The building is very sturdy. There has always been disagreement in Orange about the original color scheme. Orange has a vigorous historical society, but they...
Does anyone have a copy of "Souther Pacific Diesels: Volume 6 - Diesel Locomotives of the Texas & New Orleans" by Joseph A. Strapac? How much is devoted to the...
I recently purchased a video on the SP beets trains in California. It got me wondering what resources were used to make the sugar at the Sugarland refinery...
At one time sugar cane was a common crop and could be obtained from MP, ATSF, TNO origins.? In the 50's and 60's it appeared that the vast majority of the...
In the late 1800's the refinery was owned by Ed. H. Cunningham, who built his own railroad to bring cane in from the fields of the surrounding counties. When...
Interesting question, and have enjoyed the replies. Being a long time former resident of the Houston area, I recall the unpleasant smell of the Sugarland...
Steve;I remember seeing the former"Cane Belt"trackage from Wharton up to Eagle Lake as a kid in the 60's as well!My parents owned a farm outside Flatonia and...
... I don't think much if any. When Eldridge ran the Cane Belt it was to supply the refinery that he and Dunovant owned. I doubt he sold any cane to the...
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... Box cars were used up until the last few years of operation before they shifted to bring raw sugar in covered hoppers. In the 60's they abandoned 500...
When we moved to Houston in the mid-1960s, the SP siding just west of the sugar refinery held a long string of SP and TNO single sheath boxcars that were in...
I remember those too. In the early 1900's they attempted to raise sugar cane on the HE&WT and ship it to Sugarland. I do not think they did much of that, but...
It IS a high rise building and still sports a large neon sign that can be seen for miles along US-90A.. IIRC: The City of Sugar Land has reportedly set up a...
Great photos. Thanks to everyone for the info. I grew up in Southwest Houston and as a kid we used to ride our bikes down to the tracks along south main. I...
Isn't that city correctly known as Sugar Land? Wasn't the refinery known as the Sugar Land refinery? Wasn't (isn't) the station known as Sugar Land? If so,...
Russell Straw, Thanks for the clarification and the link to your Sugar Land depot. In fact,I might say that your work is sweeeet. Imperial always advertised ...
... -- Which strikes a good resemblance to the photo of the Sugar Land depot on page 105 of Steve Goen's book "Texas & New Orleans Color Pictorial.. (Includes...
According to Richard Troxell's 2002 Book"Texas Trains",the Sugarland CofC moved the depot to 445 Commerce Creek Blvd.Sugarland,Tx was the home of Imperial...
... Back in those days even the Texas State prisons were segregated. The whites were housed in the buildings you see still standing. Blacks had different...
Weii I'll Be!!I never knew that!!I've heard various versions of it including Creedence Clearwater Revival's Version in the Late 60's/Early'70's,but I never...
Reminds me of the movie I saw in the 70s, "The Legend of Lead Belly" -- it had shots and runbys of old MC&SA No. 5 (I believe it was) for the train scenes. ...
TNO fans, In an effort to keep folks up-to-date on the re-restoration of SP 786, an Austin Steam Train Association volunteer has created a web site with...
I think"Leadbelly"gets shown from time to time on such cable channels as HBO;Encore;AMC;Bravo and A&E before they started showing reality shows like"Dog the...
Great story. I did not know that. I actually live on Neff St. here in Houston named after Pat Neff and near Pat Neff Elementary School. I never knew who Pat...
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