One of my most poignant memories from my childhood was, right after high school, I took a trip from where I grew up in New Brunswick Canada to Atlanta. I had dreamed about going to Georgia for years,

Steve, Atlanta Terminal Station was on Spring Street, just up from then Southern offices in Atlanta. Attached is a map from the 1934 study. Hope this helps. Jack Wyatt On Tuesday, October 6, 2020, 11:

Still looking for any info on the Southern Turntables, specifically lengths at the various sites. And additional info would be appreciated. Thanks, Allen Cain

All: Here is a cross posting from the Passenger Car LIst. It is a good example of the kind of material found in the Southern Railway Presidents' Files collection in the SRHA Archives. Ike From the SRH

One of the “passenger train” files I found in the President’s Files in the archives this past Sunday (Box 509A, File 7) was only about passenger segregation 1945-1950. The SouthernRailway.io list has

I assumed that the Southern Railway System's first passenger car color was similar to Pullman Green. Indeed, in a contract dated May 3, 1895 with Pullman Palace Car Company for new passenger cars, the

As we sort through, and scan, the passenger train folders in the SR Presidents’ files, there are a number of documents on mixed trains. As the subject would make an interesting TIES article, does anyo

Does anyone have a handle on how Southern numbered their combination cars and day coaches at the turn of the century? Pullman Sleepers, I know, had names. Also, is anyone aware of any diagrams the arc

Sunday’s quick trip to the archives produced a Presidents’ file on the Railway Mail Service I've not seen before. The file is only post-war data but appears to show increasing mail traffic, and revenu

This may be too wide of a question but would appreciate input on the length of the bridges on the various Southern turntables just prior to dieselization in the early 1950s. Thanks Allen Cain

In the SRHA Archives, we have photographs of at least two Ts-class Mountains, 1453 and 1454, in black paint with dog houses on the tender decks. These are the only two 4-8-2s I know of that got the bl

The SRHA archives work session for 18-19 September 2020 has been cancelled, due to continuing threat of Covid-19 Jim Thurston

I know that the Southern Railway had a line from Lexington to St. Louis. However, I have never heard of a passenger train on that route. Did they have any? Steve Ellis, Brooklyn New York

Hello, list. Right after WWII, a lot of the Southern roads pressed boxcars into pulpwood service, as there weren't sufficient woodracks.. Do any of you know of any photos of pulpwood being loaded in b

Hello everyone, I in the planning stages of of a HO-scale layout based on the Louisville to St. Louis line. I've tried searching on the web for informating on the line but have had no luck. Primarily

Hoping someone can help me pinpoint the model number of what I believe is a Racor/Ramapo switchstand. It's seen here in this Ron Flanary photo: https://www.railpictures.net/photo/538395/ Thank you, Pa

The current discussion about Southern Railway depots is interesting and points to a topic that deserves more research and publication that it receives. In the 25+ years since SRHA started developing i

Contrary to what many people might assume, the Southern did not like how “Jim Crow” laws effected their passenger operations and equipment designs. There are multiple memos and letters in the Southern

Bagged cement: the Canton conductor I rode with during my 1977-81 college years told me he was working in Canton while Fontana Dam was being built (he was also assigned to Camp LeJuene RR for a short

The proposed construction of the Fontana Dam and how it would cut the Murphy Branch resulted in a number of letters now in the SRHA archives, Southern Railway Presidents’ Files. The attached two-page