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  Painting & Lettering Southern Railway's Steam Freight Locomotives

  September 19, 2012 - posted by David Lotz - 738 views - 0 comments - 0 likes

  Southern Mikado Number 6623 in freight livery. - J. C. Paschall, Jr., collection. by J. C. Paschall, Jr.    Much attention has been given to the colorful green and gold paint schemes of the Ps-4 locomotives and other steam...
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  Modeling a Southern Railway 40' 40-Ton Steel Box Car

  July 23, 2012 - posted by David Lotz - 518 views - 0 comments - 0 likes

  Photo: J.C. Paschal, Jr. by J.C. Paschal, Jr.    In the late 1930's and early 1940's, Southern Railway built 5,896 40' 40-Ton double-sheathed single-door box cars in the number series from 10000 to 15895. Car number 10900 ...
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  Wood Chip Service Cars

  June 20, 2012 - posted by David Lotz - 1,113 views - 1 comment - 1 like

  Above: Ashley, Drew & Northern SW900 No. 907 handles a cut of wood-chip hopper cars on a spur at Crossett, Ark., on Oct. 15, 1981. AD&N owns 100 similar cars, 100-ton types with a capacity of 7000 cubic feet.Right: One of the cars specially de...
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  Add A Little Variety to Your Roster with a Pair of Southern RS3s

  September 19, 2011 - posted by Christopher Brimley - 580 views - 1 comment - 4 likes

  by Larry Puckett Photographs by the author unless otherwise indicated The Southern Railway usually doesn't come in very high on many ALCOphile's list of favorite railroads, but ALCO was one of Southern Railways favorite steam locomot...
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  The First Turbo SD: Part 4

  June 3, 2011 - posted by Christopher Brimley - 678 views - 0 comments - 2 likes

  by George Melvin SOU SD24 2512 heads up a quartet of three-year-old SD24s being serviced at Youngtown Yard in Louisville, KY, on March 10, 1963. Louisville was another north end destination for the SOU SD24 fleet during its prime. Note the addition...