Did the Sunbeam ever operate with heavyweight second sections when traffic was extremly heavy such as during WW2? I have never heard of it and was wondering...
Richard --- There were pictures taken by Otto Perry at Dallas Union Terminal Company of second and third sections of "The Hustler" with the "standby" P-14...
This is in response to W.J. Neill's message aboout German POW Camp Hearne. The Bush Presidential Library in College Station will have a talk by the author of...
Bob Thonhoff wrote a book about a prisoner of war camp in South Texas. It is the only one of his books that I have not read and am asking him by Cc. to send...
Walter P. Nass
longhorn@...
Jan 11, 2005 11:07 pm
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Hi Kids!!! Was at the Queen Mary Train show (too small, but close to home!!) and there I met John Engstrom of Athearn. I saw that Athearn has bought out MDC so...
Cass Franklin
snappyshots@...
Jan 16, 2005 9:04 pm
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Fellow Listers, Several weeks back we had a discussion on the operations at San Antonio's East Yard. Someone mentioned that there were yard tracks used for...
No precise definition applies, but generally speaking "shorts" are cars destined to or routed via a location "short of" a reference point. The reference ...
The Railroad Station Historical Society website reports that the East Yard office is the original GH&SA 1877 depot. http://www.rrshs.org/Texas/bexar.htm Can...
Carl is there a photo of this GH&SA building? ... From: "Carl R. Codney" <dalsa@...> To: "TNO List" <TNO@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005...
Tommy, here's a photo: http://tno.railspot.com/tnogroup/dalsacrc/eastyard/eastyardoffice.jpg It should be the two story building. Carl ... From: "Tommy Shults"...
Listers: I too have been told (independent of the RRSHS) that the building near the overpass is the original depot. Was told that it dates back to the late ...
I haven't managed to find any history books of SA that include a photo of the 1877 building or a possible 19th C. replacement, but the earliest Sanborn...
Sorry for the math errors in my too-quick measurements and calculations of the depot dimensions as presented on the 1885 and '88 Sanborn maps. Better figures:...
tno.railspot.com seems to be having technical difficulties. (This is an unannounced archive/website for this group that I am still testing.) Try this link for...
This T&NO herald/logo is really interesting. I don't think that I have seen it before. Was it used on rolling stock or was it used on letterhead, etc.? Lars....
What a great display this would make, I would sure like to have photos of equipment or other items that had this logo/herald, along with NYT&M and GH&SA logos...
What is the history of this logo? I have never seen it in history books, on depots, or whatever. Is it an authentic Texas Lines logo? Did it ever appear on a...
Thanks for the info. I am working on the artwork and a scan of the logo from the pass will be helpfull if someone has it...especially if there are colors....
... logo from ... are ... Pat - Called you today, but missed you! Somewhere, I have a rolled tube of stat camera negatives shot 3X normal size of letterhead...
... logo from ... are ... Pat, I have posted color scans of a 1877 pass that has the logo, along with a T&NO Bond. If others have logos, letterhead, and i.e....
The letterhead on an 1861 letter written by A.M. Gentry shows the railroad name in rolling stylized block letters with a small image of a locomotive with a...
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