My Bad.I Just assumed It was the T&NO because the UP still runs the former SP line through Mansfield. Anyway,thanks for the answer. ... From: Rodney & Marilyn...
-Yes, at one time power was changed in Sanderson. The SP built the track east of El Paso to between Langtry and the Pecos River were it meet the GH&SA. As I...
While I can't tell you about SP Power swaps in ElPaso or Sanderson,I do remember seeing RS11s running through on the Sunset Route through Flatonia until the...
Hi Jim, I don't know what date that EP - Sanderson trackage became exclusively T&NO, but I suspect it was soon after completion of construction. Certainly the...
In the Fall of '74,a freight train derailed a few miles west of Flatonia close to the Fayette/Gonzales county line. According to local legend*(*or at least...
As I recall the "legend" I heard, the bulldozers ran over them to flatten them first before pushing them into the hole. Would not think worth digging up again...
Common practice in those days; due to PI liability, the auto companies did not ever want them on the market, it was a cost decision only in the sense of ...
"State Park Funds Derailed: Railroad may be the first to close as money has been cut and diverted." FRONT PAGE feature in Sunday Editions of the Houston...
... The manufacturer did not want damaged ("wrecked";) or repaired cars sold as new, and so the value of the cars would virtually vanish as "salvage" cars...
I was the Dalsa dispr when that unrailment occurred and, later, when the autos were buried. I don't know if Pat Baker's bulldozers squashed them but they're...
My memory is rusty on this one, but as I recall, in the 70's or 80's the Santa Fe lost a load of USED Mercedes at KCS crossing in Kansas City and these also...
Hank;Bill and Wes(Gee Wes,if only you were Dale,all we'd need is Dang Ol'boomhauer!!);TABunch for the reply.I was in the 10th Grade when that wreck happened in...
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Just a quick note to the list that Signature Press has just released the 4th book in its freight car series. This book covers box cars and I note there are a...
... exclusively T&NO, ... Certainly the ... this ... Four ... Lordsburg ... EP&SW); SP from ... work over ... only the T&NO ... EP&SW ... in El Paso. ... were...
These are very interesting postings to which I can add 2 cents worth for the benefit of those who may be less up to speed on history. As the president of ...
I'll add a couple more small details to this thread for about 1960 time frame. At Valentine, freight crews changed, but diesels and passenger crews ran...
My 1959 San Antonio division timetable (#203) shows Valentine as having BKDYP, and Sanderson as BKDIYP. Unfortunately, nowhere in the timetable is the code for...
The Cushing Memorial Library at Texas A&M has posted 22 vintage views of the depots at College Station, Tx. To get to them: type in www.aggienetwork.com and...
... Just my two bits on Sanderson bunk houses - My ex-wife's grandmother owned and rented out two of the Sanderson bunk houses. They were both stucco. One...
Hey all, As some of you all may already know, I work at Trans Texas Rail Shop in San Antonio, Tx. My boss asked me to try to locate some pictures of the old SP...
Gary, I don't have anything you are looking for. However, I'm wondering if you would ask your T&NO contacts if they have any T&NO passenger car photos? We...
The above roll of microfilm is listed on the Texas State Archives wesite for sale. Has anyone ever looked at this How much equipment or railroad building...
MP Central branch Union Pacific 1882 livestock tariffs listed the cars series and lengths for the MP,CBUP, and MK&T of stock cars. It might be possible that...
I Waited In Fort Worth's Amtrak Station For The New Orleans-StLouis Steam Train Behind The Northbound Texas Eagle,Only To Find out That she was Sidelined Due...
Billy,Sorry to hear about 745 developing mechanical troulble!! I was really looking forward to seeing her on the Fort Worth-Dallas Section of Amtrak's "Texas...
