Steamfest 2007 - October 13 & 14, 2007 The second annual SteamFest will be held at the east end of Riverview / Audubon Park. Our prime exhibit will be of...
FYI: Gulf Coast Chapter NRHS SP caboose en route to be painted.. (Details about the caboose may be found at: <http://www.houstonrrmuseum.org> , CLICK...
Thanks to Ken Z for the photos. Denis Long _____ From: TNO@yahoogroups.com [mailto:TNO@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Howard Bingham Sent: Wednesday, September...
Howard, Who is painting it and what are the paint schemes? regards, David FYI: Gulf Coast Chapter NRHS SP caboose en route to be painted.. (Details about the...
I saw in the latest issue of Model Railroader that a company called"Wheels of Time"has N Scale"Harriman"Coaches lettered and numbered for IC and T&NO. I was...
... -- Don't know, maybe if you ask one of the contact persons at the www.houstonrrmuseum.org web page.. I knew they were going to be painted, the original...
An auction lot in a Mobile Post Office Society auction is made up of several items associated with the Placerville & Sacramento RPO, primarily with the last...
My Wife and I Were In waxahachie Yesterday. I Saw The Former Burlington-Rock Island Depot (In Fairly good Shape.It's Being Used as A Construction Company...
That depot would be the BRI freight house. ... From: JP To: TNO@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 10:05 PM Subject: [TNO] SP's Waxahachie Depot ...
Mark your calendars, November 3, 2007 for the Fall Flatonia Rail Gathering, by this date the mosquitos will have gone, no hot weather, perhaps a few cool...
Hey everyone, I have another question pertaining to old sitting equipment. While I was looking around the ESPEE MODELERS website, I stumbeled across some...
Gary, While I don't really know for sure,chances they were either(A)Sold for scrap. (B)Sold to a Locomotive Dealer-ie:Helm Leasing;GATX;etal.and leased to a ...
... -- Seems like SPH&TS is pricing out those who do not have deep pockets, as registration exceeds the daily room cost (For one day) for those attending from...
... Howard, If you are asking why the registration is $160, let me tell you. The price is based on the number of people we expect to attend. If we had the...
... -- [snip] -- ... -- Doesn't make any sense to me..! It seems that IF you want to attract higher participation & attendance, you would try to keep the...
... I think you have it backwards, Howard. If we cut the registration cost to the bone, we necessarily put on a much more limited convention. People do not...
Howard, I understand your point. I live about 70 miles north of Houston and would love to go. It was my pleasure to attend the one in Houston back in the...
... If the registration fee discourages local members from attending, then perhaps the SPH&TS should revisit the issue. I do not know how the SPH&TS runs its...
As chairman of the 2007 SPH&TS Convention I have tried to keep out of the discussion regarding the registration fee. However, there has been so much...
... Bill, this list is not the place to discuss convention budgets, though I will be happy to do so with you off-list. I have been involved with management of...
As an additional comment, I invited several retired T&NO/SP operating officers living in the Houston area to come to the convention but when they saw the price...
... Good point, Bill. Currently this matter is at the discretion of the individual convention committees; I am among those on the Board who would like to make...
Hello Everyone, The article below appeared in today's El Campo Leader News. It's about the rebuilding of the Rosenberg Rail line. It looks like there will...