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by dhogan
Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:41 am
Forum: Reminiscing about the Texas & Pacific Railway
Topic: Down the Atchaflaya 1890
Replies: 1
Views: 10410

RE: Down the Atchaflaya 1890

Gross Fete or Gross Tete, Louisiana? Have heard of the latter but not the former.
by dhogan
Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:41 am
Forum: Reminiscing about the Texas & Pacific Railway
Topic: Cisco TX
Replies: 0
Views: 9403

Cisco TX

<t>Almost 20 years ago I was shown two structures of interest near the former T&P mainline in Cisco: One was the C&NE engine house which had been incorporated into a modern industrial building just north of the tracks. The second was what appeared to be a concrete turntable pit just east and...
by dhogan
Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:41 am
Forum: Reminiscing about the Texas & Pacific Railway
Topic: Paris TX depot
Replies: 0
Views: 8679

Paris TX depot

<t>On a day trip to Paris a few weeks ago, I dropped by the Paris T&P depot. It had recently reopened as a bar at one end and yet another restaurant (called Jaxx at Traxx) at the other end. Burgers were good at the restaurant!<br/> There's a city/county museum in the old Texas Midland freight ho...
by dhogan
Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:41 am
Forum: Reminiscing about the Texas & Pacific Railway
Topic: TSR 201 (ex-T&P) update
Replies: 0
Views: 8460

TSR 201 (ex-T&P) update

This former T&P ten-wheeler is supposed to be in regular service at Texas State Railroad this fall when TSR 300 goes out of service for shop work. I heard this back in June from employees there.
by dhogan
Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:41 am
Forum: Reminiscing about the Texas & Pacific Railway
Topic: El Capitan Peak
Replies: 0
Views: 8434

El Capitan Peak

I have a large, old framed color picture (lithograph?) of El Capitan Peak in West Texas that was issued by the T&P. It looks like the type of picture that might have hung in a ticket office. Other than a few postcards, I have not seen any promotions of "scenic" West Texas.
by dhogan
Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:41 am
Forum: Reminiscing about the Texas & Pacific Railway
Topic: T&P Employee and Public Timetables
Replies: 3
Views: 15982

RE: T&P Employee and Public Timetables

There is someone with an extensive collection of T&P timetables back to the 1870s. He was a T&P-UP employee. I only know of him second-hand and unfortunately cannot recall his name. Dick Smith had access to his collection and got a copy of an 1870s decade timetable for me.
by dhogan
Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:41 am
Forum: Reminiscing about the Texas & Pacific Railway
Topic: Silver Slipper
Replies: 0
Views: 10674

Silver Slipper

<r>Had it been successful this T&P train set would have trumped the Burlington's <I><s>[i]</s>Pioneer Zephyr <e>[/i]</e></I>for the honors of the first streamlined Budd train.<br/> Lots of stories of what went wrong! It quickly lost any publicity and was forgotten. <br/> Most of the photos you s...
by dhogan
Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:41 am
Forum: Reminiscing about the Texas & Pacific Railway
Topic: Detour maps
Replies: 0
Views: 10402

Detour maps

<t>Most railroads published detour maps---T&P included. The map shows all the T&P branches and mainlines plus connecting "foreign" railroad lines (with basic info about them). In case of a detour situation, the best re-route could be selected. <br/> Right off hand, I can't cite a specific ca...
by dhogan
Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:41 am
Forum: Reminiscing about the Texas & Pacific Railway
Topic: El Paso T&P depot
Replies: 0
Views: 10068

El Paso T&P depot

<t>There is structure in El Paso that is a former T&P freight depot. Maps seem to indicate it was the site of the T&P passenger depot before Union Depot was built and placed into service.<br/> My question: Was the passenger depot simply modified to become the existing freight depot or did T&...
by dhogan
Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:41 am
Forum: Reminiscing about the Texas & Pacific Railway
Topic: Midland & Northwestern
Replies: 0
Views: 47736

Midland & Northwestern

<r>Here's an article about a shortline few even know about: the Midland & Northwestern:<br/> <URL url="http://www.sibleynaturecenter.org/essays/moseying/history/040505_midlandrailroad.html"><s>[url]</s><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.sibleynaturecenter.org/essay ... lroad.html">http://www.sibleynatu...