Does anyone in the group have a good copy of the picture of the first bridge over the Brazos River? Or does anyone khow where there is a good copy? I would...
Updated news with hard figures & data about the NEW KCS Intermodal Logistics Center to be built in Rosenberg along the former SP Macaroni line to Victoria.. ...
Signature Press is proud to announce the imminent arrival of our new book, _Texas & New Orleans_ by group member A.D. (Tim) McLennan. This should be available...
04/07/08: An evening drive along the Macaroni line served as the vehicle for the following discoveries: NEW RAIL: In place all the way through Beasley--to a ...
The Flatonia Railroad Historical Club, & the Flatonia Rail Park, would like to thank all the rail fans that came To Flatonia & made Party #7, a BIG SUCCESS. ...
Tommy Shults
bandit1@...
Apr 10, 2008 12:36 am
4285
I want to thank Tommy and his wife for making this event possible. My son and I had a great time. Pat Worsham Austin, TX ************** Planning your summer...
I was just going through some old emails and found this one. I'm currently in Afghanistan and can't get to any of my ref books at home....would you kindly...
Ditto Brian Ehni ... Afghanistan and can't get to any of my ref books at home....would you kindly forward the photos referenced in the email as I would love to...
Members - We moved from Houston to Hempstead about a year ago. Now days the City Park largely covers the former wye, and Austin Branch is only the name of a...
... I've seen parts of the old roadbed along US290 around the Chappel Hill area.I still beleive BNSF uses some of the old SP trackage in Brenham. Doesn't UP...
Brian, Thanks for the reply. I don't have much free time and when I do I try to stay up late enough to use what bandwidth we have to do some RR/TNO reading....
It does not. ADMcL ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Alastair Mclennan
admclennan1@...
Apr 12, 2008 5:46 pm
4293
When I was doing research for Cabooses of the Missouri Pacifc before 1996, I found at least 4 H&TC public timetables from the 1880's,either in Houston or...
Since Jeff Davis Hospital was next to the railroad station, could their files,might have maps and possible photos that would show the railroad tracks or...
... -- Currently, the "old" Jeff Davis Hospital has been renovated into artist lofts & is located behind the Houston Amtrak station.. Want a recent photo..? I...
My wife and I are going to spend take an extended weekend at an old hotel in D'Hanis TX. It is the Koch Hotel. It faces the UP. We have the room facing the...
... I know that in 1955 the only trains that stopped were the #5 and 6 , The Argonaut. It was a flag stop at 4:24 AM west bound 11:20 PM east bound. [Non-text...
... Actually, the train never went through Castroville. The town leaders would not donate the land. So instead the railroad routed through the town of...
... an ... We ... we ... Stephen, the Oct. 24, 1948 ETT lists the Eastbound Sunset Limited (#2) as coming through D'Hanis at 12:21 a.m. and the westbound (#1)...
courtesy of Jim Tatum Here is some info from various issues of "The Official Guide of the Railways"- Jan 1930 - D'Hanis was a scheduled stop for trains 7/8...
The old D'Hanis depot used to be about one mile east of the center of town, a few hundred feet north of the T&NO ROW back in the trees on a small ranch. Have...
Last time I was poking around at D'Hanis, there were still some old narrow gauge tram cars outside the brick plant. Consider taking the drive along old US 90...
Group, I was trying to e-mail Bill Benner, my45459, about possibly using his photos for my book, but the e-mail bounced back. Is he still a member here, or if...
... Hill ... BNSF uses the SP trackage in Brenham to serve Blue Bell Ice Cream.On the south side of the park in Heampstead part of the remaining track is in...
Guys - I understand that the "General II" 4-4-0 at Stone Mountain, Georgia, has been donated to a rail museum. What is the fate of the "Texas II", the former...
Yes, the General II was donated to the Southeast Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia. I talked to the folks at Stone Mountain about the old SA&AP E-40 #60 on...
A while back, someone told me that KCS was considering acquiring the former SA&AP right of way through Alice Texas to the Rio Grande Valley. I am old enough to...
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
