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...
Posted on behalf of Tommy Shults.. Automated reminders will be posted to most Texas e-mail lists at 2 week & 1 week intervals before the event.. Howard Bingham...
Yep!!I was reading in the Flatonia Argus(my old home town)that the city's trying to get the UP to be quieter when the trains come through town!! ... [Non-text...
Had a good time. Was a good set of programs and layouts to visit. Russell Straw ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ...
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Russell, I'll second that. I enjoyed all the programs I got to see, and it's always great to visit with fellow fans of the SP/T&NO. Thanks George and crew! ...
Hey guys, I have a question that I need cleared up. According to the placard placed next to the SP 794, the engine is an ALCO build locomotive, but according...
... Brooks is one of the companies which combined to form Alco. The locomotives built at the Brooks plant were often still called "Brooks" locomotives though...
It was the ALCo Brooks works. Here's more info in ALCo and it's various works: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alco#Early_history -- Keith Thompson ... From: gary...
Hey Gary. The builder would be ALCO-Brooks. Alco had several locations where they built locomotives through buying out other companies. Much like GM today. I...
Two small points I should have mentioned: Alco was formed in 1901, so locomotives built at Brooks prior to that WERE produced by the Brooks Locomotive Works...
Gary,I'm not real sure,but I beleive that Alco bought Brooks.Correct me if I'm wrong. Also,while Alco built both Steam and Diesels,they were probably more...
... Actually, John, Alco was formed by a combination of a bunch of companies, one of which was Brooks, in 1901. ... Depends, of course, on whether you're a...
I think that instead of being better known for either steam or diesel, they are better known to be a steam locomotive manufacturer that was successful in...
Hi folks. I'm new to the forum. Just reciveved Goen's T&NO book in the mail and was thrilled to see the photos of the Austin/Houston passenger trains. I...
... I am not familiar with the list on the ESPEE modelers website, but it's in my roster of SAP locos at: <http://www.wcroberts.org/index.html> -- Bill Roberts...
... By the way, why does the ESPEE modelers website NOT list the TNO 260 (SAAP 60) as one of the E-23 4-4-0's. There is only listed the 261 to 266 with no...
... Welcome aboard Arthur, Trains 42/43 were the day trains, usually pulled by a P-5 Pacific ( #605, 606, etc). Per an October, 1941 ETT, #42 was scheduled to...
I would like to model a T&NO C-30-1 caboose with the straight sided cupola that was added in the mid forties I believe.They were more common here in Louisiana...
Art,as Ed McMahon used to say"You are Correct Sir!!".They were Steam Powered until the end!! Modeling them should be fairly easy up to a point:I'm not real...
Yes Charles and John both the Walthers and American Model Builders are excellent models to start from. Basically just change the cupola. But that is the...
The Cal State RR Museum has a large collection of SP drawings The database for the drawings is online You can while away hours and hours perusing various...
I'll try the Cal State Museum drawings, sounds like a good source. Also if the wood cabooses were rebuilt with C-40 steel cupolas those dimensions could be...
David - One of those cabooses (T&NO #320 was stenciled under several coats of paint) was at Hobo Joe's Barbecue joint in east Austin, Tx for many years - still...
I'm wondering how one might approach an N scale kitbashing of the Baggage/RPO 128 shown in the P.10 photo of Goen's TNO book, using the Wheels of Time Harriman...
There is a drawing on page 24 of "Diagrams-Common Standard T&NO Passenger Cars-Southern Pacific Lines-as of 1948". This book was put out by the SPH&T quite a...
That is interesting that TNO cabooses went to the MP. Would like to see a TNO wood caboose in MP colors! Hopefully the one in Austin has been saved. Tried toPM...
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