Hello---Anyone here know the issue date of the last Southern Crescent timetable? I believe it was October 1978. Comments? Thank you.

So I was looking through my Southern general arrangement drawings, a pile that stops in the late '60s, and noticed that the drawings for both the Pullman Big Reds and Greenville Little Big Reds both s

Would anyone happen to have a photo to share of a page from a Southern train register book? Was there any difference in the type of train register books used where an operator was on duty compared to

Hello all, I am looking for Everett Young or Tom Smart if anyone knows how to reach them. They are mentioned in the Morning sun book, Southern Railway in color VOL.4. pages 6-16 of the book. They had

Speaking of coal cars, of which I had zero interaction with during my time at the Southern, and rarely photographed afterwards, there is the question of the "Big Reds". Does the term refer to all the

Hello everyone, I’m looking for information on what happened to the Interstate RR coal fleet after being acquired by Southern. I know many were placed into captive “yellow ball” service for the Westmo

I am needing to sell two Ho scale Southern diesels at a very reasonable price. A Rapido B36-7 for 150.00 and an Athearn genesis GP39X for 100.00. I can be contacted through the group or e-mail: rkseal

There are 70 indexes for the 17,000+ files in Southern Railway Presidents’ Files collection in the SRHA Archives. Here is the current version of one of those 70 for the period from 1871 to 1895, just

There are still diesel order specifications in the SRHA archives that need to be scanned but here are three pages from one version for Southern RS 2101-2125. Orders from the loco builders began with t

Happy New Year to all! I'm searching for three Southern Ry. documents: a train register card, a typical waybill and a mine block waybill. Also, I'm on the hunt for any engineering prints or informatio

I have a Weaver RS3 dummy in O scale, going to make it into ET&WNC 209 or 210... Anyone know what type of horn the SRR had on these? I'm looking for detail parts that are correct, also need to know if

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