A message from Dennis Hogan... Carl ... From: "Dennis Hogan" <denmeg_hogan@...> To: <TNO-owner@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 8:39 AM ...
Good day! Does anyone know the status of the organization known as the "Friends of the TSR"? I have had no luck at making contact. Kind regards John B. Price ...
Lennard Stewart wrote: John try this number Friends of the Texas State Railroad P. O. Box 2074 Palestine, Texas 75802 Phone: 1-866-729-5543 But they may not be...
This mailing is going out to groups dedicated to non-Pacific-Lines portions of the SP, including its major subsidiaries. Some of you may have heard that I am...
Lennard: Thank you for your reply. I have had some difficulty in reaching anyone in the 'Friends' organization. Regarding the website, it appears that the...
Cyril suggested that Phil DaCosta might be a person to contact for this. Phil, now almost 91, lives in Medford, OR. I think that he could be a great...
Lennard Stewart wrote: Hello John Here is there new website http://www.texasstaterr.com/index.php Under Friends it says coming soon. You do know the State no...
... When I talked to you in Medford last year, I got the impression that Phil was somehow no longer able to cope. If that is untrue, I would love to talk to...
Thanks again, Lennard. I had not noticed the Friends option on the banner of the TSRR website. Unfortunately, the note only adds to my confusion. Kind regards ...
Lennard wrote: Hi John They may have done away with the Friends. When it was being run by the state I think it was being considered a Non-Profit now that it...
Ken, All I have is this photo of a T&NO MW train parked on the siding in front of the Visco Products plant in Sugar Land, Texas. I obtained the print from Bob...
I have a 1944 timetable of the Austin Subdivision. It lists a station at Pershing which was just 1.9 miles from Austin's downtown station (mile 0). I cannot...
... I can't answer your question, but I want to remind folks that a "station" is NOT a building on the SP. A station is "a place identified in the timetable...
-- Pershing Jct. [named Kaiser untill the first World War then named for the General] was were the MKT joined the T&NO just at the east edge of Perdenales...
The track is still in the street but the switch was removed several years ago. the plan was to keep the track and reinstall the switch if they decided to...
As far as I know, Pershing is simply the junction where the Katy branch from Granger connected to the Austin sub. It is immediately east of Pedernales St. and...
The turnout at Pershing is still there, and there's about 1000' or so of what's left of the Katy that's used to store cars. The east switch at Austin Junction,...
Art; I pulled out my copy of Steve Goen's"Miss Katy in The Lone Star State"after reading your email. Page 83 mentions Pershing Junction. Pershing Junction was...
John - There was never an interlocking tower at Pershing. There was, however, a tower on the I-GN at Colorado Bridge (torn down in about 1962) that controlled...
Thanks AT!! Just taking a slight"Guesstimate"!! However though,having visited Austin many times in my 50 years on earth,the Butter Krust Bakery was served by...
Alas, Butter Krust stopped baking about 10 years ago and the switch pulled out about then, or before. It is now occupied by Hoover's, an internet co. The few...
Dang!!!I'm sorry to hear that!!!One of the things about living in South and Central Texas was Butter Krust Bread and Superior Dairies!! My Senior Year in...
Corpus Christi has been closed for 15 years or so and I belive that SA facility is closed too. Butter Krust was was a GREAT place to go for field trips in...
Hey Vince ... have to follow along with the bread theme .. Mrs. Bairds had a bakery in Victoria right behind the yard office ... and oh the smell of fresh...
Guess Texas school kids will have to be satisfied with occasional trips to the Blue Bell ice cream plant in Brenham... Howard Bingham ;-) ... From: "Vince...
I recall hearing that one of the reasons why so many old fashioned bread plants closed was because that wonderful odor was considered a pollutant and it was...
Howard, speaking of Blue Bell, the last time I checked, the old T&NO to Hempstead still serves BNSF as a spur line to the plant and, of course, ends there....
From 1985-87 I worked for Bettis Appliance at 5306 Middle Fiskville Road. The warehouse had a double door in the back that opened onto the track; there wasn't...
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