The Side Track Record collection by TNO_GP9 has been updated with the addition of the 1926 Dallas Division. Not every link has been tested, so please let me...
Hi; Does anyone know what year the T&NO station in Bremond was torn down. I'm trying to get some info for the Bremond Historical Society. Thanks Mike.P...
Folks, I've been assigned to write an article about motive power used in the New Orleans area in the steam and diesel era. The editor has only given me a...
I have not had time to drag out any books but off the top of my head I have a few answers. For passenger engines during the steam diesel transition, the big...
Evan I'm no expert but have made a bit of a study of T&L Lines steam power, including that used around New Orleans. It's a safe assumption that steam power at...
In a message dated 10/7/05 4:25:51 PM Central Daylight Time, ... ............. Wow, can't add much to that. I did find that the T&NO rostered 12 or so Gas ...
The Side Track Record collection by TNO_GP9 has been updated with the addition of the 1926 Houston Terminals. Not every link has been tested, so please let me...
A.D., thanks for this write-up on motive power in the New Orleans area. I'm interested in tracking down information on F1 2-10-2 #982 all over the TNO system...
At 09:08 AM 10/10/2005 -0500, LARSON, JEFFREY A. (JEFF) (JSC-DO551) (USA) ... -- There is a site that "Texas Railroad Preservation Association" has on RYPN ...
Thanks, Howard, but the TRPA site is pretty out of date and could use an update. One of TRPA's problems was this sort of research. Some of their members did...
Does the engine still run at Minute Maid Park? I didn't see any shots of it at the 18-inning marathon last night. Surely the walk-off home run should have...
Jeff I can't offer any suggestion about where to look for data on 982's steam heat connection. But circumstances suggest the Second World War when a number of...
In Steve Goen's book on the T&NO, he has a photo that the caption says that several 2-10-2's were equipped with steam heat lines to protect the Argonaut....
Yes, it still runs, back and forth over a short stretch of track whenever a run is scored. Although you couldn't see it, you could hear the whistle blow (at...
gents .......minute maid park has a 4-4-0 steamer that comes out when a home run for the home team! while i've never seen it with my own two peepers, if my...
Does anyone know the date of the construction of the first "Grand Central Station" in Houston and the beautiful train shed? This would be the one preceding the...
... -- Don't know the date the station was built, but the first Sunset passenger train ran in January 1883 if I have the year correct.. The info may be in a...
Doug, The Houston Grand Central Station was opened on January 16, 1888. The trains of the Houston and Texas Central, Southern Pacific and the Galveston, ...
Leland F. Lee
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Oct 20, 2005 1:29 am
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... Galveston, ... Thanks, Leland and Howard! I didn't know there was a historical exhibit at the Amtrak depot; I'll have to go by and check it out sometime...
... Galveston, ... Thanks, Leland and Howard! I didn't know there was a historical exhibit at the Amtrak depot; I'll have to go by and check it out sometime...
Footnotes to Leland Lee: (1) from memory, the trainshed was applied later, after Houston's first Grand Central Station was constructed. (2) The stn is said to...
Here's more information from Steve Byrd. This website has a photo I have never seen before of this depot. ... From: STEVE BYRD To: Carl R. Codney Sent:...
... I have never seen before of this depot. ... pc.org/~lfa/BB10.html ... Thanks, Steve and Carl! I believe that photo is from our collection in the HMRC of...
I thought there were 4 to 6 houston & texas central public timetables, from the 1880's, that i found in the houston public library, in the 1990's but i haven't...
The Side Track Record collection by TNO_GP9 has been updated with the addition of the 1938 Austin Division. Not every link has been tested, so please let me...
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