From the SRHA archives….. Here is a posting to the Modern Freight Car List… Ike Begin forwarded message: From: GEORGE EICHELBERGER <geichelberger@...> Subject: Re: Speaking a different language? Date:

This is a warm wish to all who have made it thru these difficult last 21 months and are still well and now reaping the tasty benefits of the present holiday season: TURKEY with all the trimmings. Happ

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

A longtime friend, Doug Brown, is offering for sale much of his collection of builders plates. Among them are three from Southern Railway steam locomotives - one from P-class no. 1216 and both from Ts

Work on Southern office car OC-21 (NS 8) is proceeding at TVRM. Ryan Miller and the shop guys are starting to think toward the car’s exterior painting and lettering. They have the correct Southern let

Gentle beings I recently acquired a Division Point SRR FM H24-66 Train Master model with the correct low end platforms. The Withers Diesel book indicates that SRR acquired them to run between EMD F-un

Hello Ike Please send pages 2 and 3 Thanks in advance Best Regards from Berryville VA Andy Ramsay geichelberger@...> wrote:

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

We have mentioned, and quite a few people have seen, how many original and blueprint drawings we have in the SRHA archives. Although a great many of the General Arrangement and larger size details dra

Two questions for the attached drawing… A.) why would the Southern have such a facility? B.) how many were there and where were they? Ike

Sorry I forgot to add the photos

Evan: I assume you could see the drawing so I won’t re-send…. In the late 1940s and 50s, all of the passenger car builders were very active in marketing their designs to the Southern. Sometimes we see

This past SRHA archives work session at TVRM was very productive. The new scanner is in service and producing excellent scans. (One Pullman letter board drawing was 26 ft long!) As is typical, we alwa

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?