Welcome aboard! We have only seven subscribers at the moment but it is still just the first day. Here are a few items to start things off: Does anyone know...
Carl R. Codney
dalsa@xxxxx.xxxx
Jul 24, 1999 2:57 am
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Just to let know, the list is active. We have 24 subscribers at the moment. On July 25, 1957, the last T&NO steam locomotive in service (2-8-0 No. 822) was...
Carl R. Codney
dalsa@xxxxx.xxxx
Jul 25, 1999 3:05 pm
3
I am helping the Galveston Railroad Museum to cosmetically restore T&NO #314, ex H&TC #114. The locomotive is a 4-6-0, class T-24, built by Cooke Locomotive...
Pat Duffin
pduffin@xxx.xxxx
Jul 25, 1999 4:44 pm
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Several years ago a friend showed me a train sheet from the Harwood-Gonzales branch. Listed was a train pulled by Pacific Electric 1654, a 44-tonner recently...
Lars Svanevik
svanevil@xxx.xxxx
Jul 26, 1999 2:52 pm
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One issue of the SPH&TS publication TRAINLINE had something on office car "San Antonio" and others. It may still exist! I know a few of the T&NO office cars...
Dennis Hogan
Dennis.Hogan@xxxxxxx....
Jul 26, 1999 8:00 pm
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Pat- Will you be tracing the lettering over original lettering outlines or simply from your decals? Your decals may not be correct depending on who produced...
bkroger@xx.xxx
Jul 26, 1999 11:35 pm
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Sorry - TPRA is in Amarillo, TRPA is in Houston. Better work with TRPA since they have an ex-T&NO engine, too. TPRA's Santa Fe builder's plates are probably...
Kroger, Allen
bkroger@xx.xxxx
Jul 26, 1999 11:40 pm
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Sorry for taking bandwidth but . . . With the recent threads going across our screens about the Texas lines and their history, maybe now is the time to...
Bob Pecotich
bobpec@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jul 27, 1999 3:28 am
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PE 1654 has an interesting history. It was leased to T&NO on Dec. 1, 1958 and renumbered to T&NO 17. "It was the last switcher obtained by the T&NO and was...
Carl R. Codney
dalsa@xxxxx.xxxx
Jul 27, 1999 3:44 am
10
Well I screwed up not once but twice. Point is, both groups may have in their posession locomotives with builder's plates which may be available for ...
Kroger, Allen
bkroger@xx.xxxx
Jul 27, 1999 2:57 pm
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1) Anyone explored around LaGrange, Tx., to see where SP line entered? Does the depot exist? (I know the Katy one does.) 2) When was last train through to...
Dennis Hogan
Dennis.Hogan@xxxxxxx....
Jul 28, 1999 11:21 pm
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On July 27, 1870, the GH&SA "was incorporated as a reorganization of the BBB&C." And today, July 28, the T&NO list reached a new high of 49 members. I hope...
Carl R. Codney
dalsa@xxxxx.xxxx
Jul 29, 1999 3:29 am
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Last I heard Dave was located in Ft Worth and dispatching for BNSF (transfered over from Santa Fe). I don't know what happened to Dave and his books. I sent...
LRuback@xxxxxx.xxx
Jul 29, 1999 3:34 am
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Hello everyone, I have been updating the depot site this month, Here are some of the depots I have added or updated. Jul. 28 - Added Burleson(TCT). Updated...
Michael G. Ellis
mgellis@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Jul 29, 1999 7:30 am
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Last two SP heavyweight office cars I recall on the T&L Lines were "Alamo" and "Guadalupe." One or the other was often parked in Houston by the current Amtrak...
Dennis Hogan
Dennis.Hogan@xxxxxxx....
Jul 29, 1999 12:17 pm
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... I recall reading this somewhere, but at the present it escapes me. I'll put on my thinking cap. 3) Does the SP water tank still stand in Waelder? I'm...
Michael Wahl
edsilab@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jul 29, 1999 1:37 pm
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While matters a la EPSW really fall under the category of the Pacific Lines history, it's of interest to Texas railroad history, as well. Anyway... Virginia...
Dennis Hogan
Dennis.Hogan@xxxxxxx....
Jul 29, 1999 4:04 pm
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I was wondering.....since T&NO operated as a separate company from the SP in so many ways, and with the corporation laws as they were in Texas, would the T&NO...
ruggus@xxxxx.xxx
Jul 29, 1999 9:07 pm
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List, Although a member of the SP list also, I thought I would ask here and not bother that list. I am attempting to put together a list of branch lines and...
David Coscia
coscia@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jul 31, 1999 12:03 am
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Anyone have pictures or know where on the system the passenger GP9's with the dual cab controls operated? My only pictures are from Strapac's annual. Leonard...
LRuback@xxxxxx.xxx
Aug 1, 1999 6:27 am
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Which GP9's had dual cab controls? There is a photo of the very first GP9, #240 in San Antonio on page 27 of Sweetland's SP in Color book. Somewhere in the...
Russell I Straw
r_i_straw@...
Aug 2, 1999 2:02 pm
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... I dont have the numbers here but they came with full Widow wings on each end as well as a signal light. Looks like a should do some data mining tonight in...
lruback@xxxxxx.xxx
Aug 2, 1999 3:43 pm
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Russell The 240s did indeed hold down the Owl from 1954 on but weren't the ones with dual cab controls. These would be the four 280s, orange and silver stripes...
William B Kelly
wbkelly@xxxx.xxxx
Aug 2, 1999 4:07 pm
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Possibility that SP 1744 (now at the Ft. Worth & Western RR) may be restored and running on the New Orleans Lower Coast RR. Anyone care to confirm or deny...
Dennis Hogan
Dennis.Hogan@xxxxxxx....
Aug 2, 1999 10:11 pm
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Anyone have images of steam on the Port Lavaca branch? .. or anything else for that matter. I have a few shots of a "Salty" that I followed from Victoria one...
LRuback@xxxxxx.xxx
Aug 3, 1999 3:10 am
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... There were three main variations of T&NO GP9s. All had dynamic brakes and M.U. connections. The 400s were run of the mill freight locomotives. No Mars or...
Christopher A. Zurek
zurekc@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Aug 3, 1999 5:11 am
27
Lloyd Stagner's "Frisco Steam Finale" mentions Frisco leased T&NO some of their 1500-class Mountains for a short while in the 1946-48 timeframe. Anyone seen...
Dennis Hogan
Dennis.Hogan@xxxxxxx....
Aug 5, 1999 12:02 pm
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Heard last night at our local NRHS meeting that SP 1744 (2-6-0) has been purchased. Restoration at a reasonable cost will be a hurdle. If it's restored, it...
Dennis Hogan
Dennis.Hogan@xxxxxxx....
Aug 5, 1999 12:08 pm
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I'm looking for information on modeling the SP branchlines in south Louisiana. I'm especially interested in the 60's-70's, but any and all help will be...
edsilab@...
Aug 5, 1999 6:46 pm
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I wish this stuff would get posted (by the writers) to the espee list. Most of the Pacific lines people have a lot to learn from T&NO afficianados. Having said...
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