Talk:Southern Railway (U.S.)

Internal contradiction needs cleanup
"The pioneering South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company... ran the nation's first regularly scheduled steam powered passenger train .. on December 25, 1830. (The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ran regular passenger service earlier that year.)"

So, which was first? The SCC&RR Co or the B&O?70.145.94.239 (talk) 01:57, 18 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Presumably B&O pulled its first passengers with horses? Tim Zukas (talk) 18:57, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Article name
I was glad to see the move back to US vs United States in the article name. I don't understand the rational for the earlier change. If such is to be considered, I think it would be appropriate to discuss it here, especially in consideration of the many linked articles. Vaoverland 09:52, Mar 11, 2005 (UTC)

Request
If anyone finds any links of real detailed history, leave me a note on my talk page. Thanks. LiveFyre 06:45, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Copy and Paste
I'm not sure who was first, but this article is repeated pretty much word for word here. Somebody's copying somebody, and I have a feeling it wasn't the Southern Railway Historical Association. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.249.121.65 (talk) 14:47, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Logo error
SOU logo displayed in article is incorrect. Southern had three trademark logos, the first is a stylized SR in an oval shape with an arrow going through. The second is most similar to one used, though instead of reading "Southern Railway, Serves the South." It should read "The Southern, Serves the South" (There are two variations in the font for this logo, and one used is still incorrect for either). The last, another circular one, reads "Southern Railway, Serves the South", but in all instances should have an additional band at the bottom that reads "Look Ahead, Look South". Please fix this error.

Links to diagrams and renderings of correct logos: http://southernmodeler.info/Blueprints/SR%20Medallion%201948.pdf http://southernmodeler.info/MasterGraphics/SR_Monogram_Old_Style.pdf http://southernmodeler.info/MasterGraphics/SR_Monogram_Early_1940s_Diesel.pdf http://southernmodeler.info/MasterGraphics/SR_Monogram_New_Style.pdf http://southernmodeler.info/MasterGraphics/SR_Monogram_Late_1940s_Diesel.pdf http://southernmodeler.info/MasterGraphics/SR_20_in_Nose_Herald_Late-era.pdf

SR6900 (talk) 02:24, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Segregation
Pretty bad that this article says nothing about the SR's history as a segregated and discriminatory (separate and unequal) railway. There's plenty of stuff discussing this on the web:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/25/AR2010022505232.html

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/installing-an-artifact-in-a-museum-that-hasnt-even-been-built-yet-180947712/?no-ist — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.173.130.117 (talk) 06:57, 11 December 2014 (UTC)