Jim King posted following message concerning Tower 159 at Mathis, TX. The interlocking tower was placed in service November 7, 1929. Unlike many of the ...
... Further research revealed some errors in my earlier work which will be corrected in upcoming books: Tower 84 was located at Walker Avenue, at the HB&T -...
SP 2-8-2 745 is currently being used in the movie "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button" starring Brad Pitt. The filming is taking place on the New Orleans...
Hello fellow railfans, There will be a railroad event in Commerce, Texas, the last day of November (30th). We are trying to locate and invite any individuals...
I am in the process of scanning 1942 SP employee timetables for a publication. I have assembled the system set in effect March 8, 1942, with exception of ...
Tried to raise you on Southern Pacific Are you on here? I have some information for you, that I couldn't find a few months ago Contact me direct regards Ed...
GH&SA railway system Louisiana division employee timetable 3 effective 11/30/1883 has a condensed schedule from San Francisco to Glidden, TX. Then a regular...
GH&SA operated from Houston to El Paso. The railroad comprised three divisions until 1894 - Houston (to San Antonio), San Antonio (to Sanderson) and El Paso...
Has anyone else had trouble reading their email at their @yahoo.com addresses? For the last week, perhaps the last two weeks, each new message is displayed...
Expect accessing messages to get slower as seasonal spam keeps mail servers busy during the holiday season.. This from 5+ years as both a list owner &...
If I may self-promote, I have recently listed three newspapers on eBay which have feature articles on SP/TNO/SAP line abandonments in the 60's, 70's and ...
The city of Omaha recenlty threw out building permits from about the 1880's to the 1980's. They were listed by street address. I had not thought of these as...
Hello again fellow railfans, Just a reminder that the symposium, The Cotton Belt in Commerce, will be held tomorrow (Nov. 30). We are trying to bring together...
Hope to see you here. Located At M.P. 119.80 on the Sunset Route. Tommy A. Shults www.sidetracktommy.com ... From: Tommy Shults [mailto:tas@...] Sent:...
Still researching the SP 745 mystery of July 8 1921. Have additional questions... In July 1921, a manifest westbound thru Paisano Pass, where would the crew...
... -- Were not heavy repairs to steam locomotives on TNO in Texas performed in Houston...? I know San Antonio had shops, but believe that Houston SP Hardy...
Don't know, that why asking! We know 745 spent a good deal of time in shops there over her life. When reconstructing 745, found a few pieces on her which were...
... In the SP system, there were a few General Shops (which could do anything, right up to building steam locomotives). On Pacific Lines, these were at...
... and asking, if this were the criterion, why was Algiers not a General Shop? There were locomotives built at Sparks and Ogden, too, but they were not...
At the time I think that the intermediate crew change points on the El Paso Division, which ran east to Del Rio, were at Sanderson and Valentine. But chec k...
A.D. - Yes, the westbound crew would have boarded the loco at Sanderson and finished the run at Valentine. Most probably, the guys in the crew were residents...
A.T. Kott Thanks for the fascinating information. Do you know any more (I don't). In particular why Valentine roundhouse extant in 1926 was completely cut off...
A.T. What was the woman's name who left her ranch to Kirby Lumber Company. That's a little Kirby history I didn't know about. Gary Williams Beaumont...
Guys Thanks so much for the information. Engineer Bohlman and family lived in Sanderson. Supposedly Fireman Robinson did as well with his family, but some news...
Also Earthquake was August 1931 which zapped Valentine Ed Ernewein <tno745@...> wrote: Guys Thanks so much for the information. Engineer Bohlman and...
As it happened the Symposium didn't happen exactly according to plan. Things rarely do. Our chief nemesis in this endeavor was that ice storm that hit Commerce...
... news stories reported he lived in Marathon.... Ed - Sanderson was the town of preference for T&NO crews to live in. It was really a nice little town,...
Thanks again for all the information about the Sanderson-Valentine operations. A few more questions while I have y'all's attention: That stretch of track, in...
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