Looks like none. I’m not surprised. There seems to be a model railroad desert south of the latitude defined by the Arkansas/Louisiana border. Don’t know why.
I believe there are/were a couple. The Birmingham area for one and the gentlemen who modeled that huge warehouse/cotton facility or something similar. Ken M. and Curt A. maybe?
Clearly all the SLSF through Memphis and on to the eastern portions of the railroad are east of the Mississippi and on to the Gulf.
I always wondered if the Frisco decapods (1613-1632) ran east of the Mississippi. This from the October 1931 Frisco Employe’s magazine appears to document it, although the “Magnolia” I am familiar with is on the IC way down by the Louisiana/Mississippi border, maybe someone can clarify where the “Magnolia” in the report is.
Looks like none. I’m not surprised. There seems to be a model railroad desert south of the latitude defined by the Arkansas/Louisiana border. Don’t know why. Basements in the south are few and far between, especially in areas where there are few ridgelines that can accommodate a walkout basement. GS
We have attics. I’ve seen several great attic layouts. You have to insulate them and condition them but then, you need to waterproof and condition basements too. Year round weather suitability for some sort of outdoor activity may account for some of the low numbers of indoor hobbyists in the south of any kind.
I'm modelling the A,T & N from Reform, Alabama to Troy, Alabama in the 1920's. It became a Frisco subsidiary Railroad around that time and it Interchanges with Frisco.
I am planning on building a Free-moN module of the Frisco’s Blakely island trackage… I’ll be modeling the ferry slip and at least one of the industries adjacent to the ferry slip. The module is planed to be about 10 feet long with a T shape and will be 3 pieces. Paul
In my wildest dreams, I've been brainstorming a dream layout depicting the Frisco from Memphis to Birmingham.
Proximity to the Illinois Basin Coal Fields and the Appalachian Coal Fields provided a ready fuel source for Southern Division motive freight power. Otherwise, passenger power used Bunker C.
Based on checking the Southern Division timetables available on here, originally the Southern Division extended from Springfield, Missouri, to Birmingham, Alabama, with the Willow Springs Sub extending from Springfield to Memphis. This changed at some point between 1948 and 1953, though I'm not sure when. After the Willow Springs Sub was dropped, the Southern Division consisted of everything east and south of Memphis, though the AT&N is in a bit of a weird category.
http://www.frisco.org/shipit/index.php?threads/slsf-system-map.4331/#post-29824 “Originally” the Southern Jct to Memphis segment and associated branches was the Ozark Division.
Correction : Actually, the Alabama, Tennessee, & Northern RR did not become a subsidiary of the St Louis & San Francisco until 1948 and in the late 1920's, the AT&N's Owner, JT Cochrane, signed a "Reciprocal Traffic Agreement" with the Frisco which allowed for the construction of the Frisco-AT&N Interlocking and Wye Trackage at Aliceville, AL and, some degree of Freight Exchange as a few parallel sidings were constructed next to the Frisco Main Track just N of the Wye. What the Frisco was up to in Western Alabama at that time was constructing a line to Pensacola, FL. As for Mr Cochrane, this new Agreement with Frisco opened a Financial Option for him to extend the AT&N all the way down to Mobile.
