Southern Railway came into existence in 1894 through the combination of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, the Richmond and Danville system and the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad. The company owned two-thirds of the 4,400 miles of line it operated, and the rest was held through leases, operating agreements and stock ownership. Southern also …
Author Archives: James Thomas
My Trains
These are my engines. These are my cars. More to come! 😀
Scales
Scale implies that is it a scaled down version of the real thing. In model railroading the scales are based off the width of distance between the rails, and not the locomotives like you might think. Some of the main scales used are (from largest to smallest), O, S, HO, N, and Z. O scale …
Introduction
Hi I’m James and I like trains. I enjoy model railroading and I have 6 HO scale locomotives, 17 HO scale cars(boxcars, tankers, etc.), and a couple feet of Bachman Ez-track. Obviously model railroading as a hobby is the emulating or scaling of real trains or train routes. I am not quite sure what I …