Posted on behalf of Tommy Shults.. Watch for updates and reminders.. For those from outside Texas, directions (maps) may be found at: www.sidetracktommy.com ...
Any info the Gonzales-Harwood mixed in the 40's appreciated. Specifically: Was the 4-4-0 turned at Harwood? How? Track records 0f '38 show no Y or TT. What was...
The locomotives were not turned at Harwood, and the locomotives backed from Harwood to Gonzales. The two E-40 class 4-4-0s (220-221, later 260-261) used had...
I think the train route was called the "rabbit" because of the way the route went up and down rolling hills north of Houston....something like the way a rabbit...
After the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos, and Colorado Railway built through Alleyton and graded toward La Grange, they bought (or at least attempted to buy) the ...
... far as Lumberton? If so, which railroad owned the track? ... Jody T&NO trains from Beaumont used ATSF tracks from Beaumont to Loeb Jct.at MP 10.3.There...
Interesting set of pictures - thanks for posting. That small combine is interesting. Were these common in other areas of Texas? ... [Non-text portions of...
Thanks from me also for posting the pictures. Photos show 60' wood combines like this at Waco, TX and on the Pacific Lines Tombstone branch. Charlie ... From:...
... The Columbus Tap was built by Columbus people BECAUSE the BBB&C was building past them on the way to LaGrange, on the east bank of the Colorado. It...
You Know,I think it'd nice if the TXGN offered a Weekend Mixed Train from Harwood to Guntown(Gonzales)!! ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Hey Tim, thanks for that very nice broadside. Would you know the length of this or similar car? How long were they used? Looks like a fabulous modeling...
Dimensions for this car as well as others can be found in the "Diagrams Common Standard T&NO Passenger Cars Southern Pacific Lines" as of 1948. Available from...
I agree with Leonard! This begs to be modeled. I wonder if American Model Builders or LaBelle would be interested. (AMB used to cut the sides for LaBelle--...
LaBelle did make a version of this car, but in 60' length. The 60' length wood combine was also used on the T&NO and SP. Charlie ... From: "Jim Ogden"...
Hope to see you in april. Located At M.P. 119.80 on the Sunset Route. Tommy A. Shults www.sidetracktommy.com ... From: Tommy Shultz [mailto:bandit1@...]...
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Athearn/MDC Roundhouse Wooden Cars Might Make A Good starting Point. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Leonard - I've got some information on this car. Evidently it was a 50-CB-X built by Barney & Smith in 1886 and rebuilt on the SA&AP in 1916. It was a divided...
Thanks for the background info Frank & Charles! I didn't know there were several of these cars. I'd love to have an accurate model of one too. It would look...
I have a clear photo of this loco I would like to share. Here is a little history to go with it. Even though it says SOUTHERN PACIFIC on the tender, this is...
Consider the following maps and images from Microsoft's Terraserver website: A 1975 topographical map showing an abandoned railroad grade leaving the SP main...
Actually all Atlantic Lines engines except H&TC and HE&WT were lettered with 1. "Southern Pacific" on the cab with number on tender prior to about 1916 2. "...
We could have the coaches to drag behind the both varieties of motor cars, that is if some kind soul would also made reasonably priced models of them. Barry...
After the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos, and Colorado Railway built through Alleyton and graded toward La Grange, they bought (or at least attempted to buy) the ...
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