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

From the SRHA archives: The attached letter from the L&N to Southern dated Nov 2, 1914 discusses the handling of a tourist sleeping car to San Francisco. Research in “Guides” and PTTs could confirm th

Looking for any information related to G A (George Arthur) Jones - Asheville Division - Freight Agent - Office in Flat Iron Building downtown Asheville - Long time Southern employee retired in the 196

I am looking for the 1982 Southern Railway Frieght Car Diagrams. There used to be a site online that had it as a free pdf, as well as other equipment documents, timetables, a bunch of Bob Harpe? Clini

1930-35 era lettering for low side gon? I have builder's photos from 1924, but that was before the 1928 lettering changes recommended by American Railway Association. And then there was further change

From the SRHA Archives: Southern Railway passenger traffic was down in 1915. Washington headquarters asked for almost continuous reports on Pullman passengers, usually to determine if lines should be

I’m very close to reaching “critical mass” to justify another run of SOU/NS GS50/G82 large wood chip hopper kits in HO. If interested, pls reply OFF LIST to this email with the quantity of each kit yo

Does the Archives have any documents dealing with the Land and Immigration Department for the 1890s and early 1900s? I have searched the SRHA finding aids but have not found any references. This is wh

I realize that this is a VERY general question. In 1955 would the Southern main lines be predominantly single or double track? Washington to Atlanta? Bristol to Chattanooga? Others? Thanks, Allen Cain

Hello, list. Sometime ago I made a list of some of the engines my father handled on trains 71 and 72 between Columbus, GA and Montgomery, AL on the old Central of Georgia in 1974 and 1976. The lists a