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Nov 1, 2007 8:42 am
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I can just see them now pasting a photo of Thomas on #300, then they will have to hire a armored car to take the money to the bank. Someone needs to wake...
I have no proof...but I suspect a portion of the right-of-way for US183 on the northern outskirts of Brownwood is actually the former ROW of the Brownwood...
Before Amtrak, you got a ticket book if it was a multiple train ride, same or different railroad. There would be a coupon for each part of the ride. If you...
Dr. S. Michael Condre...
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Nov 1, 2007 11:46 am
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Hey Richard, I believe that is BNSF's Wichita Falls sub. North of Cold Springs Road at Tower 60, it follows the FWWR to the northeast into Hodge yard, then...
Patrick, My grandparent live withing sight of the bridge on the Corpus Christi Sub that crosses Nueces bay. The operation in the yard in Corpus are all remote...
Having gotten tired of the snapped off radio antenas from my car, I bought one with a spring at the base and stopped it them from being broke off. so if a car...
Doing some looking for coming attractions I found a train theme chick flick coming out soon called Trains & Ties with Kevin Bacon playing the engineer of a...
Originally the FW&RG almost encircled Brownwood. Yes the old ROW is Mark Allen Dr. to the east of the May highway and it becomes East Austin after crossing...
Was there ever a railroad to CrossPlains (just north of Coleman)? Just north of CrossPlains, at a ghost town called "Echo" there is a tall smoke stack, like...
The tall smoke stack, just throwing the idea out there, could have been a cotton seed oil mill? In short a mill to get the oil out of cotton seed? wd green ...
Cy, Katy had a branch from DeLeon through Rising Star to Cross Plains. DeLeon was on the Katy's ex-Texas Central line between Waco and Rotan via Stamford. ...
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Nov 1, 2007 9:35 pm
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Echo, today is nothing more than a highway sign, a church house that looks to be abandoned, and maybe an abandoned service station/general store. The smoke...
I asked a former Econorail employee, he said the shop closed a couple of years ago. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com...
In a message dated 10/30/2007 6:50:02 PM Central Daylight Time, ... I think you're referring to the old A&K steel mill east of Baytown, yes Econorail still...
I share this person's sentiments.. Maybe rail crews ought to carry paint ball guns with iridescent red paint to shoot at taggers when spotted, much like bank...
In Houston, the city has cctv cams at locations which have been reported to have problems with trains blocking crossings for extended time frames, the UP...
As long as the reporting marks aren't covered, the RRs simply don't care. If they did care, they would devote the resources to contain it, difficult tho that...
... -- I have noticed in recent months that KCS & other railroads appear to be placing reporting marks higher than normal.. Then there is also the possible...
A 1940 County Highway Map shows a "factory" at that sight; Echo is actually south of Cross Plains in Coleman County. A topo map from the 70's showed a...
Thursday 11-01-2007 Unless otherwise indicated, all observations taken from the west side of the old E Broadway Ave crossing: 13:15 CDT Tower 55 (T55), UP...
Richard Whitenight
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Nov 2, 2007 12:41 am
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I photographed one of the F-units back in January. I have one slide listed for sale on ebay right now. Item number: 300166202954. Randy Keller ... From:...
Please drop me an email off list? This is in ref to the NS lists on Yahoogroups that you wrote me about. Richard [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Nov 2, 2007 4:25 am
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Econo-Rail started in Beaumont, but has moved many times since it's beginning. They still have a presence in Beaumont, but I believe they have been inside...
The tracks should be from west to east, BNSF (X-ATSF), BNSF (X-BN/X-FW&D), UP(X-MKT/X-CRIP) SPfan ... From: Richard Whitenight <rwhitenight2004@...> To:...
They work too! One of our teachers at my wife's daycare got busted a couple of months ago here in GP...Her excuse was she was already crossing the tracks when...
The Katy (ex-Texas Central) had a branch line that ran west from DeLeon, to Rising Star and terminated at Cross Plains. TZ ... From: Cy Martin To: Railspot ...
