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11015
MoPac Listers, I'm trying to ascertain with photographic evidence or with official T&P paint spec documentation what the color of the ends were for the T&P ...
Ed Hawkins
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Apr 2, 2004
5:34 am
11016
On MP track diagrams fromt he 40s one type of ballast is called "chats", is this the typical limestone ballast that was so common on the MP? Another type of...
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Apr 2, 2004
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11017
I am familiar with one part of this question. "Chat", also known as "chat rock", is crushed residue from lead mining and smelting. I don't know exactly how...
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Apr 2, 2004
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11018
Thanks Ron! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Apr 2, 2004
2:45 pm
11020
Does anyone have a list of MP depots or stations that are still standing?? If so would you post them here. Tom Stolte McLouth, KS www.oddballsdecals.org...
Tom Stolte
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Apr 3, 2004
12:34 am
11021
Does anyone have a list of MP depots or stations that are still standing?? If so would you post them here. Tom Stolte McLouth, KS www.oddballsdecals.org...
TCS
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Apr 3, 2004
12:41 am
11023
I am looking for photos from the NEFF YARD - KANSAS CITY, MO - MX283, black/white or color. Thanks...
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Apr 3, 2004
2:17 am
11024
Tom, I know in my area (northern Ks) Blue Rapids, Waterville, Clifton, and Concordia are standing. Nate ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? ...
Nathan Obermeyer
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Apr 3, 2004
2:56 am
11026
Mr. Nobody that is who, guess he does not have a name, sure wish folks would sign their names when sending a post to the list!!!! Then we would know who we are...
TCS
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Apr 3, 2004
3:12 am
11027
MX283 is the station ID for Kansas City in the up TCS system. ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design...
Brad Meers
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Apr 3, 2004
5:08 am
11028
Jerry, I'm not sure about your source, but the abbreviations refer to the composition of the bridge. Here are typical abbreviations, TPT - timber pile trestle ...
Dick Ryker
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Apr 3, 2004
10:50 pm
11029
what IS the mx283?? steve ... inquiry? ... MX283,...
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Apr 4, 2004
1:17 am
11030
MX283 is the station number assigned to Neff Yd. This station numbering system was devised by the MP many years ago and was incorporated into their computer...
Kevin Love
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Apr 4, 2004
1:43 am
11031
Dick Ryker listed some pretty typical bridge abbreviations: " TPT - timber pile trestle SPT - steel pile trestle CPT - concrete pile trestle DBC, BDW - Ballast...
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Apr 4, 2004
1:46 am
11032
As far as I've been able to find, there is no complete list for surviving MP stations. The most complete information I have is compiled from different state...
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Apr 4, 2004
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11033
Hi, I was curious if you still have the following for sale, Kansas City Southern-Route of the Southern Belle-Lynch $40 IC Lou/Miss Div. ETT #1 1970 $10 Sorry...
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Apr 4, 2004
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11034
Chat is from the flint rock dug out of the ground during lead and zinc mining. I'm not sure how the tools of the time created this gravel like substance, but...
Kevin Love
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Apr 4, 2004
2:40 am
11035
If anyone can get ahold of Patrick Howe (32/M) phowe@... DeSoto, MO I think, tell him his email is bouncing on this list. Was he any relation...
TCS
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Apr 4, 2004
3:13 am
11036
Greetings, I have a person needing pictures of the MoPac Depot at Bald Knob, Ar. Both interior and exterior if possible. Especially of area showing dispatch or...
Larry Smith
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Apr 4, 2004
4:51 am
11037
Dick, This is great information! I have a question, though: If the 240-ft bridge has different sections but is symmetrical, does the description give actual...
Dana Andrew Jackson
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Apr 4, 2004
1:19 pm
11039
Thanks Dick, this is exactly what I needed. Jerry [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Apr 4, 2004
5:17 pm
11040
Gentlemen, If someone would send me the following information, I'd be willing to create a file of info and ask for volunteers to put a list like this together:...
Dana Andrew Jackson
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Apr 4, 2004
5:46 pm
11041
The stations I know that are still standing are: Austin, San Antonio, Rockdale, Houston, Harlingen, Ft. Worth (T&P), Dallas, & Kingsville. Billy Carmean ... ...
Billy Carmean
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Apr 4, 2004
7:28 pm
11042
Typically, the number refers to the length of that section. ( Maybe Mark Bess can help here as well.) So if there is a timber trestle, with a given length of,...
Dick Ryker
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Apr 4, 2004
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11043
Don't forget Kyle, San Marcos, and New Braunfels. Extant T&P stations include Wills Point, Longview, Marshall, and Sheveport....
Russell Higginbotham
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Apr 4, 2004
10:22 pm
11044
In Louisiana, there are Shreveport, Caspiano, Powhatan, Plaquemine, Gretna and Natchitoches on the TP. On the MoP, Jones is off site at a cotton gin, Mer...
Jim Ogden
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Apr 4, 2004
10:47 pm
11045
... Louis, MO which is MX001. Therefore, Neff is 283 miles from St. Louis. On the Carthage Sub. the numbering began at Pleasant Hill and went south making...
George W Simmons
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Apr 5, 2004
12:48 am
11046
George, Thanks for the info on station numbers. I have several Circ-7 booklets, but I never saw anything about the prefixes. Kevin ... From: George W Simmons ...
Kevin Love
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Apr 5, 2004
12:53 am
11047
I'll add a few more if they already haven't been named. Carthage, MO Branson, MO Hollister, MO Flippin, AR Cotter, AR Aurora, MO Larry Smith [Non-text portions...
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Apr 5, 2004
3:32 am
11048
Look on an employee timetable, either the current UP, or an old MP one and you will find the station numbers used in TCS. I used MX283 for Kansas City, KY 001...
Marty T. Myers
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Apr 5, 2004
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