Texas related, but not T&NO related: Effort is underway to relocate EP&SW #1 from its covered shelter on UTEP campus to a shelter at Union Plaza, which I...
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Carl R. Codney
dalsa@...
Mar 6, 2000 3:06 am
I made a one day tour of the SA&AP Waco line with Ken Stavinoha a few weeks ago. Here's a report of some interesting finds. Moulton - The SA&AP depot is a...
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res02krd@...
Mar 6, 2000 3:35 am
Howdy, I have been doing some research to design a HO scale model of the Gonzales Subdivision (12.3 miles) during the steam era (late 40's - early 1950's) for...
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Carl Wegerer, III
wegerer@...
Mar 6, 2000 4:15 pm
My father recently purchased an unpainted Hallmark Sunbeam and plans to build the consist as described in the Fall 1996 issue of SP Trainline. He seeking...
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Dennis Hogan
dhogan@...
Mar 6, 2000 5:52 pm
In re-reading "Building the Lone Star" this weekend, I came across these tidbits of SP-related information: 1) When the dam for Medina Lake (near San...
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Greg Radler
gradler@...
Mar 6, 2000 5:59 pm
I haven't received any railspot notes all weekend. Is there a problem with RS? Thanks, Greg TRPA...
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res02krd@...
Mar 7, 2000 3:23 am
Howdy, I my previous message I forgot to mention that I'm looking for photo's of the branch. I know Trains magizine in 1954 ran either some photo's or an...
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Dennis Hogan
dhogan@...
Mar 7, 2000 1:04 pm
Just as a fun exercise, I looked at a SP timetable from 4-14-46 to see how many ways one could get from Houston to San Antonio on SP lines other than the...
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Dennis Hogan
dhogan@...
Mar 7, 2000 1:42 pm
Here's an authorized consist for the northbound BORDER LTD. from 1931: 1 baggage-mail [Brownsville-San Antonio(SA)] 1 baggage-mail [Corpus...
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Tim O'Connor
timoconnor@...
Mar 7, 2000 4:02 pm
That's an amazingly complex train! Can you explain how the various cars were switched into and out of the train? For example how was it possible for this one...
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Carl R. Codney
dalsa@...
Mar 10, 2000 3:51 am
The latest on the former SP lines in Austin... ... From: Bill Nash <William_Nash@...> Cc: Railspot <railspot@...> Sent: Thursday, March 09,...
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Skip Waters
btv@...
Mar 10, 2000 9:46 am
(Taken from the Hallmark info page that comes with "the Sunbeam" model) "The Sunbeam" There is a legend in Texas called the "Sunbeam", referring, of course, to...
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Skip Waters
btv@...
Mar 10, 2000 5:52 pm
... I have 3 postcards for The Sunbeam you can look for 1) A classic color 3/4 view of the whole train set in "C.T. ART-COLORTONE", painted in the "Daylight...
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Skip Waters
btv@...
Mar 10, 2000 7:32 pm
I almost forgot. You can see photo's of the Sunbeam on the North Texas Chapter/NRHS web page at: http://www.rypn.org/NTCNRHS/sunbeam.htm It shows photos and 3...
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Carl R. Codney
dalsa@...
Mar 13, 2000 2:52 am
From Railspot... ... From: Bill Nash <William_Nash@...> To: Railspot <railspot@...> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 21:52 Subject: RS:...
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Carl R. Codney
dalsa@...
Mar 13, 2000 3:16 am
... From: James Martin <conductor@...> To: <dalsa@...> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 14:24 Subject: New Southern Pacific Apparel...
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Dominic M Mazoch
domemt@...
Mar 16, 2000 5:51 am
K-Line shipped thier 3-rail O guage catalogue. I found the following Espee family items: Page 9: Vandy tender. No roadname. (Apply SP roadname with decals.)...
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Dominic M Mazoch
domemt@...
Mar 16, 2000 5:59 am
Dominic Mazoch, OSB, N5TCB, Lic. Paramedic % Corpus Christi Abbey HC 02 Box 6300 Sandia TX 78383 E-mail: domemt@... Phone: 361-547-3257 ... From: "Tim...
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Tim O'Connor
timoconnor@...
Mar 16, 2000 2:29 pm
From: ROBERT ALLESSI <BOB_ALLESSI@...> ... Hi Bob! Yes, there was a rumor to that effect. Jim Eager did not think it was true, and speculated they were...
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HOGHEADHAT@...
Mar 17, 2000 4:41 am
The SP 12 color Sunset logo embroidered custom made hats are on sale to members on this site and Espee for $14 each. The SP embroidered apparel: Jackets,...
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Dominic M Mazoch
domemt@...
Mar 20, 2000 4:53 am
It seemed the Espee family used the "winged ball" with their passenger trains. Where did the symbol come from. Also, on SP boxcars, it seemed the name of the...
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Dominic M Mazoch
domemt@...
Mar 20, 2000 4:53 am
Questions apply to both the LAX-SFO and Houston-Dallas Overnights. 1. There was a train ahead of the the Coast Overnight, the Advance Overnight. This was a...
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Carl R. Codney
dalsa@...
Mar 23, 2000 2:36 am
This Saturday, March 25, 2000, the TRPA will be having a workday to work on the former T&NO caboose. The caboose is located at the Galveston Railroad Museum....
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Dennis Hogan
dhogan@...
Mar 24, 2000 1:36 pm
Texas Western Press has reprinted the 1960's classic "The Cloud Climbing Railroad" by Dorothy J. Neal. The text is the same, but it appears to have been...
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Dennis Hogan
dhogan@...
Mar 24, 2000 2:00 pm
Recently while in Old Sacramento, I visited Harmon Archives, a small used-book & paper memoribilia vendor. In times past, the business had odd hours and I...
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dalsa@...
Mar 27, 2000 4:37 pm
... Date: Mon Mar 27 08:40:37 2000 To: dalsa@... From: Greg_Radler Subject: Fw: TNO caboose 418 This past Saturday, March 25, 2000, TNO caboose 418 hit...
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Ray Montemayor
montemayor.1@...
Mar 27, 2000 8:07 pm
Can anyone tell me what color the ballast was on the mainline T&NO tracks around San Antonio in the late 1950's? I am modeling this area and era in HO and...
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Rollin Bredenberg
rollindb@...
Mar 28, 2000 3:15 am
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Rollin Bredenberg
rollindb@...
Mar 28, 2000 5:29 am
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Dennis Hogan
dhogan@...
Mar 28, 2000 6:24 pm
What's the story behind the statement on the SPH&TS Web site about: "Look for another convention soon in the T&NO area" ? Something being planned for 2001,...
