Chris, Thanks for sharing the photos...I liked 'em...Maybe I'll dig out a couple I have taken at The West University Public Freight track in 1973. I walked...
In mid-1972, during the first year of my career with SP, I lived at 2630 Bissonnet, Apt 182, directly across the street from a GM parts depot and would...
Surfin'Byrd;TA Bunch For The Reply!!Now Generally,The UP Will Post On Their Website When and If Theyr'e Planning To Run An Excursion Train. As Far as Their...
That's where I lived from 1972 to early 1974 at the Bissonnet Plaza apartments. I recall that the GM parts plant was always receiving lots of Chessie System...
Hello Everyone, I hope everyone had a good Easter. I was wondering if anyone knew if progress was being made on the Marcaroni Line Rebuild? Has KCS finished ...
The CTC was in the Houston office when I arrived as superintendent in 1980. I do not know how long it had been there but do know that it had been at Skidmore,...
... finished ... I noticed today they were replacing ties on the old jointed rail that was left in place outside Rosenberg. One of the bill boards that was on ...
Surveyors having been working for approximately the last three weeks for a possible new siding on the Glidden Subdiv. at Engle (between Weimar and Flatonia)....
Here is a link to the collections from the DeGolyer Collection at SMU Jeff Jones Tresurer, The Texas Fire Museum Dallas, Texas Everett Lee DeGolyer, Jr....
There is a Sunbeam/Hustler 8 car consist on eBay. It is listed by one of the more prolific brass merchants under item # 190102264292. What year would this...
This is a good representation of the last days of the Sunbeam. A lot of the photos I find has the full Sunset silver set running with the PA's (example in...
The Sunbeam for sale represents the train after the red & orange paint was removed in 1950-1951 to match the new Sunset. Sort of misses your time period. It...
I Know This Is Kind Of Off The Subject,But I Wonder Why The KCS Just Didn't Simply Buy The Old Bellaire Branch To Eagle Lake,Then Restore The Long Abandoned...
... Thanks Skip, I have TZ's T&NO book and a few others. I was having trouble getting the time line right. I guess that I will not jump in to a full consist at...
Hello Everyone, Does anyone know if SP leased part of the Tex Mex Hopkins Yard in Northwestern Corpus Christi back in the early 1970s and 1980s? I've always...
ANNOUNCEMENT!! It's that time again!! Plan on attending... “24 Hours @ Saginaw” 2007 Come watch trains and have a good time with members of the North...
Lloyd As a far, as I know Hopkins Yard (the two yard tracks across from the airport) was just a later extension of the Corpus Christi Joint Yard that was built...
Starting from end of track south of McHattie, and all the way to near Kendleton (maybe about MP 12.0-12.3) trees have been cleared from the right of way and...
I have Engineering News vLXI#14 4 Oct 1906 p 350 that shows realignment as fig 4 "Map of Paisano and Marfa Cut-off Lines". No mileposts are shown and the date...
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Ed Am not sure. I was under the understanding that a track re alignment occured post 1921. It may be the track map which you have covers the ROW which existed...
I plead stupid, please excuse me. They were supposed to go into a different yahoo group Ah the light of Monday Meantime I'll attempt to scan the Paisano Pass...