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

For the first time since 2019 (2020 and 2021 were cancelled), the Harrisburg, Pa. train show will take place next Saturday, March 12th. This year's show is at a new and larger location than recent pre

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

Hi all, Looks like 3rd Rail is finalizing orders for their O-Scale SD40-2, which the tooling allows them to accurately do Southern's initial batch of SD40-2, units 3201-3208. I'm teetering between get

While looking thru photos after David's question,I ran across this photo of 3239: http://southern.railfan.net/images/archive/southern/sd40-2/3239.jpg The truck under the cab does not look like the sta

Important FYI. Mark your calendars, or shall I say, CHANGE your calendars to these new dates please. I am pleased to advise that the previous April date of April 30 – May 1 has been CHANGED to April 2

And …. getting to more prototypical draft gear on models is a great concept! (Is a 2-56 screw really needed for HO couplers?) Going back to the photo of Southern 115757. That group of Southern cars ha

Rick Bell did some serious scanning (300 drawings!) at the archives this week. Many of the drawings were from the height of the Brosnan era when freight cars were being modified or built new to attrac

What divisions did Southern Railway operate up until 1982? I had a list of Divisions here somewhere and I can't find them. I need someone to remind me of what there was before NS. Thanks...

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There are some large files on Southern’s livestock business in the SRHA files. Until large scale refrigeration came available, animals were shipped live to various processing plants to reduce the time

This Saturday's train show is being held at the Hagerstown Ag Center, 6 miles south of Interstate 70 on Route 65. The sponsors are Antietam Station - Hagerstown Model RR Museum, Inc. who maintain thei

Curt: The New Car Program (NCP) file for these cars is probably in the archives. If someone will remember, we can look to find delivery dates, etc. at next week’s archives work session. Here is a redu

In addition to the Southern Rwy Presidents’ files, before Hayne Shop closed, with permission, we retrieved nearly 8,000 lbs. of drawings and documents. All are still in the SRHA archives and we are wo

Hi Ike On this group on 09/26/18 and the following day there were 3 messages regarding info on the Ingalls 4-S. Your message suggested you may have something. Just a gentle reminder and no hurry, did