Not sure what era Rapido is going to base their models on, but here is a scan of the Crescent at Birmingham, on Oct 29.1978, and along with a few images I took at the station, I can say for certain th

Saw this today from Rapido https://rapidotrains.com/products/ho-scale/diesel-locomotives/ho-scale-emd-e8a-e8b-locomotives#prettyPhoto They do make nice models! Richard Morris

Happy Holidays everyone, Accurate SOU offerings in O-scale are rare and may suffer from lack of widespread advertising. I just wanted to mention to any O scale modelers lurking on these two Southern R

Hi Everyone, I’ve been lurking on this list for a while, and I really appreciate how much incredibly knowledge resides here—thanks for sharing! I’m hoping there might be a Southern coal fan on this li

Sorry, poorly worded question. The train numbers are on the list...when cars connected to different trains, where did that occur? Ike

I just saw a message explaining how .io group prices are going up. As the Southern Railway group is well above the 200 subscriber list to remain a basic (sic free) service, it is grandfathered in but

Hello, list. Does anyone know when the Southern finished repainting the Central of Georgia engines into the tuxedo scheme with CG lettering? Regards, Tom Holley

I expect it would be safe to say; the attached letter from the Charlotte Rapid Transit Co. has been sitting untouched in the Southern Railway Presidents' files since it was written in 1912. I think I

There are a number of memos and letters in the SRHA archives that discuss the move from wood to all-steel passenger equipment. Running multiple sections was already becoming a problem simply because o

Hello,list, I grew up in Columbus, GA, and have seen many Southern chip hoppers. I haven't seen one of these, though. Any information on them would be appreciated. I know the cars show up in videos of

Presidents' Files Box 403 contains files that discuss shipments, and revenues, for every category of freight the Southern carried in the early 1920s. Manufactured items, from the North to the South, a

Charlie, I believe that they are designed to do so, but they’ll look better on broader curves. Doug Alexander Sent from my portable UNIVAC Computational Machine. -- Doug Alexander Atlanta

From SRHA Presidents' Files Box F File 77 Note the attached: Every now and then, we find something in the Presidents' files that would probably never be useful in a TIES article.... but it's simply to

Hello everyone, In my research of the St. Louis line, I have seen mention of a coal train 291/292. From what few pictures and videos I've managed to find, it shows GP39X and GP50s for power with what

Some time ago, I posted the response from Champion Paper when the Southern forwarded the TVA request to suspend operations of the west end of the Murphy Branch for the construction of Fontana dam in 1

Please excuse my late response, as for some reason I hadn't properly added this group earlier. George, The CNO&TP Insurance Policy you posted Nov. 2 from the president's files is chocked full of great

I’ve reached “critical mass” in reservations to justify one more run of the Southern/NS G82/GS50 wood chip hopper. I expect to begin shipments during the first week of February. So far, 30 of the plan

Any source out there for Asheville Division freight accounts on the Murphy, NC line up to the late 60’s?

Hello, list. Is anyone here familiar with operations on the old Pidcock Lines Albany and Northern line (Cordele to Warwick, GA) after the Southern takeover? Regards, Tom Holley

Southern passenger cars on Winston-Salem division mixed trains I was doing some data analysis on Conductor Snow's log books from 1934 today and noticed that there were three passenger car "types" rout