Hi all, I'm trying to work through a queue of projects and one is finishing up an article for a 44T water cooler stand I created. Nothing crazy, and it was based off this photo: http://southern.railfa

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

I see about 10 years ago someone asked about Drumhead pictures. I am in process of designing some streamliner decals for all the Southern trains. I was going to issue a standard car decal which does 6

Bill S wrote: > Fairfax Harrison certainly didn’t/couldn’t adapt and it darn near bankrupted the railroad during the depression. Is this why I can't think of any facilities on the Southern named for h

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

While scanning multiple WWI era files in the SRHA archives, I’ve learned about an aspect of the United States Railroad Administration (USRA) I was not aware of. In addition to the typical railroad off

From the SRHA archives (Box 338 File 8778 USRA equipment), here are two teletype messages from 8-17-1917. I don’t think I have heard this tidbit before? Ike

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Questions for early 20th Century Southern Railway I am trying to understand a few things about the Southern Railway operations and corporate decision making from 1900-1924. If anyone has easy access t

We don’t post many drawings or maps to the .io group simply because so many are quite large. Here’s one @ 207M fits that category. It’s from file discussing the expansion of Cincinnati Union Terminal

Many of us may be aware of the L&NHS move to the SRHA/TVRM archive at TVRM but here is Kevin Keefe’s take on it from Classic Trains Magazine. Ike http://cs.trains.com/ctr/b/mileposts/archive/2021/04/0

The demise of passenger trains in the 1960s is well known. The Southern Railway Presidents’ files in the SRHA archives contain many letters and memos on the subject. The attached is a letter from the

It’s important to understand there are multiple ICC reports than can provide quite detailed history on a railroad’s rolling stock and fixed plant. I’ve uploaded four examples* to Google Drive (the upl

What make and model of trucks were used on Southern Streamline passenger cars in the 50s? Thanks Allen Cain -- Allen Cain Modeling the Southern in 1955 in HO Scale

Question: When a section of railroad is either unused or out of service (i.e. - Railbanked), are the taxes on the property of the railroad the same as when it is in service and deriving income and spe

The SRHA Archives contain many items that discuss changes in passenger train schedules, stops and consists. There is a great amount of information available but researching and organizing it is a majo

JC if you are on this list could you email me at <srrfan1401@...> thanks Fenton

This is in reply to Steve Ellis's follow-up question about dining car crew bases other than Atlanta. I'm starting a new thread. The November 20, 1970 timetable is the first that shows the Southern Cre

A decade older, but here is a map I drew based upon a 1943 map. Dave Sent from Dave Bott' iPhone On Mar 7, 2021, at 7:30 PM, Rodney Shu <rodshu@...> wrote:  I always enjoy the communication on "South

I was lucky enough to buy a Southern Lantern which appears to have never been used (maybe it is a reproduction?) and would like to light it. It is stamped with "Use Only Long Lasting Oil". What is the