... As anyone at CSRM or most other museums can tell you, the unions like BLE have far better and more accessible personnel information than museums do. Tony...
I know this has been discussed several weeks ago, However, I just received a few days ago, my new book Texas & New Orleans Book, by Mr. A.D. McLennan. I read...
Tommy Shults
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Tommy, I sure wish I would have know Mr.. McLennan was working on his book. . I would have been more than willing to share some the Victoria Sub Division...
Hello group, does any one here have a drawing of the track (yard) layout including the round house at Sanderson before the 65 flood destroyed it. Im attempting...
Thanks for the help with this project. I was 9 yrs old and living in Sanderson in 65 when the (then) existing part of this picture was destroyed. The...
Sorry for the bandwith As Bakersfield Chairman, it has come to my attention that some of you have already received your form in the July issue of Trainline. On...
I am looking for photos of Algiers saddle tank shop switcher MW 1202 for a G scale modeling project that is currently underway. According to Guy Dunscomb's...
Group - In Westcott's Cyclopedia Vol. I - Steam Locomotives, Edition of 1960, on Page 178 are drawings of a 160-C tender as part of drawings of a MT. I also...
Available from CSRM http://66.129.110.33/ Found from a search using "tender" in description [Southern Pacific]. Not numbered [1927-1930] Tender, 16000 gallon,...
... There was indeed a Mainline drawing, but it lacked a number of details and did not have a good truck drawing. Arnold Menke and Bob Church worked together...
Can anyone give the group an update on the status of the beautifully restored ex-T&NO station in Brownsville following the landing of the hurricane this...
... Jim, I don't know the Brownville depot specifically, but most of the South Texas SP depots are more the ornate version known in some quarters as "Spanish...
... Yes and right you are, Mr. T. At least, I agree with you. Many years ago, while working in Washington, I was told by Ms Ada Louis Huxtable, then head of...
The MoP Brownsville depot was also Spanish Colonial-- not Mission or "Craftsman" style. When the MoP fitted its Sunshine Special lounge cars in Spanish...
... Henry has sent the magazine cover image to me, and the depot is pretty certainly Spanish Colonial in style, though the photo only shows part of the front....
... Jim. Thanks so much for the enlightenment. Can it be said that "Spanish style depots" covers them all in their wild and wonderful variety? And, if you...
Apparently though, not ALL Yahoo groups do that -- the 36 Chevy Owners Group I belong to does not strip images from messages. It is much more convenient in...
Texas & New Orleans RailroadIf anyone would like a photo of either the former T&NO depot, designed by Leonard B. McCoy, or the former MoPac depot, please write...
Hello All, I was talking with some friends the other day and we were discussing the TNO/SAAP depots and the name of Elmendorf came up. The question that arose...
Perhaps someone already answered this But I don't even care [Gustav] Stickley was the force behind the "craftsman" movement of roughly 100 years ago. He was...
There were several Stickley brothers most of whom made furniture at different locations. Grand Rapids, MI and New York. The company in New York is still in...
Gary - The Elmendorf depot was indeed similar in design to the Waring depot. It was about the same size. I have the detailed measurements for it (and all the...
I've been slowly reading and really enjoying McLennan's "Texas and New Orleans" book, but I came across something that I couldn't understand: He says that for...
-I'me not sure if it was a T&NO requirement or not, but it is a lot easier to spot a light engine under the water spout than it is to stop a train of any size...
Tearing up trains, rough handling of the train and running by the spot and having to back up. It's easier to spot a light locomotive than the entire train. ...
... -- It seems the UP does this too when fueling the UP 3985 on excursions.. (This has shown up in any number of videos of both the 3985 & 844 ).. Howard...
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