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The TNO list covers the history and operations of the Texas and Louisiana Lines of the Southern Pacific Railroad and its many predecessor lines (Texas & New Orleans; Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio; Houston & Texas Central; San Antonio & Aransas Pass, etc.).

Topics after the T&NO's merger into the SP are welcome too, as long as it relates to the former T&NO area of Texas and Louisiana.

Archives are located at tno-archives.tnorr.com

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Re: Diner fare on the SP
... Didn't you know that, Jeff? Where have you been? k
Posted - Tue Nov 10, 2009 6:00 am
 Ken Harrison
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Re: Diner fare on the SP
Howard,   Automats provided a huge savings in costs to SP as very few passengers were using the diners and coffee shop cars by 1961/1962.  It's pretty well
Posted - Mon Nov 9, 2009 10:56 pm
 Jeff Cauthen
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Re: Diner fare on the SP
... -- It was the elimination of dining car service & dropping sleepers from long distance trains.. Automat cars supposedly were a cheap substitute of a diner
Posted - Mon Nov 9, 2009 9:05 pm
 Howard Bingham
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Dinner in the Diner on the Sunset
I was 16 in the summer of 1959 when I went with my next older brother to get his car in Georgia, drive to NYC and returned by PRR from N Phila to Chicago and
Posted - Mon Nov 9, 2009 7:52 pm
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Re: Diner fare on the SP
The automat cars caused the creation of Amtrak???  Really   Jeff Jeff Cauthen La Mesa California 619.741.7515 ... From: ke5apj <ke5apj@...>
Posted - Mon Nov 9, 2009 3:17 pm
 Jeff Cauthen
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