When the Southern first dieselized areas and yards, the “formula” was pretty simple. Locations that had been assigned 0-8-0s were assigned 1,000HP switchers, mostly NW-2s, 0-6-0 locations were assigne

The stuff about Southern switch engines has me thinking… Are there any Southern ALCo or EMD switch engines preserved at one of the museums? TVRM just did a lot of work* obtaining, and moving, a “Baby

The most recent post on the locomotives of the Atlanta-Birmingham line caught my attention. I was not aware of the Ms-7 class of engones acquired from Erie RR during WWII, some with Vanderbilt tenders

The restoration of Southern OC-21 at TVRM is moving along nicely. The attached photo shows the car in the shop a week or so ago. All of the windows are out so the weatherstripping can be replaced. (On

From SRHA Southern Railway Presidents’ File 182, Box 6390 I did not realize the number of foreign lines official cars the Southern moved. Here are three (reduced size and resolution) examples from a r

The role of the railroads in moving freight before and during WWII was huge, we understand that, but the attached, and file at the Google Drive link that follows go into remarkable detail. From the So

In 2005, Norfolk Southern donated a number of printed, but unbound, copies of “The Legal History of the Southern Railway” to SRHA. Written in 1901, by future SR President Fairfax Harrison, with supple

Southern 2605 cu ft two-bay covered hopper - Sou 4000-4199 This series of two-bay aluminum covered hoppers were built by Magor in 1959. Already 100-ton capy. cars, they were simply increased to four-b

I'm interested in understanding the differences between the various groups of boxcars listed in my copy of the 1934 ORER (see attached PDF of scan as well as my transcription of what I think are key d

SRHA has a complete set of the Southern Rwy publication Ties. What would be the interest in offering for sale a CD with a calendar year's worth of issues? CEA

Hi all, It’s true the Man o’ War wasn’t a Southern train, but I thought you all might find this interesting Kevin August 5, 2021 From Southern Appalachia Railway Museum, Inc.and East Tennessee Rail Ca

I have two of those kits in my stash, both in the green Wright Trak boxes. I might take some pictures for you to look over. I think I would test the waters much like you did with the 12 post and see w

A model of the long-awaited 12-post PS 5277 cf boxcar is close at hand. Pullman-Standard manufactured these exclusively for Southern Railway and the original Norfolk Southern starting in early 1973. M

Does anyone know if the Southern used metal dies to stamp a car’s road number on its center sill? The question is to try to determine a car’s original number so it can be painted and numbered correctl

Has NS cut back on their traffic on the old Southern main line from Atlanta to Washington

There are at least 46 partial drawings of the Atlanta Terminal Station building in the SRHA archives. As they were all scanned from old microfilm, none are in perfect condition and there is no guarant

The attached letter from Budd to the Southern, 4-28-47 is one of a series of letters in the SRHA archives where Southern asked Budd, ACF and Pullman to change the design of the side sheets on cars on

From the SRHA Archives: When the Southern dieselized, many structures, tracks, etc. were rendered obsolete but still on the company’s books as assets. Rather than "write them down” over the usual IRS

In 1955 would the Southern 53'6" flatcars in the 51000 series have been painted black or freight car red? Allen Cain -- Allen Cain Modeling the Southern in 1955 in HO Scale

Can anyone tell me if the 40' and 50' Southern boxcars with opening end doors were 5/4 or 5/3 ends. I can't find a photo anywhere I looked. These would be Dreadnought ends. My era is early 1950's. Tha