When cars, of any type, either assigned to a particular shipper or service (or were released from that assignment), an “ACA” was prepared and distributed. The SRHA archives have a large number of ACAs

Last weekend was another productive SRHA archives work session. The attached four pages are for a topic that comes up often. The next work session will be March 18 and 19. These four scans are less th

Hello, list. I am looking for a late 1960s through mid 1970s Coastal Division track profile. I have one from 1982, but need an earlier one with the G&F, S&A, and Georgia Northern trackage. Regards, To

We just finished a productive week-end work session at the SRHA/L&NHS/TVRM archives building at TVRM. It has been possible for us to scan “D” size drawings for several years but the new scanner improv

Hi all, Looks like 3rd Rail is finalizing orders for their O-Scale SD40-2, which the tooling allows them to accurately do Southern's initial batch of SD40-2, units 3201-3208. I'm teetering between get

What divisions did Southern Railway operate up until 1982? I had a list of Divisions here somewhere and I can't find them. I need someone to remind me of what there was before NS. Thanks...

Still searching... Hi all, When Southern repainted their E-8's for "Southern Crescent" service in the early 1970's does anyone know if that color was the same as the Green they were delivered in? I ha

After seeing emails about drawings etc. it has rekindled my desire to model the Southern RR station in Tuscaloosa Alabama. I used to go back to work with my dad after his supper break at the drug stor

From the SRHA Archives: Both Alcoa and Reynolds Aluminum maintained lists of commodities that could be carried in freight cars made with their aluminum without voiding the warranties. Here (attached)

Last weekend I attended my first work session at the SRHA facility and was blown away by the vast amount of materials that are in the building, most of which have not been scanned or indexed due to la

On K-4;s decals for the black Southern twin hopper is the following: Sn 3 58. Anyone know what this represents?. I'm sure it's something for March of 1958 but not sure if Sn is a shop abbreviation and

I’m looking for color photos and detailed drawings of Southern’s 44 Tonner locomotives in green paint with the large round SR logo on the side. I’m particularly interested in the history of their pain

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

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

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

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

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

Does anyone know if the Southern used metal dies to stamp a car’s road number on its center sill? The question is to try to determine a car’s original number so it can be painted and numbered correctl

The attached letter from Budd to the Southern, 4-28-47 is one of a series of letters in the SRHA archives where Southern asked Budd, ACF and Pullman to change the design of the side sheets on cars on