Six summers before that I got to take a similar Roanoke-Lynchburg roundtrip with two other great steam engines - SOU 722 and S&A 750. September 1977 was a great month for SOU excursion steam. On the last Saturday of the month I was headed to Spencer NC doing a requalification trip on a Macon-Pot Yard hotshot freight.

SOU 9640-9739 were 85' Excess Height Box Cars Class BS-20 built by Pullman Standard in March 1965. They had 10,000 Cu.Ft. Capacity with an Internal Height of 12' 6". Originally designed to haul Tobacco, they were also used to transport …

SOU refurbished their “Local Service” Gantt-built cabooses in the late 1970s, as radio use became more prevalent and electric red marker lights needed to be added to the ends. SOU’s innovative approach resulted in Solar panels being added to the top of the roof to charge a battery system on the prototypes.

Three options contemplated: rail-only, trail-only, and mixed rail/trail. I have to say the hostility from local pols to restoring rail service is very short-sighted and hard to fathom. This will place them at a permanent disadvantage to other locales in the I-81 corridor when it come

The 4610 was originally repainted from NS black to SOU green in 1994 to commemorate the centennial of the Southern Railway and initially it also carried a plaque on the long hood honoring the engineers of the Southern Railway. It was repainted green again in May of 2004 for the 50th anniversary celebration of Debutts Yard in Chattanooga, TN.

SOU North Charlotte District men called it "Cowboy's Hill". "Cowboy" worked at night for the Isenhour Brick Plant, firing brick and running a little store next to the track. SOU crews would stop at the store to get drinks and snacks and talk to "Cowboy" before switching the brick plant and descending "Cowboy's Hill" to Whitney.

Re: How many hobbyshops have we lost in Sou. Ca. in pas Author: SP_8299 IIRC, there was a place in Cerritos called Railway Junction, across from the Cerritos Mall off of South St., near Toys R Us.

In summer of 1973 Southern RR 4501 came to the Midwest to pull the Circus Train from Baraboo to Milwaukee for the Circus Parade. She also ran a rare excursion from Chicago to Bureau, IL over the Rock Island. Roger took some photos of the excursion. 1, 2, and 3. SOU 4501 in Bureau

SOU SW1500 1733 built March 1953 as CofG 309. The first "River Street Rambler", Savannah, GA seen Novmber 21, 1988.

The SOU 950 series coach-lounges had been used on 33-34 since the early 50's. SOU usually didn't mention the cars being on there. Oddly PRR would mention them. Maybe the 950's were put on 33-34 when the 10 section lounges were pulled off. In earlier days the coach lounge would be the only stainless car on the train.