(Please pass this on to your railfan friends) “24 Hours @ Saginaw” 2007 Saginaw Heritage Center (the depot) 301 S. Saginaw Blvd. Saginaw, Texas 76179 ...
Hello Everyone, I was noticing in one of SP's last timetables, Southern Region #1 dated April 1996, that UP was in control of dispatching and the CTC between ...
SP made a trade of sorts with UP and I have a vague recollection that it involved SP taking operating control of the former MoP between Pueblo and Hoisington...
I escaped in 1993 and so far as I recall the line was still dispatched by the Central dispatcher. However, I will check around and let everyone know what the...
Have not been able to get absolute documentation, but now recall that it may have been part of the deal that gave SP(SSW) trackage rights on the UP from Big...
Can anyone help Jeff? Thanks! Carl ... From: jeff brailas To: dalsa@... Subject: Railroad official Greetings. I am conducting historic research on a...
I think both of you are correct and I believe the Rockport Line (Tower 112 to CPS) was also part of the package. SP had DTC. UP took control and initially...
And can anyone help John? Thanks! Carl ... To: dalsa@... Subject: T&NO ARGONAUT Can you help me out with some historical/technical/photo info on this...
Jack,From what I've been able to find out about The Argonaut,it was Espee's secondary train to the Sunset Ltd. until the early 60's.It was discontinued West of...
Jack, I've been lucky enough to have had access to SP dispatcher sheets for a couple of months of 1955 and 1956, covering the Sunset Route west of Yuma. During...
Perhaps five years ago, I transmitted to Jeff Cauthen, in California, photocopies from the original SP T&NO psgr train consist book for Trains 5 and 6 and, I...
Some black-white photos from the 1950s seem to show that T&NO tank cars in company fuel service had lighter-painted domes. Does anyone know what color this...
Tony, The color slides I have of a T&NO diesel fuel tank car has an aluminum painted band across the ends. The paint on the dome is almost completely covered...
... Thanks, Charlie. I'm well aware of the "aluminum end stripe" scheme for diesel fuel, and also the all-aluminum scheme for the same assignment. In fact, I...
I'm thinking about going out to Alpine to watch trains in the next few weeks. Are there certain days of the week where the number of trains is dramatically...
ugh.... while I'm glad that the switcher will have T&NO numbering, I have to say I was a bit disappointed to see the "halloween"/ simplified switcher scheme...
Vinnie;As Ed McMahon Used Ta Say"You Are Correct Sir!!". There's A Pitcure of One On Page 51 of Steve Goen's Book About the T&NO. ... [Non-text portions of...
From Tommy A. Shults via the BLUE STREAK NEWS: FALLEN DEPOT: On Sunday night June 3, 2007 a sudden storm at about 11pm hit Flatonia, high winds & rain. On...
Hi Vince I saw the steam locomotive on the concrete retaining wall, but I did not notice the SA&AP lettering. Great find! Carl ... From: "Vincent Smith"...
Carl - What is the status of 786? Frank Fertitta "Carl R. Codney" <dalsa@...> wrote: Saturday June 23 from 9 AM to 5 PM and Sunday June 24 from 10 AM to...
In what manner will the images be used? What message is to be conveyed to "local leaders" through these images? Will credit be given to the photographer? Bill...
... Here's the story about this project from the June 4, 2007, issue of Texas Contractor (which has nice color photos in the magazine story): Depicting...
I hope that whoever wrote this post (Shults? Surely not Carl!) has a good copy editor for his newspaper articles. I'd be embarrassed to see such writing as...
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