From the SRHA Archives: Southern Railway passenger traffic was down in 1915. Washington headquarters asked for almost continuous reports on Pullman passengers, usually to determine if lines should be

1930-35 era lettering for low side gon? I have builder's photos from 1924, but that was before the 1928 lettering changes recommended by American Railway Association. And then there was further change

I am looking for the 1982 Southern Railway Frieght Car Diagrams. There used to be a site online that had it as a free pdf, as well as other equipment documents, timetables, a bunch of Bob Harpe? Clini

From the SRHA archives: The attached letter from the L&N to Southern dated Nov 2, 1914 discusses the handling of a tourist sleeping car to San Francisco. Research in “Guides” and PTTs could confirm th

Hello, list. Is anyone here familiar with operations on the old Pidcock Lines Albany and Northern line (Cordele to Warwick, GA) after the Southern takeover? Regards, Tom Holley

Any source out there for Asheville Division freight accounts on the Murphy, NC line up to the late 60’s?

I’ve reached “critical mass” in reservations to justify one more run of the Southern/NS G82/GS50 wood chip hopper. I expect to begin shipments during the first week of February. So far, 30 of the plan

Please excuse my late response, as for some reason I hadn't properly added this group earlier. George, The CNO&TP Insurance Policy you posted Nov. 2 from the president's files is chocked full of great

Some time ago, I posted the response from Champion Paper when the Southern forwarded the TVA request to suspend operations of the west end of the Murphy Branch for the construction of Fontana dam in 1

Hello everyone, In my research of the St. Louis line, I have seen mention of a coal train 291/292. From what few pictures and videos I've managed to find, it shows GP39X and GP50s for power with what

Charlie, I believe that they are designed to do so, but they’ll look better on broader curves. Doug Alexander Sent from my portable UNIVAC Computational Machine. -- Doug Alexander Atlanta

Hello,list, I grew up in Columbus, GA, and have seen many Southern chip hoppers. I haven't seen one of these, though. Any information on them would be appreciated. I know the cars show up in videos of

I expect it would be safe to say; the attached letter from the Charlotte Rapid Transit Co. has been sitting untouched in the Southern Railway Presidents' files since it was written in 1912. I think I

Hello, list. Does anyone know when the Southern finished repainting the Central of Georgia engines into the tuxedo scheme with CG lettering? Regards, Tom Holley

I just saw a message explaining how .io group prices are going up. As the Southern Railway group is well above the 200 subscriber list to remain a basic (sic free) service, it is grandfathered in but

Sorry, poorly worded question. The train numbers are on the list...when cars connected to different trains, where did that occur? Ike

Hi Everyone, I’ve been lurking on this list for a while, and I really appreciate how much incredibly knowledge resides here—thanks for sharing! I’m hoping there might be a Southern coal fan on this li

Happy Holidays everyone, Accurate SOU offerings in O-scale are rare and may suffer from lack of widespread advertising. I just wanted to mention to any O scale modelers lurking on these two Southern R

Saw this today from Rapido https://rapidotrains.com/products/ho-scale/diesel-locomotives/ho-scale-emd-e8a-e8b-locomotives#prettyPhoto They do make nice models! Richard Morris

Not sure what era Rapido is going to base their models on, but here is a scan of the Crescent at Birmingham, on Oct 29.1978, and along with a few images I took at the station, I can say for certain th