In a message dated 8/22/2004 10:41:42 AM Central Daylight Time, ... Nice photos -- especially the inside. Thanks! R.J. [Non-text portions of this message have...
LokoMac8@...
Sep 1, 2004 6:48 pm
1907
In a message dated 8/22/2004 4:03:29 PM Central Daylight Time, ... S.P.I.N.S. "Southern Pacific Industrial Numbering System" part of I.S.C. "Industrial...
LokoMac8@...
Sep 1, 2004 7:17 pm
1908
I'm curious if anyone has compiled or has seen elsewhere a roster of H&TC machines from its beginning to ca. 1890. I have come across a...
David, The quick answer is that Diebert and Strapac's SP Steam Locomotive Compendium, published by Shade Tree Books, contains such rosters, and it does not...
Reports out of Mississippi claim this museum is closing for a variety of reasons: cuts in state support, bad neighborhood, off the beaten track, erratic...
If you can find a February 1922 Southern Pacific Bulletin (T&L Lines), it has an article by that title. In talking with a local historian from Allen, TX about...
... of ... of ... David, Pages 325 to 327 of Diebert & Strapac's SP Steam Locomotive Compendium shows the original H&TC roster prior to 1887. It does show the...
A few years ago I picked up a copy of the December 1974 issue of Pacific (Rail) News at a train show. The cover article was a "A Ride on SP 99." Author Roger...
There may be some relevant answers to this question in the Bulletins of The Railway & Locomotive Historical Society. Their 1921-1984 index lists the follwing...
The name "Houston" was applied on and off through the car's career. Bob Pecotich ... From: Dennis Hogan [mailto:denmeg_hogan@...] Sent: Saturday, September...
Hey Dennis, Car 99 was named Houston: http://espee.railfan.net/nonindex/business-car_photos/0099_4_sp-business-car-houston-brian_paul_ehni.jpg Here's a whole...
The Business Car page is far from complete... but does have some info, and perhaps provides a start to the SP Business Car Fleet. Any further information, and...
I recall seeing cars named "Alamo" and "Guadalupe" parked by the depots in Houston and San Antonio or occasionally in New Orleans in the early 1970s....
In a previous posting, I briefly mentioned the topic of the H&TC dam in Allen, TX. Sure enough this is a preserved railroad structure from the late 1800's---a...
In a message dated 9/5/2004 8:24:00 AM Central Daylight Time, ... Attached is one of a couple of photos I have of No. 99, the Houston. I have photos of other...
LokoMac8@...
Sep 8, 2004 3:22 pm
1922
Hey R.J. :-) Thank you very much, luckily you cc'd my email address as the group (like most groups) do not allow attachments. I would very much like more...
Richard, To the best of my research, Alamo never carried number 121; there was a 121 Western, formerly Wildwood, on the Pacific lines. Here is a brief history...
The Southern Pacific Historical & Tech Society book "Diagrams Common T&NO Passenger Cars Southern Pacific Lines as of 1948"has a detailed diagram of Alamo at...
In a message dated 9/8/2004 7:29:54 PM Central Daylight Time, ... The pictures I took in 1980 to 81 show it as the No. 127. R.J. [Non-text portions of this...
LokoMac8@...
Sep 9, 2004 4:20 am
1926
In a message dated 9/8/2004 7:29:54 PM Central Daylight Time, ... Well, I knew that and that was the purpose for doing it that way. I have posted photos to...
LokoMac8@...
Sep 9, 2004 4:27 am
1927
Mr. R.J. , is it possible that you could also send me the file also. Thanks. Tommy Shults Side Track In Down Town Flatonia @ M.P. 119.8 on the Sunset Route See...
... I am not familiar with Diebert and Strapac's SP Steam Locomotive Compendium, but I can recommend the roster in R&LHS Bulletin 94, March 1956, 172 pages....
Thanks for all the information/references. I don't know why I didn't recall the Diebert/Strapac book -- oh well. It further directed me to Guy Dunscomb's big...
I have loaded all RJ's photos to the website. RJ's new photos are best accessed from the What's New page http://espee.railfan.net/whatsnew.html The Business...
This question was just posed on the NRHS bulletin board: In late 1949 or early 1950's Texas & Pacific bought 30 Southern Pacific class C-30 wood cabooses to...
I forwarded the post to Jerry Michels who wrote a book on MP and TP cabooses. I don't think the T&P actually bought these cabooses, but at the time, they...
"Steam in the Pines: A History of the Texas State Railroad" by Jonathan K Gerland has just been published in a soft-cover edition by the East Texas Historical...
That portion of the Glidden Subdiv. between Harrisburg and Waelder was converted from the DigiCon dispatching computer to the UP's US&S CAD computer system at...
Train orders surely can't be far behind. rdb ... http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/8ZCslB/TM ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!?...
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