Anyone have knowledge of how Southern repair shops were identified on freight cars during the steam-diesel era? Say, 1946 to 1953. I saw a HO boxcar with the the letter N-48/ Which shoop would htat be

On page 84 of “Appalachian Coal Hauler: Interstate Railroad's Mine Runs and Coal Trains,” there’s a photo of Southern 2182 on a mine run at Kent Jct. There’s a two-aspect colorlight signal to the righ

I was chatting with a friend who was asking about Southern cabs on other roads. It appears that the PC bought 13 of the 1946 cabs in 1971. They also inherited five from the Indianapolis Union Terminal

WAUKESHA, Wis. — Jim Wrinn, who aspired since his youth to be the editor of Trains magazine and served in the role for more than 17 years, died at home on March 30, 2022, after a valiant 14-month batt

Just a little reminder of the NEXT Timonium, Maryland train show in suburban Baltimore, MD. on April 2-3, 2022 That's just 3 days away and this is the rescheduled date, originally slated for later in

Guys, the link below will take you to my SRR Passenger Car Lettering and Paint diagram for Steam Locos. https://storage.googleapis.com/wzukusers/user-34059780/documents/de30e2278cbf493ab8425da61986cc5

Hi all, I'm getting some models ready for the Valley Forge RPM. I've finally come back around to my model of Alco S2 2218 I did many years ago and want to weather it. Went looking for photos and found

Has there been any word about whether Rapido will be doing the early (1969) as-delivered GP38's? -- Mike Turner MP-Z35

Planning continues for the joint SRHA/L&NHS Convention and Prototype Modelers meet at TVRM on Sept 29, 30 and Oct 1. (The L&NHS has made arrangements for good hotel rates.) The session, at TVRM Grand

I am loking for the alco elevation drawing, please help, as I want to engrave thedrawing in brass and attach it to Southern Railway 1643 (now Morehead and Northfork 12) at Age of steam

Anyone have any knowledge whether a Southern ballast or weed spray train, or even a wreck train would have worked out of Bristol, Intermont Yard or Bulls Gap in the early 1950's? Even if it would have

I posted this to the ACL/SAL list but others may be interested… Ike Begin forwarded message: From: "George Eichelberger" <geichelberger@...> Subject: Re: [SeaboardCoastLineModeler] SAL 591143 - 591192

A long-term SRHA archives project has been to organize and scan all of the various freight and passenger car drawings, Specifications and Card Lists. The work is on-going and help cross reference and

Did the Southern ever publish a list of telegraph calls, either by division or system? I'm especially interested in the Ashville, Knoxville and CNO&TP Divisions. I've been 'mining' some of them from o

Ike, do you have the dates for the March and April work sessions? Thanks, Marv Clemons

My name is John and I am president of the Apple Valley Model Railroad Club in Hendersonville, NC. I am also acting Archives Chairman because our Archives Chairwoman is temporarily unable to serve. We

When cars, of any type, either assigned to a particular shipper or service (or were released from that assignment), an “ACA” was prepared and distributed. The SRHA archives have a large number of ACAs

Last weekend was another productive SRHA archives work session. The attached four pages are for a topic that comes up often. The next work session will be March 18 and 19. These four scans are less th

Hello, list. I am looking for a late 1960s through mid 1970s Coastal Division track profile. I have one from 1982, but need an earlier one with the G&F, S&A, and Georgia Northern trackage. Regards, To

We just finished a productive week-end work session at the SRHA/L&NHS/TVRM archives building at TVRM. It has been possible for us to scan “D” size drawings for several years but the new scanner improv