3/1/09: Only two bridges need be completed on KCS's Rosenberg-Victoria mainline. One is the Colorado River bridge in Wharton, where they are still working on...
Talked to the track crew yesterday, they plan to start laying track tomorrow from Hungerford. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 2, 2009, at 6:38 AM, Matthew Dittert...
Tommy, I want to try to come to the April 4 event. Was wondering if I will be able to park my mini van close enough to the swap meet where I can just leave...
Russell Barnes
switchkey@...
Mar 9, 2009 7:42 am
4811
Tim, I imagine that the ML&T would have had a yard of some sort at Avondale as early as 1880-81, when the Avondale-Harahan ferry began running; but it was...
Mike True, ML&T had a yard of some sort at Avondale for ferry. So Avondale did not open in response to Huey Long bridge. But bridge made Avondale much more...
Alastair Mclennan
admclennan1@...
Mar 10, 2009 10:36 pm
4813
One lasting oddity of the Avondale-Harahan rail ferry remains to this day. In order for trains to climb the levee on the east bank, a rail ramp was used,...
Tim, I suspect the first IC yard at Harahan -- there were eventually three: A, B and C -- was built to support the Espee's east bank ferry landing. The...
Located At M.P. 119.80 on the Sunset Route. Tommy A. Shults www.sidetracktommy.com ... From: Tommy Shults [mailto:bandit1@...] Sent: Wednesday, March...
Tommy Shults
bandit1@...
Mar 11, 2009 3:37 pm
4816
Mike Thank you for your information, more detailed than mine including the fact that there were three Harahan yards. I read somewhere that Harahan yard had...
Alastair Mclennan
admclennan1@...
Mar 13, 2009 10:29 am
4817
Tim, As far as I know, both of the Espee ferry crossings remained in operation until the Huey P. Long Bridge opened in mid-Dec 1935. By the way, here is my...
... Mike, if you come across any information about non-revenue (MW) floating equipment, I'd like to add it to the MW floating equipment list that I will be...
Mike I don't have any data on train ferries and transfer barges, unfortunately. Tim ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Alastair Mclennan
admclennan1@...
Mar 13, 2009 4:07 pm
4820
Good Afternoon, Mike: Let me inquire about two ferries: 1. MoP and T&P from Algiers to passenger station on Annunciation 2. T&NO staton in Algiers to passenger...
Ken, This has to be one of the most obscure subjects there is, and one that is very dear to me!!! A member of this group retrieved a dumpster full of T&NO...
Dick, Here is everything I know on these two subjects, from a webpage I used to have on-line. ... The New Orleans Pacific (the predecessor of the T&P in New...
... From: Mike Palmieri <mikepalmieri@...> Subject: [TNO] Re: Ferries to T&NO station and T&P/MoP station from Algiers . . . To: TNO@yahoogroups.com Date:...
Mike I was under the impression that a newspaper article stated that our Yankee monitor/car ferry ended up at Mobile and is sunk in the Mobile River as is...
... Thanks for the response, Mike. Besides adding two pieces of floating MW equipment to the roster, it does give me some ideas as to where I might search....
Ken, By all means do this. I suspect that ship entheisiasts are more likely to have this information than railfans, but I don't know many shipfans, and I need...
Ed, About 10-15 years ago my friend Reuben Feuge did some research on the TPMPT ferries for an article he wrote for the MPHS, and the last information he had...
Ray: Can you add any comments and information to those below about T&NO operations at Avondale and NOLA when ferries were in operation? Best wishes, Bill Neill...
Looks like dispatching on the Macaroni is starting to be real work.? Friday night (20th) in Edna - El Toro area, three trains within two hours.? At about...
... From: Brian Koch <theswitchstand@...> Subject: [kcsnotes] Colorado River Bridge To: "KCSnotes" <kcsnotes@yahoogroups.com> Date: Monday, March 23,...
Hi Were there any diesel locos and/or caboose that had the road name showing TNO more dominant that the SP name. Or better still with no SP name on. Have...
Charlie; I really don't think so.For the most part,the T&NO Reporting Marks were mostly featured on Freight Equipment-Box Cars;Hopppers;etc.-and Cabooses. I...
List, Tracklaying crews have crossed the Colorado River over the weekend, and continue building toward El Campo, where wooden ties and rail are being...
I can add, from my observations on Sunday afternoon (3/29), that the line south out of El Campo through Louise has been ballasted and leveled and looks great....
I just passed a long train of welded rail, with hoppers on each end, pulled by TFM and KCS units, westbound on the T&NO going toward Englewood about 9:00 this...
It was probably headed to Wharton. First train since the late 90s! Sent from my iPhone On Mar 31, 2009, at 9:58 AM, "Douglas Weiskopf" ... [Non-text portions...
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