A few months ago, a query was made about operations around Gregory. Herewith up-to-date information on that topic. Bill Neill Conroe, Texas Begin forwarded...
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sunsetexpress
Dec 5, 2009 1:14 pm
Here's a rarity---the depot for the SA&AP in Corpus Christi: ...
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sunsetexpress
Dec 5, 2009 1:25 pm
Another photo in the Corpus Christi Public Library archives: http://archives.cclibraries.com/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/gpc&CISOPTR=6469&CISOBOX=1&REC=2...
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sunsetexpress
Dec 5, 2009 1:34 pm
So where exactly was this with respect to Corpus Christi? http://archives.cclibraries.com/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/gpc&CISOPTR=9918&CISOBOX=1&REC=4 Did...
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sunsetexpress
Dec 5, 2009 1:47 pm
A couple of views of this multi-use bridge including railroad tracks: ...
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Vincent Smith
sunsetlimited
Dec 5, 2009 1:55 pm
If you look on google maps, it still shows the bridge crossing the ship channel. Follow Navigation Blvd north out of town. The bridge was owned by the port....
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sunsetexpress
Dec 5, 2009 2:10 pm
This view and others in the archives show the path of the then new Harbor Bridge under construction. I think the two buildings in the middle to lower left are...
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sunsetexpress
Dec 5, 2009 2:31 pm
Here are a variety of photographic views: Twisted tracks after the 1919 storm (still SAP then?): ...
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sunsetexpress
Dec 5, 2009 2:51 pm
What's wrong with the caption on this photo? http://archives.cclibraries.com/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/gpc&CISOPTR=6467&CISOBOX=1&REC=4 Winner gets a trip...
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Bill Nash
macnash5079
Dec 5, 2009 2:59 pm
I suppose you are referring to the fact that the car is a engine tender, not a tank car. Can you read the number board? Maybe 144? BN...
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Joel
joelfl9
Dec 5, 2009 3:06 pm
Corpus Christie library has labeled photo as tanker car when its a tender. I am also not comfortable with the term Southern Pacific Rail Lines. Its an awkward...
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sunsetexpress
Dec 5, 2009 3:44 pm
Looking at a 1943 bus route map of CC, I noticed that the SP depot was a block or less from the MP (ex-SAU&G) depot. The SP one was a stub-end station (fomerly...
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Russell McKay
lokomac8
Dec 5, 2009 3:59 pm
Thanks for doing the surfing to find those great photos!!! --RJ-- ... From: "sunsetexpress" <denmeg_hogan@...> To: TNO@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday,...
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sunsetexpress
Dec 5, 2009 4:01 pm
This topo map might help to understand the layout of SP tracks: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/texas/txu-pclmaps-topo-tx-corpus_christi-1951.jpg I noticed...
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sunsetexpress
Dec 5, 2009 4:09 pm
Speaking of Corpus Christi, I recall a story that my father told about living in CC. He had a business trip one day up near Victoria or thereabouts. A rather...
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Ken Harrison
sptrain98
Dec 5, 2009 11:34 pm
... That's a mighty attractive and impressive depot. KWH...
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Ken Harrison
sptrain98
Dec 5, 2009 11:37 pm
... Now, now, show them some tender mercy. KWH...
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sunsetexpress
Dec 6, 2009 1:35 pm
Sunset Station: The Art of Restoration (part of an article copied from the San Antonio Business Journal, Thursday, October 2, 1997) "A team of some of San...
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F. Richard Burt
effarbee
Dec 7, 2009 4:15 pm
What's wrong? The most obvious seems to be mis-identification of the tender as being a "car" on the railroad. ...and I offer my winnings to anyone else who...
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Grover Dixon
groverdixon32
Dec 7, 2009 5:01 pm
... From: Thom L To: Grover Dixon ; gkeith4@... ; t.kava@... ; donode1@... ; David Buckner ; dmanion@... Sent: Wednesday, December 02,...
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Grover Dixon
groverdixon32
Dec 7, 2009 5:01 pm
... From: F. Richard Burt To: TNO@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 10:11 AM Subject: Re: [TNO] Tender Mercy What's wrong? The most obvious seems...
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John Stokes
jstokes39
Dec 7, 2009 5:24 pm
Grover, Could you let the rest of us in on the awesome photos? There does not seem to be a prior message on this in the group file and nothing of substance...
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Grover Dixon
groverdixon32
Dec 7, 2009 6:37 pm
I will try again... have to forward the original and paste the group addresses. Guess it didn't work the first time. ... From: Thom L To: Grover Dixon ;...
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Grover Dixon
groverdixon32
Dec 7, 2009 7:04 pm
I had trouble getting more than one photo to attach. You might have to give me your email address and I can just forward the message as I received it. Maybe...
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Russell McKay
lokomac8
Dec 7, 2009 8:07 pm
Yes, Grover, Yahoo strips the attachments from the message. I've had the same problem. You'll have to email them directly to those who want to see them (like...
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ke5apj
sunsethouston
Dec 7, 2009 9:44 pm
Caption writer evidently doesn't know the difference between a "tanker car" & a tender..! Typaical from NON-railfan types..! Howard Bingham -- ... From:...
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Cyril and Lynn Durren...
durrecj
Dec 8, 2009 2:33 am
Please up load to the photo section so all of us can see them. Cyril Durrenberger ... From: Russell McKay <lokomac8@...> Subject: Re: [TNO] Fw: Old...
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dsshoemaker
Dec 8, 2009 2:40 am
I agree, it sure looks like 144....
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dsshoemaker
Dec 8, 2009 2:43 am
The spur to the Naval Air Station was pulled up probably about a decade ago. It now ends around where the road to Petronila crosses it. KCS uses to store grain...
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edwardarnold2000
edwardarnold...
Dec 8, 2009 12:28 pm
Has anyone done searches on highway crossing accidents before 1938? One of my great uncles was involved in a fatal crossing accident, 1937 or earlier, between...
