Sorry attachment did not work for first attempt. The attached is page 4 of a 1975 study of the DT&I by the Southern. The idea, revisited in 1977, was to expand the Southern north of Cincinnati at the

Bob: You may be familiar with the study that produced the attached 5-18-76 letter from J.R. Tipton to H.H. Bradley that describes traffic blocks that could be implemented with a new operating plan tha

Hi Just for interest sake is the main railroad on attached doc Southern Railway or all possibly L&N ? Tallking 1940-50s. I do not have any knowledge of this area. Note that there was a siding or a tra

Received the Q4 edition of Ties, and was surprised to find the article re my milepost in the November 12, 2020 issue of Among Ourselves. Just wanted to post a note of thanks to the editing team for th

Happy Monday everyone, SRHA is happy to announce that we now offer embroidered apparel! You can order quality hats, shirts, jackets and vests in all sizes for ladies and gentlemen in our online store.

Hi This time my request is re the build did occur in Decatur of the Ingalls 4-S. Some construction I believe was carried out in two locations, Decatur AL and Pascagoula MS. At the Ingalls facilities i

Hi Asked a similar question a year or two back, but just to refresh --- Please view the attached doc and the article in the Atlanta Constitution Newspaper re the Ingalls 4-S demonstration to several r

Friday's trip to the SRHA archives located several interesting "new" (circa 1976) topics worth scanning, two files include trackage rights projects that were never finalized. The attached two-page let

Greetings, Has anyone ever seen any color/painting documentation or drawings for the “Memphis” or “Louisville” tugs that worked Pinners Point ? Any help is appreciated! Thanks, Barry

While you can still find Southern-painted waffle boxcars on the rails (saw one yesterday), almost every last one has lost its original doors. Does anyone recall when that started? Building cars to use

Bruce: Your question is a good one! I'll post it as new topic while I figure out how to “unlock” a topic. My guess, only that, is a switch crew would uncouple, spot and recouple cars on the scale as w

Ike: You’re right that SOU required new equipment from offline sources to be billed to a station deep inside the Southern system so that SOU could participate in the rate. Lawyers, Va., near Lynchburg

Ok guys, I understand the check codes and reporting marks on the side of a locomotive cab. What if a locomotive does now have a reporting mark for ownership. Is it just assumed it belongs to SOU? I as

Has anyone in the group had any experience with "older" Broadway Limited steam locomotives? I acquired one (decorated as a SOU 2-8-2 #6326) recently at an estate sale. I operate only DC, but they're s

Hello---Anyone here know the issue date of the last Southern Crescent timetable? I believe it was October 1978. Comments? Thank you.

So I was looking through my Southern general arrangement drawings, a pile that stops in the late '60s, and noticed that the drawings for both the Pullman Big Reds and Greenville Little Big Reds both s

Would anyone happen to have a photo to share of a page from a Southern train register book? Was there any difference in the type of train register books used where an operator was on duty compared to

Hello all, I am looking for Everett Young or Tom Smart if anyone knows how to reach them. They are mentioned in the Morning sun book, Southern Railway in color VOL.4. pages 6-16 of the book. They had

Speaking of coal cars, of which I had zero interaction with during my time at the Southern, and rarely photographed afterwards, there is the question of the "Big Reds". Does the term refer to all the

Hello everyone, I’m looking for information on what happened to the Interstate RR coal fleet after being acquired by Southern. I know many were placed into captive “yellow ball” service for the Westmo