Southern RR Fans- PHOTOS

Dewey, this is the one I purchased from Malcolm.  This is his picture.

 

Ron

"RRronbh"  - very nice photo

 

rdeal

That it Ron. I have a couple of those you dislay plus a bay window cab and two Atlantic &  Yadkin cabs Malcolm built.

Did anyone order the Lionel Southern Legacy Hi-Nose GP30 Diesel?  I would assume someone did on this thread.  I have heard they have shipped and I was curious how it turned out.  If you purchase one and received it, please post some pictures, but if you can please post a video so we can hear it and see it in action!! 

Thanks

Ken

 

 

Ken:

 

I got mine today from Legacy Station but have not had time to unpack them.  I will post some photos tomorrow.  Also got the LionChief Plus Southern Railway NW2 and will post pictures of it as well.

 

Neal 

Hello SRR fans.  I have a question regarding cabooses.  What caboose would y'all recommend to complement by Lionel Southern mountain locomotive?  I am trying to stay with K-Line or Lionel.  Thanks.  Tyler. 

Tyler

 

Here are a few Southern Cabooses from Lionel and K-line that I know of…

-Lionel 6-17601 Southern Woodside Caboose

-Lionel 6-17663 Southern Bay Window Caboose from 2004

-K-612-2012 Southern Bay Window Caboose – Red (Also K-line made one in Black

-6-22282 Lionel by K-line Southern Bay Window Caboose (Same Tooling as the K-Line Caboose Above)

 

I own Lionel 6-17663 and K-612-2012 Bay Window Cabooses.  The quality of K-Line Bay Window Caboose lacks.  I used the smoke unit and it melted the roof and the windows have fallen out.  If I were to choose, I may consider the Lionel Woodside Caboose from Lionel.  There are many of these available.  Also, there are pictures of most these cabooses in this thread. 

Here are the photos of the GP30s and NW2

 

Neal Jeter

 

 

Neal

Thanks for sharing the photo's.  Your GP30's look nice on your layout.  What is your opinion of the sound on both of the engines...Horn, Bell, etc?

 

Ken

Nice units Neal.

I like the sounds but they are the generic Legacy Railsounds.  

 

Here's a short video I posted to another thread on the GP30s.

 

Tyler, to the best of my knowledge Southern's mountain were used to pull passenger trains up the mountain.  But probably some time or other may have pulled freight.

 

Ron

 

Thank you, kjstrains.  I did not realize a modern scale caboose from that era was scarce/non-existent.  I am going to look into a Lionel 6-17601 or 6-17663. 

 

 

You are correct, Ron.  Mine pulls the Lionel Carolina Special passenger set.  I am assuming the one Lionel modeled theirs after pulled the Carolina Special and other Southern passenger trains over Saluda.   

I decided to run a unit train today.  2 Lionel Southern GP30s on the point and 2 Lionel N&W GP30s mid-train with a radio control car and 46 coals hoppers from Lionel, MTH, Weaver, and Atlas and a scratch built Southern bay window from Malcolm Byrd.  

 

Neal Jeter

Gee Neal, I bet those Southern GP 30s go out the door and down the street. I kept looking for them to come back in sight. You've got a fantastic layout. It must be a joy to run.
Ray.

Neal
Very nice run!  Those GP30's look great!
Ken

Neal, that is a very nice string of coal cars you have assembled there.  Thank you for posting the video.  I have the new Southern GP30 and it is a great engine but seeing yours MU ed together is an awesome sight.

 

Happy railroading,

Don

Impressive and awesome hopper assembly Neal. 

I hope Roger Whitsett my "stinking" diesel combatant sees it.

After the big disappointment from Lionel regarding canceling the 18in Southern aluminum passenger cars, I had the privilege of buying something unusual today.  A dealer in NC had 6 special Southern passenger sets made and shipped directly from K Line.  I have never seen the other 5 (some of you all may own the others).  Now, I do realize these cars started out as a Santa-Fe set.  And, I thought the vista dome was out of place, but the Southern RR had a dome coach, 1613, which sometimes made the trip between Atlanta and New Orleans.

 

Nice looking set.  Was it Jeff at the Train Loft that had these done?

 

Neal Jeter

Neal

Jeff Konczal had those done when he was a K-Line Super Center--I have a set. 

