About The Southern Railway (also known as Southern Railway Company; reporting mark SOU) was a class 1 railroad based in the Southern United States between 1894 and 1982, when it merged with the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) to form the Norfolk Southern Railway. The railroad was the product of nearly 150 predecessor lines that were combined, reorganized and recombined beginning in the 1830s, formally becoming the Southern Railway in 1894. At the end of 1971, the Southern operated 6,026 miles (9,698 km) of railroad (map from 1952) Rollingstock EMC/ EMD SW1 SW7 SW9 SW1500 NW1 NW5 MP15 FTA & FTB F3A & F3B F7A & F7B FP7 E6A & E6B E7A E8A GP7 GP9 GP18 GP30 GP35
GP38 & GP38AC & GP38-2 GP39X GP40X GP50 SD7 SD9 SD24 SD35 SD40 & SD40-2 SD45 GE 44 tonner 70 tonner B23-7 B30-7 B36-7 U23B U30C U33C
Alco RS2 RS3 S1 S2 S4 DL109 & DL110 PA-2 Baldwin DS44-660 DS44-1000 VO-660 VO-1000 AS-416 S12 Fairbanks H12-44 H15-44 H16-44
