Were there ever ice facilities in or around Houston to re-ice reefers? If so where were they located and how long did they remain in use? Thanks, Jim...
I'm not sure about Houston but I remember seeing PFE Ice Racks in Hearne's SP Yard Until The Early'70's. I also remember seeing Ice Hatch Reefers on SP...
I'm not sure about how manythere used to be in Houston, but from the SAAP maps made availbale for the group there was an ice plant along the SAAP tracks and...
... -- While I don't know if it was tied to the railroad, there used to be a big ice house adjacent to the SP Grand Central Station in the northern edge of...
Several years ago, SP donated a baggage car the the Austin Steam Train Association. We understood the number was 5986. Likely it had a previous life as a TNO...
Morning, Last week we had power washed the SP 794 and noticed that the very first color for the lettering was silver. Is this how it is supposed to be? I...
Jeff, I don't have one handy, but I'll do some digging to see what I can find. I may have to get one next Friday when I go back to the yard. I'm about an hour...
Bill - If the car has an arched roof with (1) 10" smokejack, (5) 6" Globe ventilators and (6) 14" Globe ventilators on the roof, and two 60" wide side doors...
Bill - The wrong car number at the top of your post threw me! I was probably mistaken in my former post - disregard it - that car is not yours. That car is...
Hello everyone. I was wondering if anybody could give me any more details about this switch engine sitting at Terry, MS. What I have found out about the engine...
Sorry about that typo. The car does have two openings on each side, don't know the dimensions. Each opening has two doors that push to each side rather than...
Hi, I'll check those specs on Friday. I did understand that it came from SA but don't remember any other details. 1916 might make it the oldest car we have....
Bill, It is possible that the car could have been built by Bethlehem Steel Company as a class 70-B-5 (‰ 70-ft over end sills) heavyweight baggage car for the...
Leland F. Lee
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Nov 4, 2008 12:51 am
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If we are speaking of an arch (oval) roofed car, they were all delivered in Dark Olive Green with Gold Leaf lettering. I think Leland Lee gave you your...
... #842 was still a T&NO number. It was the second locomotive given this number. After Green Brothers it went to Standard Gravel Co. before being retired. The...
Thank you very much. That was the info I was looking for. I went and visited with the engine yesterday and snapped some photos. It is in such a state of...
[...] there is a complete list of all PFE ice facilities throughout the SP and UP systems, in the PFE book. If you [...] consult that book, you'd find the...
... As I understand it, at the time these locomotives were built, SP used aluminum leaf lettering on many freight engines, but tended toward white for freight...
Tony, Thanks for the info. Book is on the way. I have the other books and they're full of great info. Does the PFE book say when the facilities at Englewood...
Anyone have any information on operations through Eagle Lake? Mostly interested in 60's and 70's but any info would be cool. When did the rock trains start...
I spent a week there in summer of 1972.? Everything below is from memory. ?The Blue Roan plant of Gifford-Hill had been in service for several years by that...
... No, the PFE book of company facilities did not in general include closure dates. But since icing services were discontinued in 1972 and were certainly...
Russell Crump's book Santa Fe Locomotive Facilities-Volume One-Gulf Lines, on page 147 there are details of the operation at Eagle Lake including the battle...
Thanks for the personal info, Joel. Denis _____ From: TNO@yahoogroups.com [mailto:TNO@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of joelfl9 Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008...
Should read 12 noon as the approximate on-duty time.? Bought a pair of Red Wing Wellingtons the Saturday before at the Army surplus in Victoria.? Still have...
Okay;For the most part,I mainly remember seeing Espee on the Sunset Route through Eagle Lake. I remember seeing a GP9 in the Black Widow Scheme by the now...
Mr. Read, no doubt you will have many tales to tell about Eagle Lake and your more-than-honourable activities there conducted on behalf of your employer. Of...
... books and ... facilities ... to know ... include ... and ... probably ... the "mid 60s ... Tony, LOL. I have not heard Tony Koester's comment before. I...
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