SP 2-8-2 745's tour around Louisiana and Mississippi got off to a great start yesterday. Here's a shot of it on home rails at milepost 39 on the Lafayette...
Mike and to all who worked on 745s restoration, LOOKIN' GOOOD ! ! ! Congratulations and thank you all for the hard work. Bob Pecotich California ... From:...
Banked is used in the generic sense of stored for future use, it does not have railroad specific meaning. Generally I believe bridges were only removed "for...
... Which bridges were removed? I followed the line from Rosenberg to Victoria in 1999 and I don't remember seeing any bridges that were removed. Maybe I...
There seems to be alot of interest in Victoria lately. Here is a pic of a 1954 Howe fire truck that once served Victoria, Texas as eng 909 It is currently...
My statement on bridges is more generic than specific. However, I believe that the underpass at Goliad was "daylighted" and I believe that I have seen ...
... I didn't go past Victoria in 1999, actually I've never been past Victoria. I do remember some of those wooden trestles looking pretty bad back then. I...
... -- Several yrs ago, I was told that KCS/Tex - Mex had taken to court the entities that had built fences & anything else in the right of way. I haven't...
.... courtesy Gary Morris of Houston : http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=15968 I remember this move distinctly. The locomotives are heading for...
Leonard, I know you were too young to remember the AS616's, but did these monstrosities ever show up around Victoria as switch engines? Jim Ogden [Non-text...
Before my time but Joe McMillan might have photos. There have been (very) few SP images printed from the Victoria area. The ones I remember are in Strapac's...
Hi Folks, I have a question that I have been wondering about. What was the avg. fare on the Sunbeam from Houston-Dallas? Was the Hustler a cheaper ride?...
Rich, I checked all my system SP Timetables from 1938-1955 they published pullman fares but not coach or parlor car fares. There should have been no...
I found a Nov. 14, 1948 Burlington Schedule with fares for their Houston-Dallas service fares should have been same on Sunbeam and Hustler. One way coach fare...
I believe that the track in question also provided a route to the Port Lavaca Branch which would become the Main to the Valley when trackage rights were ...
Guys: When, on the TNO, did the use of radios replace the hand signal/latern/whistle method of communication? I'm sure it probably didn't occur overnight...
Wednesday the 20th the KCS will have an open meeting in Victoria to discuss the Macaroni Line project. Warren Erdman and Ed Emmett (of Transystems, who is...
It's real interesting. Seems the land owners along the line are still upset about the railroad about rebuilding the line, claiming that the land reverted back...
Bruce Blalock
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... on the land. ... Good point Engr. Bruce. I'm sure those trespassers went right down to the old county courthouse and dutifully paid their property taxes...
... 1995 and it appears that back then the underpass was daylighted. It does appear that the bridge over the San Antonio River was still in place. ... As of...
... Victoria to Alice was being considered for restoration. ... Don't think that would be accurate. The Alice Subdiv. was "officially" abandoned by Southern...
Need some help tracing the changes in the H&TC stations within Dallas Co. around and soon after 1900, and would greatly appreciate it if any members who might...
... Many counties no longer issue receipts for ad valorem tax payments. However, they are recorded in the records of whatever agency collects the taxes in that...
I recieved a question via email. Does anyone know when the old shops and roundhouse in Yoakum was demolished? My father remembers them there when he was a boy...
Some interesting photos of the construction of the first High Bridge can be found at: http://bridges.lib.lehigh.edu/bridges.html Does anyone know for sure the...
Yes, those historical photos in the Lehigh Univ. collection came from a photo album published by the Phoenix Bridge Company. While there are many persistent...
As does the abutment on the west bank; it's the location I used to photograph the World's Fair Daylight as it crossed the current Pecos River Bridge. -- Brian...
This ought to attract some attention: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4134&item=6529331338&rd=1 [Non-text portions of this message have...
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