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...
Rail routes are rarely static especially if they have lasted more than 120 years. I was musing over how much of what we call "The Sunset Route" is located...
The original route to the bottom of the canyon sounds interesting. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/PP/erp2.html Jody Garner Tyler, TX ...
Here are two others that immediately come to mind: The climb of Steins Hill (AZ - New Mexico border) was changed but it may be within your plus or minus 100...
For whatever it's worth, I have three file boxes of original correspondence, engineering drawings and a report on the old High Bridge by Modjeski & Masters,...
In his biography, Harold J. McKenzie, chief engineer for the New High Bridge, relates that the Old High Bridge was dismantled in 1949 by the Robinson Erection...
Harold J. McKenzie mentions a lot about washouts, line scrappings, bridge fires, and other catastrophes great and small in his biography. One of the worst...
... Hi, Bill! I have (44) original blueprint drawings for the 1909 strenghtening of the original Pecos River High Bridge plus a contract bid document for the...
I remember you. I'd like to try to do a small book about the High Bridge and your drawings would be the icing on the cake, so to speak. I also have two file...
My wife recently reminded me of the Southern Pacific exhibit at the DeGolyer Museum. I had forgotten it was still there. I went to the website and went to the...
The DeGolyer Exhibit is a storage of railroad paraphanalia, models, as well as the largest single repository of Baldwin Locomotive records. There are also...
Would you expect any less of an Aggie? LnCS ... From: TNO@yahoogroups.com [mailto:TNO@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of JODY GARNER Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005...
Yes. In the dear dead past I once drove the ROW in my old Diesel Blazer Tesnus. Bob Macdonald ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
I'm afraid I didn't make myself clear. There is a public exhibition at the DeGolyer at this time on the Southern Pacific Railroad. That's what I was asking...
Go to <www.smu.edu/maps/> and follow the link to the printable campus map. If one stands in the central "commons" -- the main square with fountain -- that's up...
Hello Everyone, I saw a picture recently of the rail on the Victoria subdivision around Kendleton, and it looked like it was CWR. Does anyone know if there was...
I meant to do likewise, but that country is of "forbidding" appearance, and I had already changed a tire, I recall, on my way east following the SP Phoenix...
The Beeville to Sinton line only had CWR from just south of Skidmore all the way through the end of line at Kosmos. Speed restriction on it was due mostly to...
There was CWR on the Victoria subdivision between Tower 17 and Wharton Jct. There was also CWR between Wharton Jct. and New Gulf. The unit sulphur trains ...
CTC was installed Beeville-Skidmore 1930 to enable #303-304 and #313-314 Border Limited to occupy 11 mile+ section at the same time and swap cars moving in...
I have posted a few of the Skidmore,TX to Beeville,TX semaphores in the photo's page at this link: http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/tno/lst?.dir=/Beeville-...
I also thank you for posting the photos. Very interesting. Charlie ... From: "Ken Harrison" <second98@...> To: <TNO@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday,...
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