Dick Troxell has a pretty informative segment about Terrell;The TM and Ned Green in his 2002 Book"Texas Trains". Of course,Terrell is the hometown of Oscar(tm)...
Hmm,when I go to the Galaxy Drive In Theater in Ennis,I pass by the Elk Roofing Plant on the way back!! BTW:If your'e ever in Ennis and your'e longing for a...
The TN&O served Sour Lake with a spur of the Houston to Louisiana line from 1903 until the 1930's. We have built a new city hall on Hwy 105 replicating the...
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Good Luck!!Most Wooden Cabooses Are In Museums or Maybe Owned By Private Individuals. Your Best Bet Is To Find Some Plans From The Era and Find a Carpenter To ...
Ken - A realtor in Columbus, Texas may still have an old T&NO wood caboose on her property. It it still on its trucks and has a sloping cupola. Last saw it...
Using google to search something about railroads, don't remember what, but I found someone had scanned a 1912 Texas Railroad Commission Report. Naturally, I...
Hello? Where have you been? Here are Dallas/Fort Worth events.... Celebrate at Dallas Union Station and Fort Worth Intermodal Transportation Center this Sat.,...
Thanks Skip.I didn't know anything until my wife told me about it,so I looked it up and found out about the events in Ft.Worth this weekend. ... [Non-text...
Current discussion is that 771 is too far gone to rehab but yet the Grapevine Heritage group needs an operating engine - perhaps an F7. The Museum of the...
What? You got to be kidding. With todays technology and capabilities, NO steam locomotive is far gone for restoration. Unless it has been submerged in...
Gary - It truly WOULD be a treat! It would be unique! Like I stated in the 4449 blog on the espee site, rebuilding a steam engine is a matter of money...
I am not saying the 771 can not be repaired.What I am saying is that she was butchered by Grapevine to move her. She also cannot get into the Stockyards in the...
That'd be cool if the Age of Steam Museum loaned the Grapevine Vintage Ry.their"Santa Fe"F7 for excursion!! There hasn't a Warbonnet F7 on Texas Rails since...
Visited old SP yard at Victoria on 05/09/09. Updates information shows Union Pacific plans to increase curvature radius onto Placedo connection. Please...
... From: Ron Pereida <ron.pereida@...> Subject: [TNO] Old SP yard @ Victoria To: TNO@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, May 9, 2009, 5:37 AM Visited old SP...
List - When the Hustler and Sunbeam were streamlined what numbers would be displayed in the vestibule car number boards? Specifically when there was a single...
... I don't have time to look just now, but perhaps the line number is indicated in the public timetable covering the operation about which you are asking....
... Generally speaking, car numbers reflect the number of the train and the place of the cars in the consist. There were many conventions over the years...
Is UP going to replace the rail on the main from the KCS connection east of Loop 463, through the Victoria yard to the Cuero Subdivision new connection? I...
It's already been replaced. KCS had wished to run trains on May 1, but were delayed by demands in Wharton County concerning flood control. Also, the Rosenberg...
Welded Rail through the Victoria yard yes has been replaced, but no rail connection exist at Victoria because of the redsigned curve work that has about 900...
While traveling along U.S. 59 between Victoria and Houston yesterday there was a ballast regulator working just south of the Lake Texana bridge. I also...
Schedule of Events (Please pass this on to your railfan friends) 4th Annual “24 Hours @ Saginaw” 2009 Saginaw Heritage Center (the depot) 301 S. Saginaw...
Hello all I received the following email and I am wondering (a) anyone heard of Mr. Mangham and (2) dates of the depots being constructed. Thanks in advance. ...
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