MTH Uncataloged Southern "Barber Junction" Passenger Station

I imagine this would be welcomed by the Southern fans.  Thanks for giving us a heads up.

-Greg

Nice station. Lots of Southern signs.

You're welcomed Greg!! Make sure you get you one of these stations!!!

These stations will also be for sale at the World's Greatest Hobby show in Raleigh, North Carolina Saturday and Sunday January 17th & 18th.

Very nice, should sell well.

beautiful, thanks for the heads up

 

rdeal

Very nice station.

Spence, rdeal & Bill T, you guys should purchase one!! This is an UNCATALOGED station made exclusively for the Train Loft. This is 5th Southern theme accessory that MTH has made for the Train Loft. Once they're gone, they're gone!!..........lol

ROGERW, I don't think the Spokane Portland & Seattle ever pulled up to a Southern station otherwise I would be tempted.

Roger:

 

Thanks for sharing this info.

 

Neal Jeter

Bill T, you can purchase station anyway and change the signs!.......lol....rogerw.

Roger
Very nice looking station for the Southern railroad.  Do you have any photos of it lighted? Ken

Hello kjstrains, I didn't light up station, I just took pictures. I can light up station and post pictures later today!............rogerw.

rogerw - i called jeff - ordered the station and the southern switch tower -

 

now - to search and locate and purchase the - - <big>Southern Industrial Water Tower</big>

 

do you have any idea where i can find one of these

 

thanks for you help - rdeal

Ken - I thought of you right away when I saw this.  You're the biggest Southern fan I know.  Great looking station.

 

Art

Hello rdeal, Roundhouse South has the Southern Water Tower. Check either the current issue of Classic Toy Trains or O Gauge Railroading for Roundhouse South contact information. They normally run a small ad in these magazines.................rogerw.

That Southern Railway ad in the first picture...that's not the U.S. Southern Railway - it's the British Southern Railway.

 

...as is the "War on the Line" ad, too. Someone Googled "Southern Railway ads". Oops!

 

In other news: The real Barber Jct. station now resides at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC.

rogerw - thanks - southern water tower has been purchased - soon to be shipped

 

again, thanks for the heads up and the help -

 

rdeal

This sure is a very nice passenger station. Thanks for the heads up.

Yeah, but didn't anyone else notice one of thes signs is for the Southern RR in England?

You're welcomed rdeal, Jeff also has a "MTH Southern Billboard". Make sure to take a look at it when you go to his shop. Glad you were able to find the "Southern Water Tower"!!!............rogerw.

I emailed Brian at Legacy Station.  They have the station as well but rather than Barber Junction, the one they have is Shady Junction.

 

Neal Jeter

rogerw - HELP!!   you are causing me to spend my coins

 

seriously - thanks and if you have time - help us "southern boys" out - keep pointing us in the right direction

 

rdeal

 

 

 

Lionlman. Do you have the model number to the MTH passenger station?

rdeal, anything that I can do to help  "Southern Railroad" fans!!!............rogerw.

Lionlman, You are correct, Legacy Station has their own version of this passenger station made............Rogerw.

Roger:

 

It is 30-90493.

 

Neal 

Hello Lionlman, I went to MTH's product locator. The information on the station is there, but there is no picture.

Roger:

 

The link below has the picture from the Legacy Station website.

 

 

http://www.legacystation.com/m...rain-depot-exclusive

Thanks Lionlman! The only difference in the Barber Junction and the Shady Junction stations is the name. I thought that the color and the posters on station would be different. It's still a great station!!!

MTH has made some beautiful stations and this one is a prime example. . While I scratch build most everything, I chose the old looking (classic design)  two story brick Lackawanna station for my layout. Its got a very realistic appearance, great detail, and perfect proportions. MTH did its job well on the Southern station and on the Lacakawanna station as well. IMO built station structures don't get much better than this.

A side view of the real Barber Junction Station on the grounds of the NCTM.

 

 

Ron

 

Limey advertising poster on the model of Barber Junction Depot:

 

There is a "bloodline" between England's Southern RY and ours beyond just the name. Fairfax Harrison, Southern's President for 26 years, and developer of the famous Green'n Gold "Harrison Pacifics", was vacationing in England and saw their Southern Railway's attractive livery, albeit Green'n Black. He returned and soon Virginia Green with Gold Trim began to adorn his famous 4-6-2 Pacifics including the Crescent Limited, the Queen and Crescent and of course number 1401, the lone surviving Green 'n Gold Pacific, now residing in the Transportation Wing of the Smithsonian. [1401 did not carry the Crescent logo].

 

During the early years of The Great Depression, by 1934, the Crescent Limited decoration had essentially disappeared and many engines were parked on "dead tracks" including Harrison Pacifics, Mountains, Switchers and workhorse Ms-4 Mikados. Southern was in receivership and struggling to survive. As with many other roads WWII brought on high volume traffic and capital from Morgan Bank & Trust to repair and upgrade old and parked engines and rolling stock and buy new E6 diesels in 1941 for name trains [the "Silver Trains"]the Crescent, Tennessean and Southerner[however the War stopped new builds].

 

The #1380 Pacific was streamlined[1942]---redesigned and fabricated at Spencer Shops and carried the name: "The Tennessean". It was power for the Name Train "The Tennessean" on the run from DC to Lynchburg where the N&W "J" took over for the mountain pull to Bristol. From there to Memphis the new Southern Es took over. It was designed and decorated for PR purposes which was effective entering and exiting Washington with the consist. Southern did not want to waste a scarce new E6 diesel on that short run to Lynchburg [initially N&W did yield trackage rights Lynchburg to Bristol].

 

 

The aluminum trim formerly used on the Pacifics was discontinued in favor of imitation aluminum due to Military needs but the Southern soon learned it actually stood up much better than original under the acid engine washes. However the green and silver[almost white to the eye] on the initial pre-war E6s survived on the new diesels delivered after the War[now called Sylvan Green]...........source TIES Magazine.

 

 

 

 

 

Thought I had a good shot of the front, but must be in silver.  So here the only digital shot albeit obscured.  Must stop by soon for some good shots.

 

 

Ron

I need to email The boys at LS and get me one of the shady Junction ones.

It's the same station with posters as the Barber Junction station. The only difference between stations is the name of station..........rogerw.

Here are some views of the actual Barber Junction that I found on the web. Would make an interesting model if you have any crossing lines at grade.

Thanks for the order John! This is a great example of how MTH tries really hard to please its customers. Jeff and I could not agree on a name so they split the run in two.