Southern Railway Huge SR and GM&O fan. Both services operated out of Mobile, Alabama. The historic GM&O station sits next to the Southern station. Out behind the GM&O station sits an old green Southern baggage car.
First Post Life time HO Rail Roader Charlotte My layout is older than me, pre 1963 Southern Rail Road fan My layout is mostly Southern Seaboard Costal Lines fan John
Welcome to Trainboard John. Nice Southern passenger train. Is that a puzzle behind your layout or a painting? Looks pretty cool.
09 DECEMBER 2008 Southern RR John. I live just a 'few' miles South from you (Charlotte), down I-85 in the Greenville, SC area. The Southern Coastline Railway System (SCRS) operates Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Air Line and Southern Railway trains (both passenger and freight). Should you be in the area sometimes, perhaps you would like to visit a 1/4 scale hi-rail (three rails) model railroad. Larry @ SCRS
Heck yeah we're still out here!! I just joined a model railroad club that models western North Carolina from Spencer to Asheville!!!! Most of my fleet is Southern (not Norfolk Southern). I currently have 3 E-6 A units(#s 2800, 2903{The Crescent} and 2901{The Tennesseean}), 2 E-6 B units(#s 2951 and 2953), 6 E-7 A units(#s 2905,2909{Pelican scheme},2910{early simplified green scheme},2907{Tuxedo scheme}, 2915, and 2920), 7 E-8 A units(#s 2923,2924{with air tanks,5 chime horn,and firecracker antennea},6910&6912{Tuxedo scheme}, 6904&6907{Southern crescent} and 6906{brass Southern Crescent}), 3 F-3 A units(#s 6107{with air tanks}, 4158&4189, 2 F-3 B units(#s 4327&4364), 3 F-7 A units(#s 4209, 4210&6715{Tuxedo scheme}, 3 F-7 B units(#s 4387,4386,and 4388), and a 2-8-0 steam locomotive(#722) that used to be stored on display in Asheville. How's that for a southern fan? And that's just the passenger locomotive fleet!! There's not enough time or space left in this column for me to list all of my rolling stock(passenger&freight). We're DEFINATELY still out here but just a little quiet lately.
Soundchaser - Nice roster of locomotives. Evem tho' my primary modelling is for the SAL, with ACL my secondary - have more Southern locomotives than ACL. Seems as tho' the manufacturers don't care much for ACL's "black maria" scheme and I really have too many purple and silver for my time period. While it didn't show up under the Southern "fallen flag" forum, we had quite a bit of Southern info included under the title "ACL/SAL In And Around Charleston, S.C." Mayhaps can get Larry @ SCRS to change the title to "ACL/SAL/SOU In And Around ..."
25 JULY 2009 Their are some Southern and Central of Georgia memories I have that someday, time permitting I will write about. These would be about the SOU / C of G L In And Around Griffin, Atlanta, Augusta, Macon and Savannah. The line between Charleston, S.C and Augusta, Georgia, also Branchville to Columbia, SC. Those areas around Greenville and Spartanburg, SC and those lines out of Ashville, NC (including the Murphey Branch and the now out of service Saluda Grade). It may be best to start with Griffin - when I do write these memories down. Larry @ SCRS
I got all excited when I saw this thread - until I realised you were talking about the US line. I am a fan of the best, most innovative railway - The Southern Railway in England!
New Southern Fan I'm building a Timesaver layout with Southern Loco's. You're welcome to take a look on my website, the site is mainly written in Dutch but I think you'll find youre way to pictures and movies. Here you go to the Spiderfield section.
Sou Welcome! There are quite a few of us here who favor a tuxedo over all else on rails. I saw your website. Nice looking models. I model a little later in time, around the mid seventies. And mine are smaller. You can see a lot of my stuff running on my club's ntrak layout on my youtube page. http://www.youtube.com/user/Specter325?feature=mhum Plus lots of current videos from my travels across the Southeast. Check it out.
Nice to see all of the activity... soundchaser... the "S" line from Salisbury to Asheville? Very nice... fanned it many a time (but as NS) Harold
