... The O-50-5 cars from Pressed Steel Car were substantially different from the O-50-6 and -7 cars from AC&F, particularly in tank proportions and higher...
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Jim Pattillo
yardclerk
Oct 10, 2006 2:15 am
Much obliged, Cyril. Two guys on Trainorders.com agree with you also. I'll label that picture as San Antonio. Jim Pattillo Yardclerk ... ...
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Jim Pattillo
yardclerk
Oct 10, 2006 2:22 am
Thank you for those informative links. Jim Pattillo Yardclerk ... http://www.railgoat.railfan.net/spcars/byclass/box/b050-21.htm ... ...
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Greg Nevels
nevels65
Oct 10, 2006 2:42 am
Is that a Fairbanks Morse Trainmaster I see in the background? Jim Pattillo <yardclerk@...> wrote: Much obliged, Cyril. Two guys on...
3388
zurekc@...
caz826
Oct 10, 2006 3:12 am
... From: Greg Nevels <nevels65@...> ... It's a Baldwin, either a DRS-6-6-1500 or an AS-616. On my monitor here at work I can't read the road number. ...
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John Patterson
flatoniajohn...
Oct 10, 2006 3:12 am
Greg,I really don't think so.True enough,SP Trainmasters started out pulling freights on the "Golden State"Route from Tucumcari to ElPaso when they first ...
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JP
flatoniajohn...
Oct 10, 2006 3:26 am
Wow!!Another blast from the past!! First,I find out that the Kosse Depot is alive and well in Saginaw. Then somebody posts pitcures of Espee Hopper Car 8001!! ...
3391
JP
flatoniajohn...
Oct 10, 2006 3:36 am
Okay.On the Shiner Branch,just about a mile before you get to the last crossing over a dead end road in Flatonia,there was a small Target Signal. It's been...
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Beckert, Shawn
sswfan02
Oct 10, 2006 5:34 pm
... Using the enlargement feature (should show up as an icon in the lower right corner of the picture when you put the cursor over it), it's definitely AS-616...
3393
texasdispacherspring
texasdispach...
Oct 10, 2006 9:12 pm
... last ... Should be the distant signal for Flatonia interlocking (a.k.a. cp SA120). Should be "D-xxx" plate on the mast....
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William J. Neill
rulesinstructor
Oct 10, 2006 9:20 pm
As a comment, "distant signal" is a definition used to identify a signal that exists in dark (non-signaled) territory to govern the approach to an...
3395
Charles Weston
charleswesto...
Oct 10, 2006 9:59 pm
The unknown location is the west end of East Yard, looking west, in San Antonio. Visible in the distant is Tower 121 and the old Olive Street overpass. ...
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John Patterson
flatoniajohn...
Oct 10, 2006 11:42 pm
Shawnie Boy,Chances are it was for a Yard Movement. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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zurekc@...
caz826
Oct 12, 2006 11:37 am
I tried that here at work and I still couldn't read it. On my monitor at home and on my laptop I could read the number. Chris Z. ... From: "Beckert, Shawn"...
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edwardarnold2000
edwardarnold...
Oct 12, 2006 7:08 pm
There is an auction house that has a pre 1914 steam engine and passenger car framed for sale. auction will be live at new braunfels 10/14. perhaps someone that...
3399
chambers_ed
Oct 12, 2006 8:49 pm
Does anybody know how many ,if any ,of the SP business cars went to Judge Haufines (spelling ?) stillborn railroad motel in Houston and what became of them...
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Howard Bingham
txarphouston
Oct 12, 2006 9:25 pm
... -- Most of not all of Judge Hofheinz's cars were eventually scrapped. it was really a shame, as some came to him in pristine condition directly out of...
3401
proto48er
Oct 12, 2006 9:41 pm
... to ... and ... does a ... in ... Sorry to hear that they were scrapped! I photographed some of them along with an 80' turntable (from Lufkin?) that was...
3402
chambers_ed
Oct 13, 2006 12:49 am
-There were at least 2 different 3 car diner kitchen lounge units and about 5 or 6 of the Southern business cars that were sold to B B Garrett who was the SSW...
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Jody Garner
jpg0102
Oct 13, 2006 1:44 am
Those cars are still at the Whistle Stop Ranch south of Tyler. I don't expect them to be going anywhere anytime soon since the nearby SSW Lufkin branch has...
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michael lowe
edwardarnold...
Oct 13, 2006 2:11 pm
i Went thru the cars in the late 1960's or 1970's before and I think after the bums had torn them up. I seem to remember alamo and guadalupe and a georgia...
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John Patterson
flatoniajohn...
Oct 14, 2006 1:55 pm
It would be nice,however,thanks to our esteemed Governor's lack of foresight on funding for State Parks,The TSRR might be closed next year!! Vote Kinky!! ... ...
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powerlivess
Oct 14, 2006 6:46 pm
I have a big box full of HO scale model railroad trains & cars. I have 2 diesel engines both of which are Sante Fe, 1 is a Spectrum/Bachmann GE Dash 8-40CW...
3407
chambers_ed
Oct 15, 2006 12:33 am
Here is a partial list of other SP cars that went to Hofheinz SP 10277 SP 10278 SP 10279 SP 9207 SP 9107 SP 9355 SP 9356 SP 9100 SP 9101 SP 10262 SP...
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Frank Fertitta
sunbeam1314
Oct 15, 2006 12:34 am
I think Kinky is really Ross Perot in a Palladin disguise. John Patterson <bongomonkey05@...> wrote: It would be nice,however,thanks to our...
3409
chambers_ed
Oct 15, 2006 12:34 am
-John Car you confirm what the number of the SOU biz car on hwy 271 near Tyler is for me please. ED-- In ... foresight ... I don't ... SSW Lufkin ... ...
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Skip Waters
wgcrush1896
Oct 17, 2006 3:24 pm
http://www.kingswayrc.com/gcst/TSRR_2006_flyer.pdf Railfan Weekend Nov. 17-19, 2006 All aboard! Gulf Coast Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, Inc. ...
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David Coscia
pahid71
Oct 19, 2006 12:35 am
I received the following email to my website. If anyone has any information, I will forward it to the gentleman. Regards, David ... I'm doing some research...
3412
HenryJHaus@...
kctrainsy
Oct 19, 2006 3:08 am
Why would anyone want to research a spur he knows nothing about except that it had a name, was in Houston and was active? Obviously the questioner knows more...
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William J. Neill
rulesinstructor
Oct 19, 2006 3:22 am
When doing operating practices research for a lawsuit, it is often advantageous to post a query on a site such as this and avoid doing the necy research....
