There have been multiple conversations on the SouthernRailway.io group that describe the extent of the material in the SRHA archives. Although it will never be possible to make even a small portion of

All: One of the benefits of membership to the Southern Railway Historical Association is "Among Ourselves" which comes in each issue of TIES. I'm attaching the current issue of AO so you can all see w

Recent discussions with Jerry Ledford, Bill Schafer and Frank Scheer (USPS expert) regarding last run of trains 17 and 18 on the Murphy culminated in what I found yesterday while digging thru online n

A follow up to earlier posts on this. Please refer to info below re above club and where info might be available. As refers to Southern Railway and also other railroads. I am looking for archives of t

We have been scanning and organizing all of the various passenger train related memos, orders and correspondence in the SRHA archives. (New files were created during different SR Presidents’ and file

Hello everyone, I'm looking for information regarding Southern's switch in the late 70's from using Metallic to Delux Gold on locomotives. Was there an exact date for the switch? I've noticed some new

While many of us are bewildered and apprehensive about Covid-19 these days, you might like to see how Southern Railway responded to the yellow fever epidemic of 1905, which originated in New Orleans t

All: Bill Wright, who is working on the definitive history of Washington Union Station, raised an issue I was not aware of. He mentioned that Southern’s president, Fairfax Harrison, was one of five U.

YIs there a list of the safety slogans on Southern cabooses! W Calloway

Allan: It may have been OC-5 when you rode it. You are certainly correct about being “plain”. One of the really interesting things about the Hayne Shop file is the series of “as-built” interior photos

Hey, I'm wondering about the E6-B units that remained in service into the 60's. My understanding is that they were upgraded internally to E-8 standards, though outside they still looked like E-6's. --

Hello, new to the group. It was highly recommended by a fellow modeler. I need some information regarding a photo of a Southern Ps-4. Does anyone recognize the area, date, and most important the cab n

Hello everyone, I was looking though the photos on the Southern Railfan photo archives and these hoppers I've linked below caught my attention. Would anyone happen to have any information regarding th

I have a few questions regarding SR E8s. NCTM is closed right now and I do not have the Withers Diesel book to reference, so I must inquire from the diesel historians here. 1. Were the E8s delivered w

Southern Railway official car No 5 (disguised as NS No 8) arrived at Chattanooga this afternoon. It will be set on trucks tomorrow and moved to the TVRM Soule Shops to be restored as Southern Railway

There has been a thread running on the S scale .IO group re: ten wheelers of all flavors. I have several pix of Southern's 4-6-0s, including the "famous" low-numbered 903 that plied Alabama rails long

structures--specifically "section dwellings" -- how were they used? Hi all, Can anyone help me? I have been having fun searching through and understanding materials I have collected from the ICC valua

Here is a copy of the stencil diagram for one of the Southern's Southeastern Express, horse cars. It is © SRHA for personal use only. "Southeastern Express" was the Southern's version of what became t

Posted to both the SouthernRailway and SRS.io groups. I will post a higher resolution version of the horse car scan shortly. The stencil has several really interesting aspects folks may want to discus

Not everything in the Southern Railway Presidents’ files in the SRHA archives is “heavy” business correspondence, some is remarkably informal and even “chatty”. The personal correspondence file of SR