Southern Railway had all assets assigned through F&M Bank in Richmond. Payroll came from a checking account there, (written in Atlanta) and Proxy Statements were handled every year through F&M. Since Corporate Headquarters was in Washington it was a qucker trip to run down the RF&P to Richmond than go down the Southern Main to Danville and back up the "F" line to Richmond. Would be a 370 mile run on a all SOU route vs 110 on the RF&P. I recently found my 1980 proxy and I failed to send it in, I wonder if it's too late. ha
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I thought the SOU was headquartered in Richmond? If I could find one of my Official Guides I'd double check.
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The Southern was Corporate Headquartered in D.C. at the corner of 15th and K St NW and operating HQ was 125 Spring St in Atlanta where my pay check came from with the money banked in Richmond.
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Southern also held a considerable number of shares in the RF&P, along with those roads that later became the CSX. This might also explain why Southern felt free to use the RF&P to get to Richmond rather than circumvent on its own rails to get to Richmond by going west instead of directly south from Washington.
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