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...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
... 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...
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 - 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:...
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....
Oops! Yes, that should be Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway. Thanks. Carl ... From: <HenryJHaus@...> To: <TNO@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday,...
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. 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...
That explains why I could never find it. Thanks Dave ________________________________ From: Carl R. Codney <dalsa@...> To: TNO@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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...
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...
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...
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...
I thought they discontinued the morning trains and therefore still needed two consists to protect the service. HJH (KCTrains) ... From: Jeff Cauthen...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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