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- Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:41 am
- Forum: Reminiscing about the Texas & Pacific Railway
- Topic: Down the Atchaflaya 1890
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RE: Down the Atchaflaya 1890
Gross Fete or Gross Tete, Louisiana? Have heard of the latter but not the former.
- Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:41 am
- Forum: Reminiscing about the Texas & Pacific Railway
- Topic: Cisco TX
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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...
- Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:41 am
- Forum: Reminiscing about the Texas & Pacific Railway
- Topic: Paris TX depot
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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...
- Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:41 am
- Forum: Reminiscing about the Texas & Pacific Railway
- Topic: TSR 201 (ex-T&P) update
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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.
- Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:41 am
- Forum: Reminiscing about the Texas & Pacific Railway
- Topic: El Capitan Peak
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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.
- Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:41 am
- Forum: Reminiscing about the Texas & Pacific Railway
- Topic: T&P Employee and Public Timetables
- Replies: 3
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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.
- Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:41 am
- Forum: Reminiscing about the Texas & Pacific Railway
- Topic: Silver Slipper
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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...
- Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:41 am
- Forum: Reminiscing about the Texas & Pacific Railway
- Topic: Detour maps
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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...
- Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:41 am
- Forum: Reminiscing about the Texas & Pacific Railway
- Topic: El Paso T&P depot
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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&...
- Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:41 am
- Forum: Reminiscing about the Texas & Pacific Railway
- Topic: Midland & Northwestern
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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...