Denton Texas is where 35W and 35E come back together after diverting there sperate paths through Dallas and Ft.Worth. The Peter Built plant is under a mile due...
Railpub has the following: TEXAS & PACIFIC COLOR PICTORIAL – Goen, 1997, Four Ways West, 128p, HD, a/n, $350. TEXAS & PACIFIC RY., FROM OX TEAMS TO EAGLES...
This is the same guy that has had these on Ebay at least 16 times and has not sold any yet. Wonder why? Last T&P Pic by Goen was 138.00 on Ebay. IÂ have seem...
That's pretty high for offerings from railpub, if this indeed Paul Gibson. Jerry Michels In a message dated 4/1/2009 12:22:58 P.M. Central Daylight Time, ...
I can't speak for the others, but I have seen the Goen book go on eBay for anywhere from $200 to $250 in the last year or so. Guess it depends on how badly...
Hi Joe, I am amazed! Perhaps the T&P market is that strong. Guess we can see if they are still around next month. I've bought and sold with Paul for...
I uploaded 6 Mopac train orders from Waterville, Ks, from the 1960s. I'm always on the lookout for train orders from that line and if anyone is willing to...
Hi, I was curious if anyone has or knows where I can find photos of the MoPac derailment South of Benton, Arkansas at the Saline River Bridge. (I believe it...
... Actually, the GM plant is just south of I-30 on SH 360. (Note that I-30 used to be I-20, which used to be the DFW Toll road.) Almost smack dab in the...
Jerry, The Arlington plant sits on the west side of State Highway 360 on the south side of the tracks with what we have always called BOP yard on the east side...
In 1983 I shot a CHTT PS-2 covered hopper (719560)in Kingsville that was painted silver. I don't recall seeing many, if any, others that wern't in gray. Was...
Rick, I think these were aluminum and unpainted. At least all of them that I saw were that way. This is a nicely lit shot. IN others they look more steel...
-Elvin: If you think the car is salvageable...then I'll take your opinion of authority...I am just saying that the Archives has perishable media that has been...
The 715000 series T&P cars were also aluminum with some steel components, but there the steel was painted gray so it wasn't quite so obvious. These were built...
Can anybody share a few pictures of this car to convey an idea of what shape it's in? I know the NMOT photos show a blue tarp and wrecker trucks, but what...
Elvin has raised some good questions. I have long had a problem with the idea of any archival collection being housed in a caboose. Having dealt with...
I think the builder was FMC-- Farm and Marine Corporation or something like that and they were a copy of the Pullman Standard car. These had the large TPL...
I think FMC is right. I'm not going to swear to what its name originally stood for. Ron Merrick "Jim Ogden" <sjogden@...> Sent by: MOPAC@yahoogroups.com ...
Food Machine Corporation? Jerry Michels In a message dated 4/6/2009 3:50:26 P.M. Central Daylight Time, ron.merrick@... writes: I think FMC is right....
Yeah, I'm glad you did this because I had to run off to a meeting without providing a complete answer and I hate to do that. Ron Merrick asychis@... Sent...
Maybe we'll call the subject of this one MP 1155, because what I want to talk about is the condition of this car. I think Tom said there's not much underneath...
Jerry, My comments were in no way intended to criticize the original use of the caboose, and indeed, at the time that the world was turning Armour yellow, I...