Hi, I am new to this group. I am currently making a model railroad based on the Southern belt line in Thomasville NC circa 1970’s. Focal point is Hinkle Mill but there were still some furniture busine

Although it takes a bit of “digging’ to locate, the various “ICC Completion Reports” in the archives provide an excellent source of information identifying the histories of Southern rolling stock. Pur

I have been watching the Ed Painter video series by Delay in Block Productions on Youtube. In the first video at the 1:45 time point there appears to be a Southern Hi Cube boxcar. It does not appear t

A little known (but large) collection in the SRHA archives includes the information the Southern kept track of, and sent to the ICC, from 1916 into the 1960s. As you might assume, being “government” r

Might anyone have information on what cars Southern used to ship the end products of the tobacco industry by rail. The new Athearn ATSF Bx-172 car came up on the MFCL group and some say it was used by

I’ve posted a 4-22-68 ICC Report #34733 from the SRHA archives on Google Drive that certainly describes "SP was also interested in discontinuing their services”. The Southern Executive Dept. files in

All: As info. Sent to the PCL. Ike Begin forwarded message: From: GEORGE EICHELBERGER <geichelberger@...> Subject: Re: Pullman heavyweight side sheet thickness Date: February 24, 2023 at 9:55:06 AM ES

Do there happen to be a clear photos of SOU 1401’s cab for references? These would be very appreciated.

I have a Lionel TMCC USRA 4-8-2 lettered for the Southern, I want to make it look a little more “Southernized” by maybe adding a headlight visor or other little things that make it look less stock. Wh

1. Are there any photos of 4501 in revenue service besides the one I have posted here? 2. Is the Central of Georgia #507 a copy of the Southern’s K class design?

I am pretty sure I already talked to the email it directed me to before, but I do not see a member section on the website. Where can this be found?

If you didn't make the huge train shows in West Springfield, Mass. or Timonium, Maryland the past 2 weekends, you still have a chance to get some new goodies this coming Saturday - one day only - trai

I am quite uneducated on this subject but has there been any consideration of Southern Railway 107 being sent to a new home other than Dollywood? It is in poor condition and is relatively unnoticeable

I thought this might be interesting but I took my turn at kitbashing a Southern 4-4-0 in a computer game called Trainz 2019. I made the #3841 because it was one of the last 4-4-0’s running on the syst

Just back from an excellent train show at the Timonium Fairgrounds this past weekend, with a new acquisition might be of interest to you: It's a group of portrait images of steam locomotives, the so-c

After a few hours of searching through old films of NC, I had no luck finding any footage of railroads. I was curious when I saw what appeared to be Spencer Shops in 1941, but, it showed no trains. It

The SRHA archives has grown to include many thousands of scanned drawings that cover virtually aspect of the Southern Railway System. Although it’s “nice” to have them in the archives, many need to be

The “Southern Road Switchers” book draft is much too large to print in one volume (167 pages with much more “modern” material yet to be included. The 400-500 scans several folks are helping me label n

I liked the stuff in the recent Ties magazine about the Hickory freight station. I hadn't ever seen pictures of this before. One of the pictures was taken in 1973, which was about the time that the So

Looking for PHASE classifications for SOU 44 Ton switchers 1950 to 1953. Rapido has announced these but they are in the tuxedo scheme so I am planning to buy an undecorated and paint it green. Their u