I just discovered this book in an internet search. the page i saw concerned railroads. I don't know if this will help anyone in doing research. michael lowe...
Hi List, Can one of you guys or gals find me a photo of the T&NO depot in Harlingen? If you can't think of a photo, I'd even settle for a description of the...
Charlie; I really couldn't tell you. I imagine they used open hoppers and gondolas. On rock trains in the 80's&90's,the SP used Ortner aggreate hoppers. I...
Gons they were. Some SP owned equipment, but mostly foreign gons with eastern marks. Rollin ... __________________________________________________ Do You...
Don't know what you mean by "rock train", but the trains from the Hill country to Port Lavaca were mainly system flats. HJH (KCTrains) [Non-text portions of...
Those were the trains carrying the granite from Marble Falls to Port Lavaca for the jetty construction. Trains carrying limestone aggregate (other than for ...
In a message dated 9/3/2006 8:19:34 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, HenryJHaus@... writes: Don't know what you mean by "rock train", but the trains from the...
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What size were these flats? _____ From: TNO@yahoogroups.com [mailto:TNO@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rollin Bredenberg Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 10:25...
... Nearly all 53 ft 6 in but there were a few of the 60-ft cars in there too. ... There are Jim Hickey photos of these cars in my Vol. 3 on SP Freight Cars,...
... 1960's? ... Charlie - I recall solid trains of T&NO and SP triple offset-side sawtooth hoppers and SP double hoppers with side discharge in the late 1950's...
... Are these the limestone trains? are they the same as the Llano Branch rock trains? We have separated the jetty rock trains bound for Port Lavaca, but are...
... side ... the late ... rock ... or ... boxcar ... Llano ... for ... Tony - Since he is from San Antonio, I assumed he was asking about the rock trains that...
... Yes, that was my understanding of the primary use (originally) of the T&NO triple hoppers. There is also a story that they saw use in a haul from a lignite...
In “The Southern Pacific, 1901–1985” Don Hofsommer says that the end of the Morgan Line came in 1941, when the liner S.S. DIXIE was sold to the U.S....
... end ... sold ... line, ... company ... War ... the ... on ... MUNDO ... to ... Fighting Ships? I don't know if these freighters would be listed. There...
The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships is a very good source of information on Espee vessels that were actually commissioned by the U.S. Navy, but...
List: Steve Allen Goen's splendid book [which I own], "Texas & New Orleans Color Pictorial," does devote several pages of text to the complexities of the...
... Just to let everyone know of an act of kindness, Tony Thompson sent me a splendid black & white image of Harlingen station. What a handsome and dignified...
I don't have my timetables handy, so I can't answer the specifics. But in general, this was not an uncommon situation. Usually, to keep from confusing the...
Henry the 8th;In Ft.Worth's Intermodal Station,Both The Eastbound and Westbound Amtrak "Texas Eagle"Have To Back Into The station. ... [Non-text portions of...
One further comment, the Edinburg station was on the McAllen line, not the Brownsville line. In a very real sense the Brownsville line was the Branch and the...
... Another Internet success <g>! And in return, Jim was kind enough to send me some fascinating RPO data on SP operations. Thanks, Jim. Tony Thompson...
... not the ... Branch ... Extension was ... (they issued a ... opened ... from MP -0.16 ... from MP 0.0) ... Many thanks for the detailed explanation, Henry....
Henry and List : That same RPO data which I passed along to Tony Thompson yielded a couple of nuggets regarding the "Border Limited" operations between ...
I believe that the previous respondents post (which was done with benefit of timetable) is correct concerning the normal procedure during most years of ...
... benefit of ... years of ... likely ... passenger ... east leg ... head into ... and the ... Henry and List : I assume when you say "head down the east...
The Side Track Records collection by TNO_GP9 has been updated with the addition of the long promised 1926 Victoria Division. Not every link has been tested, so...
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