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
hawk0621@...
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...
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...
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...
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, I know in my area (northern Ks) Blue Rapids, Waterville, Clifton, and Concordia are standing. Nate ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? ...
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...
MX283 is the station ID for Kansas City in the up TCS system. ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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:...
The stations I know that are still standing are: Austin, San Antonio, Rockdale, Houston, Harlingen, Ft. Worth (T&P), Dallas, & Kingsville. Billy Carmean ... ...
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,...
Don't forget Kyle, San Marcos, and New Braunfels. Extant T&P stations include Wills Point, Longview, Marshall, and Sheveport....
Russell Higginbotham
rwhigg@...
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...
... 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, 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 ...
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...
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...