... Spring brakes only on one drive axle and the trailer axles, if he had a trailer. And they only work if the brakes are adjusted properly. ... What you have...
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Apr 1, 2008 9:51 am
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I was towed once 20 years ago and that was how I was towed. I did not know it was illegal but I was not driving. I rode in the wrecker. That was what the...
No I am sure the UPRR has no problem expediting there own specials across the old T & P. Naturally those do not stop at stations on a mostly single track line ...
... spend about $2 billion in ... specifically to improve ... Earlier this month, the staff ... recommended that the state ... Northern California. The ... ...
Thanks, Mark. Any idea on when the line may reopen? Also, any known detours to/from Martin Lake that normally run thru Silsbee but can't for now? Jimmy "Mark...
Cabooses are still in use as "shoving platforms" at certain locations to carry the crews during switching at certain businesses. The one in Temple Texas has...
It depends on whether the museum is an official non-profit agency. You need its 501 c 3 number and a receipt for your donation. You can claim its current...
I would suggest a separate stub train over much of the route you mentioned. However, I would not run it direct from Rosenberg to Galveston without first ...
May 10th 2008 will be National train day. 139 years after Golden Spike driven May 10, 1869. Amtrak has big sale April 4th 2008 only for travel on National...
I seem to recall an engineer friend of mine mention quite some time ago, that any rail line that carried passenger trains has to have a "higher level" or rate...
There is a public comment section at the end of the article. My biggest concern about this are the increasing number of hints this will become a spending ...
I'm not stating that support from TXDOT would happen. TXDOT is in the business of building highways and has always had the backing of the trucking industry....
If you saw the item on the TV, you know that the driver was obviously illegal. He didn't speak English. I want to see how much UP can collect on this deal....
Wasn't there a second track over Donner Pass twenty years ago? ISTR that SP ripped up the tracks and used them to double track parts of the Sunset Route. ...
Steve- You poor misguided soul! Don't you know that when you start talking common sense to government bureaucrats that all they do is freeze like deer caught...
I am going to DITTO Earl here. I have driven Trucks off and on for more than 26 years. I have also driven Motor Coaches. And the towing procedure is the...
An empty NB grain train breezes thru Caldwell TX on its way to be reloaded. Please go to myrailpix.com then my train video link to view it or any of my videos...
Anyone have any photos (especially color) of the Frisco depots in Sherman and Denison. Specifically I am referring to the one Bear mentioned at Denison with...
After receiving numerous emails asking me to submit my recent RS proposal to KDOT, I sent them a very detailed re-written report on my suggestions for...
It was still there as of the day that the Katy hosted their big shendig in Denison back in the summer of 1970 (or was it 1971?) Anyway I saw it when we drove...
I don't know why, but photos of Frisco's post-Union Station nice brick station at Sherman are quite rare. I, too, would like to see one. Bear In a message...
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Apr 1, 2008 11:16 pm
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Don, I watched the news item on Channel 4 last night and the driver spoke excellent English, even if heavily accented. As for the other parts, yes, I think he...
I was told Friday by our Archivist at the Noel Library that Chuck Harris has passed away two weeks ago, seems the folks running the Pittsburg Tx Station cannot...
My father in law live in Rocklin, CA (Roseville) and retired from SP in 1990, from the Engine House (they still use the radio term- Roundhouse when calling) ...
List- If anyone in the Waco area hasn't already picked one up, the April issue of the "Wacoan" magazine has about a 4 page writeup on the Texas Electric and ...
The following observations were made today, 4/1/08: 7:18am Scanner says UP7701 (C45ACCTE) was leading IEWLB (Englewood - Long Beach) and was pulling into the...
Looks like a unit ethanol train headed southbound past a very active Olsen Field (Aggies playing a home game) at 6:40pm. Appears to have one car for cover...
