Medallion, Monogram, Herald, Logo, Trade Mark, just the more common names used by different companies to portray their name. All have the same meaning (to some extent) in my mind. It seems to be a cho

I’ve had a similar conversation with the NS Engineering folks and the ACL/SALHS about what resolutions to use to scan microfilm aperture cards. Both groups told me they thought scanning at 300 dpi was

Thanks Ed! As a “naturalized” Floridian, I have to admit the ACL medallion lettering style is the absolute classic! Ed’s drawing, like Southern DL-1010 appears to be a tracing of an EMD original. In t

Yet another major file(s) in the SRHA archives concern the Seaboard Coast Line merger in the mid 60s. In addition to competition from the ACL and SAL combination, the Southern was interested in improv

I've got two questions pertaining to modeling Southern passenger cars. 1) When did Southern start applying horizontal gold stripe to the bottoms of Pullman green passenger cars and 2) when did Souther

There are multiple files in SRHA archives box 612 labeled “Operating Conditions 1966”. They are in the Presidents’ files as virtually every detail of the operation of the Southern Railway was communic

Two more items from the SRHA files.....certainly an unusual subject in 1968, a steam loco and Automatic Train Stop..... I sent these to "our" Jim Howe (a member of SRHA's BOD and the Association's Att

Crosstie Models’ owner, Josh Clark, and I have reached an agreement for Smoky Mountain Model Works, Inc. to resume production of the Southern/NS/N&W GS50/G82 large wood chip hopper kit in HO. This mod

From the SRHA Archives: The attached letter from Ralph Budd to the Chairman of the “Southeastern Railroad Presidents’ Conference” may predate orders from the “Office of Defense Transportation” (ODT) t

The project to record data on Southern Railway rolling stock has been continuing for more than 20 years. The project's spread sheets include more than 300,000 entries (when cars and locos were acquire

As I have mentioned before (sorry to be repetitive...), the Southern Railway Presidents' files are a treasure trove of information about any subject that would involve the President. The files we are

Hi everyone, I have a few questions on Spencer: I know he claimed to have served in the Confederate army, but I can't seem to find what unit he served with. Does anyone know the answer to this? Detail

Southern accounting and billing terminology questions For anyone who may know early 20th century Southern Railway billing terminology: I found a reference in a 1920's era note about "card billing" vs

Hey all, I am visiting Atlanta for a few days next week and on Thursday, I am planning to make a trip for the first time to the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sou

Okay, so you construct a new, parallel bridge next to the 1904 Long Bridge and then what? By my understanding, unless you ALSO expand the track infrastructure north of the bridge in concert with said

Does anyone know of any published resources for the Southern's rolling stock? The reprint of the 1953 ORER is fine for numbers of freight cars, but very little else.

Hey Cuz .. contact me off-list please. I have a question but need your current email addy to send. Thx. Jim King http://smokymountainmodelworks.com/ -- Jim King http://smokymountainmodelworks.com

Hi, does anyone think a Southern Railway forum could be a good idea? I think if we could get other Southeast railroad historical societies involved such as the ACL-SAL, L&N, and NC&StL, it could reall

I'm planning on modelling the L&N St. Louis Division - but not really, I can explain. As far as I know, the L&N interchanged with the Southern at Belleville and Mount Vernon in Illinois and Evansville

Many thanks to those on the list who came through with excellent photos and other information concerning Southern Railway’s aggregate hoppers, the first of which was constructed by the Greenville Stee