Hey Dewey, Yes I've seen the Lionel Southern GP30! If MTH produces one, I'll purchase it. I'm currently waiting on my LAST (hopefully!!) steam engine, N&W Class A 1218. After I purchase that engine, it may be my last....????. I'm STILL a "stinkin' diesel lover" at heart!!!...........lol

Nice find Tyler! That is a beautiful set of Southern cars.   I have never seen or heard of those cars being produced.  Are those 18 inch or 21 inch cars?

 

Happy railroading,

Don

 

Thank you all for the compliments!

 

Mr. Don, yes, they are 18 inches.

 

Mr. Ken, that was the last set Mr. Konczal  had.  However, he is very nice, is knowledgeable, and has tons of Southern items.

 

Mr. Dewey, I would love to see your layout/collection sometime. 

Beautiful set Tyler and Dewey.

 

Prototype question:  did the streamline cars at some point carry the SR circular herald at one or both ends?  I have a strong recollection of seeing prototype photos with the herald on these streamliners, but it's so long ago I could very easily be mistaken.

 

Yes, you are correct, and I do wish these had the decals.  Honestly, I have seen them both with and without. 

Those are very nice.  What are the names of the cars please?

Thanks c.sam!

 

Baggage REA

Piedmont

Birmingham

Crescent

Louisiana 

Thanks for the info, Tyler.

 

Many years ago I had "SOUTHERN" name plates made with the intention of making a Crescent passenger consist, and also purchased the SR heralds for them.  I know where the name plates are and will use them in the future when current projects are completed.  The decals, however, are MIA.

My new Lionel Southern addition  are from a forum member.

 

Two new 2013 LCCA Boxcars that match all the other ones I have accumulated.

 

The Pelican DD Round Roof and the Tennessean Round Roof.

 

Larry

Tyler:

 

Microscale makes decals for O gauge Southern engines that include the heralds.  I don't know if the the heralds might be too large.  They also make HO scale decals for Southern and the heralds on those sheets might be the right size.

 

Neal Jeter

I'd like to see Lionel
Do one more additional roadnumber of those Southern GP30s so you can do a legacy triple header - perhaps 2613 or 2561.

Michael

Hey Roger,

 

I picked up my GP30 last Saturday from the Choo-Choo.  Tested about an hour AOK so purchased.  Also tested the N&W 522.  But the couplers were firing backwards, so James has to fix before pickup.

 

A pix with one of Malcolm's great cabooses.

 

 

Roger if you want a 2601 I would not hold my breath for MTH to make them.  For years I traded emails with one of MTH's VP's after each new catalog release.  And going back to at least Oct. 2009 suggesting the hi-nose GP30.  When Mike was here for the HS Heritage event I discussed it  saying that the museum has 2601 and that the N&W 522 was also in the yard.  He said he would take some pictures.  When he was at the Choo-Choo others brought it to his attention.  Bur NO joy!

 

Now not long after Mike Reagan moved down here he visited the Choo-Choo.  Where and when we discussed the hi-nose GP30 with him.  They cataloged them last Fall and now we have them.

 

 

Ron

The Southern heralds were placed on the cars to coincide with the locomotive nose heralds starting in 1971. They were used until 1979 on the Crescent cars, and in excursion service until NS mandated all tuscan cars. So use of the heralds (and black roofs to an extent) would be relegated to a short timeframe of operation. During the heyday of The Southerner and Crescent, Southern passenger cars had silver sides and roofs, and the cars were usually individually named. The K-Line set lionel89 purchased would represent the earlier operating years since the roofs are silver. 

 

Great video.  I just wish it could have been shot in color, as I would have loved to see that Southern green thundering down the rails.  I guess we can use our imaginations. 

I copied the following from an article about the Southern Crescent:

Southern Railway announced in 1929 that its first "train of luxury" was to begin life anew with brand-new equipment. Along with new Pullmans, cars built especially for the "Crescent Limited" four years earlier were completely refinished. What was "all new" was the distinctive exterior finish. Two shades of green adorned the luxury cars, each one lettered "Crescent Limited" in gold leaf along the upper panels. Pullman cars were named for distinguished sons of the seven states of the South through which the train ran.

My question is: What were/are these Two shades of green?

 

thank you - rdea