Pavilion Party, Day in Flatonia: The next party will be Nov. 7, 2009: The next Spring party will be the first sat. in April, next year: Watch for up-dates &...
Tommy Shults
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Jun 3, 2009 3:38 pm
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Anybody know if there are tonnage tables for these two classes of locomotives? Any help would be appreciated....
Tex - Tonnage ratings varied over the division. My ETT No.36 Dallas and Austin Divisions dated 11-22-1942 specifies the following in units of 1000 lbs: Mk-5...
Bill - Neither 36 nor 45 (Dallas and Austin 5-19-46) indicate any engines heavier than a C-9 are rated over that section. Even the M-21 2-6-0s aren't...
... Frank Bill, Frank's reply was correct in that no Mike had tonnage ratings beyond Austin. Per TT # 47 dated 3/20/1949, M-21's carried a rating of 2500...
I wonder if there were no Mk-5 or F-1 ratings between Austin and Fairland because the traffic did not support it? I suspect that would be the case for the Mk-5...
-For what it's worth here are a few comments on steam around Austin in the 1947-48-49 era. First off this is from my bad memory, hanging around the tracks, and...
In the 1980's , my father told me that some farmer in Pierce, had the wooden depot out on his farm. I went and photographed it, but I don't know the farmers...
Michael, Your dad was right...........The depot was out at the Chris Wilbeck Farm off of Wildcat Lane. It was used as a playhouse and later a gun room. The ...
Southwestern Report vol 112 8/19- 11/18/1908 pages 353-355 court case Texas railroad commission vs GHSA over train service change 1907 two daily trains to one....
Guys - The ICC conducted a study back in 1917, prior to the takeover of the railroads by the USRA before WWI. The study, among other things, measured EVERY...
Does anyone know of any photographs of Austin's old Union Depot on Congress at 3rd? I've found a few images but would like to see some post WWII images for...
Good Morning, Michael, and all railroading fans: Don't know the name of the farmer, but do know a bit of the history of how Pierce came to be a stop on the ...
News Releases 6/10/2009 C. Doniele Kane, 816-983-1372 KCS Announces the Start of Rail Operations on Victoria to Rosenberg Rail Line; Partners with Texas...
Lennard, Thanks for the links. I didn't realize there were two stations across the streets from one another. The depot I had in mind was the H&TC building....
I want to extend my thanks to all of you for your questions and interest in my new book on Houston railroads. I will be giving a presentation on my experiences...
I hope UP can finish all the work that still needs to be completed by June 17th. Four hundred feet of track and four switches and completely cutting...
Besides Steve Goen's Books,the current issue of Trains Classic has a pic of the Austin-Houston Passenger Train at Austin's T&NO Depot. ... [Non-text portions...
Hello All I received this email and I am wondering if anyone has TNO timetables from the era. The question asks about locomotives, but I suspect he is really ...
Trains 217 and 219 would be running in the same (westerly) direction so it seems unlikely that 217 "took her away" while 219 would "bring her back." Weren't...
[For those on the TNO list, KCS has run its first revenue through-train on the Macaroni Line today--it is tied down at Kendleton this evening. See more...
I've driven on the North Street rail crossing and the Macaroni Linethis morning and it has truly been completed over the weekend. One Rail Line now crosses...
Great pics...even the ballast looks so clean...like the paint on the engine. Thanks much, a beautiful sight. By the way don't see that paint scheme much up...
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