For the first inauguration of FDR in 1933, the Southern moved 7,633 passenger to Washington March 1- 4. More than 3200 were in Pullmans in regular trains, extra sections of regular trains and special

Here is the first of two posts to the Passenger Car List about the air conditioning used on Southern passenger trains…. Ike Begin forwarded message: From: george eichelberger <geichelberger@...> Subje

Fortunately, there are as many answers as questions in the SRHA archives files. Note below… Ike

While looking for the letter from the Southern Railway President to other roads describing the air conditioning systems Southern used in its passenger cars for Ed Mims (not found yet), I came upon thi

From the SRHA archives…..Here is an interesting note from PRR’s AVP Motive Power to SR President EE Norris about steam jet AC. (The “train” is the Southerner.) Ike

When did the size of "The Southern Serves The South" lettering change? Was the larger lettering first or later? Allen Cain

Being relatively new to researching Southern, would anyone happen to have answers for the following questions: Were the 35/40/40-2/45s all equipped with low idle? Did they have dual control stands or

Hello all, I’ve toyed around for a while with the idea of making an O scale version of ET&WNC RS-3 # 209 or 210, which were CoG engines with all the SRR style parts on them with changed road names (un

Here is a cover letter and the first two, of sixteen, pages from the August, 1949 Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry “Package Car Service” Bulletin in the SRHA archives. The term “package ca

I have been scanning documents in the archives on the 1949 order for cars for the Crescent. Here are three examples that tell their own story. Although I do not know how many Budd drawings we have, no

Probably would help it I actually attached the list, D'Oh🤔 Allen Cain

Please look at the attached list as I am sure that you will find something of interest. The list includes many cars that would have been seen on the Southern during the transition era. I am offering d

Hello everyone, Micro-Trains just released an N Scale Southern single window coach with road number 4500. I was wondering how common single window coaches were on the Southern, and does anyone have an

Everyone is probably aware of how “low” PC was in the early 1970s. Freight traffic through its southern gateways at Pot Yard and the N&W through Harrisburg was considered short haul traffic not worth

Does anyone make original NS decals in HO that can be adapted to this car? Jim King http://smokymountainmodelworks.com/

It has been some time since I looked at scans of the of the oldest Southern passenger car drawings, I revisited a series of “standard” car drawings from 1904 and 05. It took the Southern about ten yea

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Slide-Southern-SOU-1116-Hopper-Car-August-1970/373115491098?hash=item56df6a931a:g:aZIAAOSwlGZfDhpG Looks to have been repainted at Coster prior to this 1970 display (

Paul, I don't know if this will help but I took these photos in the Fall of 1984 on a trip to Saluda. You may use them if they will help your article Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28

Because there has been some recent interest in actual consists of the Southern Crescent in its glory days (1972-1979), I have consulted some of my old pocket notebooks and transcribed the consists of

As I am adding DCC to a new Athearn GP50 I just revived. I notice something strange. The loco I am working with has a white number board #7010 and apone further research. I notice that the Southern 70