

I have two of those kits in my stash, both in the green Wright Trak boxes. I might take some pictures for you to look over. I think I would test the waters much like you did with the 12 post and see w

A model of the long-awaited 12-post PS 5277 cf boxcar is close at hand. Pullman-Standard manufactured these exclusively for Southern Railway and the original Norfolk Southern starting in early 1973. M