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5468
Way back in the 1930s FDR went to Palacios Texas. Did he arrive in his special rail car via the SP Wharton ,Boling, Palacios line?...
boehmer1955
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Nov 7, 2009
9:34 am
5469
Back in 1992 I made a trip down towards Pledger Texas with my then wife Jodie. I noticed that at one time there may have been a small yard there. Possibly 3...
boehmer1955
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Nov 7, 2009
9:42 am
5470
Did I understand in a letter a while back. That the GH&SA. Or some railroad went to Indianola out of Port Lavaca? Way back in the 1800s.Did a line ever go to...
boehmer1955
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Nov 7, 2009
9:49 am
5471
Man this is a hot one for me. I am dying to see pictures of the old historic Goliad Texas depot. I saw a sign in Goliad advertising it. But lost where it is...
boehmer1955
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Nov 7, 2009
9:52 am
5472
Back in 1997. I went to Beeville Texas following the old SAP route. I got into town and thought I saw where it crossed the GH&SA. I thought that they shared a...
boehmer1955
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Nov 7, 2009
10:01 am
5473
The Indianola Railroad built from Indianola -- it was completed early in 1871 supposedly, but there are those that argue that it was completed in 1861. ...
Russell McKay
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Nov 7, 2009
3:07 pm
5474
The MoP ran into POC from Seadrift. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 7, 2009, at 9:07 AM, Russell McKay <lokomac8@...> wrote: The Indianola Railroad built...
Brian Koch
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Nov 7, 2009
3:10 pm
5475
... In the old Baytown Historical Museum there was a picture of a Dayton and Goose Creek 4-4-0 with a coach behind it at the Goose Creek (Baytown) depot. I...
Keith
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Nov 7, 2009
6:39 pm
5476
The Victoria to Beeville line was originally the GWT&P (Galveston, Western Texas and Pacific Railway). It crossed the SA&AP line and terminated just southwest...
Carl R. Codney
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Nov 7, 2009
6:56 pm
5477
Carl - Was that the "Gulf, We...."? HJH (KCTrains) ... From: Carl R. Codney <dalsa@...> To: TNO@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sat, Nov 7, 2009 12:56 pm Subject:...
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henryjhaus
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Nov 7, 2009
7:02 pm
5478
I may have bad information but here is the story I was told. The SP sold the depot to someone who moved it to a ranch and used it for storage or something....
Carl R. Codney
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Nov 7, 2009
7:11 pm
5479
Oops! Yes, that should be Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway. Thanks. Carl ... From: <HenryJHaus@...> To: <TNO@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday,...
Carl R. Codney
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Nov 7, 2009
7:14 pm
5480
Dave, The February 1925 SP system timetable shows one daily passenger train in each direction between Lake Charles and Lake Arthur departing Lake Charles at...
Joel
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Nov 7, 2009
7:17 pm
5481
Joel. Thanks for your response. You might be able to help me solve the rest of this puzzle. I was at Lake Charles depot in 1968. It sat on the main and was not...
david boehmer
boehmer1955
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Nov 8, 2009
1:22 am
5482
That explains why I could never find it. Thanks Dave ________________________________ From: Carl R. Codney <dalsa@...> To: TNO@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
david boehmer
boehmer1955
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Nov 8, 2009
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5483
Back in 1978 I was looking to buy life insurance through the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers. There was an old gentleman. Can't remember his name. He...
boehmer1955
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Nov 8, 2009
1:56 am
5484
I was curious about the streamlined trains between Houston and Dallas. Were they outfitted with a round rear end observation car. Or just had a plain stub end...
boehmer1955
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Nov 8, 2009
2:27 am
5485
Dave, The Sunbeam and Hustler Dallas to Houston streamlined service had round end obs until service ended in 1954 for Hustler and 1955 for Sunbeam. Goen's T&NO...
Joel
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Nov 8, 2009
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5486
Perhaps I am mistaken, but my memory says that the contracts for the yardmen and/or yardmasters had at least a three way division of the work at Waco; SSW, SAP...
HenryJHaus@...
henryjhaus
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Nov 8, 2009
4:03 am
5487
I think the use of diner SP 10200 on the Sunbeam was for shopping relief only.  It was sent to the T&NO at least 3 times per the SP car cards. ...
Jeff Cauthen
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Nov 8, 2009
4:44 am
5488
I thought they discontinued the morning trains and therefore still needed two consists to protect the service. HJH (KCTrains) ... From: Jeff Cauthen...
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henryjhaus
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Nov 8, 2009
4:52 am
5489
I don't think so -- after the demise of the Hustler, the Sunbeam No. 13 departed in the morning from Houston and returned from Dallas in the afternoon as No....
Jeff Cauthen
overland28
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Nov 8, 2009
5:39 am
5490
You are correct Henry. However, the SA&AP enginemen's work north of Yoakum had been consolidated into the Austin H&TC enginemen's seniority. All of the H&TC...
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Nov 8, 2009
2:16 pm
5491
Thank you guys for your response and knowledge. I was pretty sure the said SP trains from Houston to Dallas. Did have parlor observation cars. But had no proof...
david boehmer
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5492
I am curious as to the food served on SP Dining cars. I looked at a Katy Diner menu and it seemed pretty sparse and pricey for the time. Sid the SP have...
boehmer1955
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5493
About three or four years ago,I was at a Train Show in Fort Worth and I found a a couple of Menus for the Sunbeam and Sunset for sale. A Light Bulb Came On In...
John Patterson
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5494
Please see "DINNER IS SERVED, Fine Dinning Aboard the Southern Pacific, by Jim A. Loveland, Golden West Books, 1996, ISBN No. 0-87095-112-2   Jeff Jeff...
Jeff Cauthen
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5495
I ate several times on the Sunset Limited between Houston and Los Angeles and Los Angeles and Portland during the '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s and found the...
Grover Dixon
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5496
To see what the Sunset car consist appeared like in 1968, take a look at the home page picture on SunsetFriends list.. (A complete set of the photos are in the...
ke5apj
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8:36 am
5497
I've twice tried to reply to an mail from Yahoo groups without success. The answer to your probable query is that I'm trying to join the SP pre-1960 group in...
alastair mclennan
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