The following TNO poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: What is your preference for an organized effort regarding the T&NO? CHOICES...
TNO@yahoogroups.com
Aug 1, 2004 8:08 am
1836
In a message dated 8/1/2004 3:08:46 AM Central Daylight Time, ... Guess it doesn't matter, but this would have been my choice had I been able to get logged in...
LokoMac8@...
Aug 1, 2004 5:11 pm
1837
Mike Blaszak's exhaustive and fascinating chronology of the Southern Pacific, as published in the late lamented Pacific RailNews for November 1996, has these...
I believe S. G. Reed confirms these dates in his book "An History of The Texas Railroads" or in one of the columns he wrote in the T&NO edition of "The SP...
H&TC public time table No. 112 (May 1, 1898) notes two trains on the Austin-Llano line (with stops in Marble Falls) . Nos. 53 & 54 are daily trains leaving or...
This topic arose on another discussion list. Someone had mistaken the 1902 date (in Roman numerals) from the circular Sunset depot sign in San Antonio for the...
... Actually December 1925, but Magnolia still existed as an affiliate until September 30, 1959. Here's an excerpt from "The Handbook of Texas Online", to wit:...
Hello Everyone, I have 3 questions about the Glidden subdivision: 1. Why in most of the timetables in the 1980's (timetables 2-6) did the Flatonia subdivision...
1. The various subdivisions in the 1980's were arranged for a variety of reasons. Administrative, engineering, and operating budgets and employee staffing all...
Not only do the counties tax, but cities like Houston do also. Glidden also lost its importance when thrains began to run through without a crew change. ...
I blinked at the exchange between Lloyd A. Butler and Bill Neill on T&NO's Glidden Sub. How did they know I was writing about it? Turns out that I'm writing...
Question to all, I know that they abandoned the thrack from Glidden to La Grange in 1942, but when did they pull up the track and in what segements did it ...
In a message dated 7/15/2004 6:20:01 PM Central Daylight Time, ... I only have one from the early to mid-seventies covering mostly the Giddings-Austin-Marble...
LokoMac8@...
Aug 5, 2004 8:46 pm
1848
In the early 1960's, Glidden still had a large water town and I think, a turntable. I-10 then bypassed Glidden and Columbus, so my family bypassed the decline...
I don't know the answer but would interested to find out. Closure coincided with that of the Promontory branch in Utah. Where recovery of old rail for new...
I know the line must have come up near TX 71. But where in La Grange did it go? I have heard of a dictch which crosses 71 N of Columbus to be an ex SP line....
In a message dated 8/6/2004 4:09:51 PM Central Daylight Time, domemt@... ... Here is a recent picture of the yard at La Grange. I have often been puzzled...
... To answer your first question let me back up in time. For many years the Glidden Subdiv extended from Houston to Glidden and the Flatonia Subdiv was from...
... Grange did it go? I have heard of a dictch which crosses 71 N of Columbus to be an ex SP line. Is that the old La Grange Branch. ... The La Grange Branch...
... K-T. the ... I am sure that they did connect. I have an MK&T Detour Diagram, dated June 1, 1915, as well as several SP Side Track Record books that all...
... John Thanks so much. Makes sense that they connected. Do you have any information pse on closure of SP's LaGrange branch - precise date and reason for ...
When it comes to publishing material pertaining to the T&NO, David Bernstein seems to be capable of turning out some remarkable material through his ability to...
I've e-mailed Mr Bernstein or written countless times over the years. He replied once promising future publication of a revised version of the T&NO study with...
Also, some industries wanted access to two railroads, for various reasons. Maybe some of the old Sanborn's insurance maps of the town might have info about th...
Dominic Mazoch
domemt@...
Aug 10, 2004 1:53 am
1862
Someone has asked me for information about the former SA&AP yard at Probandt and south of Lone Star (formerly Simpson Ave). They are looking for old maps,...
Mentioned previously to Carl Codney but maybe news to some other readers was SAP's maintaining head offices at San Antonio. of course, these were not normal...
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