Empty UFIX coal train in Rosenberg, Texas, April 2, 2004. [IMG]
From 1977 when I was in Chicago on a business trip. [IMG]
I believe they were all traded in to GE for new B36-7 locomotives. Whether GE used them for parts and scrapped what was left or sold some intact,...
424 E California St. in Gainesville, Texas. Sometime in the 1940s. [ATTACH]
Scruffy looking U30CG in Temple, Texas. January 31, 1977. R. J. McKay photo. [ATTACH]
In 1981, I rode the Houston section of the Inter-American from Houston to Temple where it met the section coming up from Laredo on its way to...
The friend of mine who owns two private cars recently was interviewed by a local TV personality. (A retired news anchor on one of the Houston...
The inside of a Santa Fe caboose. [ATTACH] The Southern Pacific diner from the Sunset Limited that we are restoring. [ATTACH]
Just the camera on my I-phone. Didn't have my Nikon on me as I was floating about in my hot air balloon. :whistle:
[ATTACH]
And then there is this project. The boiler has been totally rebuilt, a new steam cylinder saddle has been cast and machined and new bearings for...
Oh, there is a lot of skudzy looking stuff tucked away in various places. This poor Pennsy coach got scrunched many years ago. Now without trucks,...
Back at the ASTA yard. Looking along a flat car at the old Santa Fe Caboose. Our ex SP dining car that we are restoring is to the right of the...
An old "drover" caboose being restored. I still need to find out the heritage on this one. Probably Cotton Belt. [ATTACH] Found a photo of one at...
The air compressor is toast. But it does run. However, it would probably need a lot of work down the road as it is pretty worn out.
In the yard at Austin Steam Train Association. It's for sale if you want it.:whistle:;) [ATTACH]
Nope. Would be nice if we did.
There are a lot of nice cars that have been restored and a lot of "work in progress" units in the wings. This car and I go way back. The first...
And this is how you get to the roof. Those notches in the lower grab iron sure make the ladder stable. [ATTACH]
