And …. getting to more prototypical draft gear on models is a great concept! (Is a 2-56 screw really needed for HO couplers?) Going back to the photo of Southern 115757. That group of Southern cars ha

Rick Bell did some serious scanning (300 drawings!) at the archives this week. Many of the drawings were from the height of the Brosnan era when freight cars were being modified or built new to attrac

What divisions did Southern Railway operate up until 1982? I had a list of Divisions here somewhere and I can't find them. I need someone to remind me of what there was before NS. Thanks...

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There are some large files on Southern’s livestock business in the SRHA files. Until large scale refrigeration came available, animals were shipped live to various processing plants to reduce the time

Curt: The New Car Program (NCP) file for these cars is probably in the archives. If someone will remember, we can look to find delivery dates, etc. at next week’s archives work session. Here is a redu

Still searching... Hi all, When Southern repainted their E-8's for "Southern Crescent" service in the early 1970's does anyone know if that color was the same as the Green they were delivered in? I ha

Although very little coal has been mined along the CNO&TP and H&NE for years, the early 1900s Southern Railway Presidents’ file include multiple files on new discoveries, possible new rail lines, SR o

Here, from 1954, is a list of some of the biggest shippers on the Southern, what box cars they prefer to load and how many loads per week. This is the kind of material "From the Archives" we can inclu

Did Southern have a standard brick size or sizes? -- Mike Turner MP-Z35

Dumb question night. When Southern trains passed on double tracks, which side of the engine was to the inside of the double tracks adjacent to the train it was passing? -- Allen Cain Modeling the Sout

All: This copied from the MFCL list. As I have said many times, the SRHA archives are full of this kind of (detailed) material. We need help scanning and organizing everything! Ike 2a. Southern Automo

McDonough Wood Yard. McDonough Georgia October 1997 Gerhard Anderson Photo

Southern 318202 1775 cuft. Gondola Seaboard System Moncrief Yard. Jacksonville Florida November 1985 Gerhard Anderson Photo.

Southern Railway 3930 U23B Built 5-74 Foley Florida April 18 1976 Gerhard Anderson Photo.

With so much uncatalogued material in the SRHA archives, in many cases, it is difficult to research a particular question. One question I have had is when did the Southern change the wooden “boxes” on

I'm curious which coal mining area provided coal for the Buck Steam Plant? I understand this Duke Power plant was near Asheville and would have been served by the Southern. However,was the coal provid

After seeing emails about drawings etc. it has rekindled my desire to model the Southern RR station in Tuscaloosa Alabama. I used to go back to work with my dad after his supper break at the drug stor

This PDF (455 page!) version of the SRHA digital files “By Location” index is somewhat out of date but it provides an idea of the photos, documents and drawings we have scanned in the SRHA archives. A

Mike: Good questions! (Would you send me your direct email address?) Unfortunately, due to the condition of the microfilm, I only managed to scan two of the nine drawings. I need to check but I recall