Enjoyable video! Appreciate your research. The SP in Texas showed a competitive edge between Houston and Dallas from the 1930s until the early 1950s. Equipment on this route was streamlined early. The Burlington-Rock Island commenced running diesel-powered light weight Zephyr equipment on their Houston-Dallas line on October 1, 1936. Southern Pacific countered with streamlined steam powered equipment. Speeds of 70 MPH, unusual in Texas at that time (sometimes faster) were common. Outside of the Sunset Limited and the Dallas-Houston segment, no other SP trains in Texas utilized streamlined equipment. From 1949 through the 1950s there was wholesale slaughter by the SP on Texas passenger service. As info, the Missouri Pacific terminal of Palestine is pronounced pal-es-TEEN (I lived there nearly 15 years). There is a very interesting book with much information about the history of all Texas Railroads. It is titled "A History of the Texas Railroads". Authored by S. G. Reed (1941), who was Freight and Traffic Manager of the Southern Pacific in Texas and Louisiana.
The Super Chief never ran through Clovis. The trains that ran through Amarillo and Clovis were the Grand Canyon and San Francisco Chief. The Houston trains were the Ranger, Texas Chief and Fast Fifteen to and from the East, and various connections to the Houston-Clovis trains at Brownwood for Ft. Worth and Dallas. SFRH&MS has publications, presentations and records for information and research. I worked a summer in Las Cruces, NM and filmed some MOP operations in El Paso. There was a yard on the East side of town near the river. I have a short 8 mm movie of a Geep unit switching the lead
Hey, TH, thanks for diving into a subject not too broadly covered. Here's a thought about gaps in history pertaining to the SP. and your difficulty in finding threads, etc. What if the Evil Spirits who controlled the line are still active and seeking to thwart the efforts of people like you, who are looking to shed Light and Knowledge on their Dark and Sinister Past? Okay, I'm mixing train love in with "Supernatural" episodes. Seriously, though, nice work about a niche subject. Looking forward to the next video. Cheers.
Great video, I would suggest a trip to the railroad museum in Galveston allot of locos coaches and memorabilia from South Texas trains and railroading. You may be able to get enough info for a good update to this video. Ecspecially the route that was there when the service terminated the SF line from Galveston to Dallas through to Chicago.
The gulf coast lines was an organization of smaller railroads running under the GCL lettering from my understanding it was just that nothing more until merging entirely into the mopac.
Enjoyable video! Appreciate your research. The SP in Texas showed a competitive edge between Houston and Dallas from the 1930s until the early 1950s. Equipment on this route was streamlined early. The Burlington-Rock Island commenced running diesel-powered light weight Zephyr equipment on their Houston-Dallas line on October 1, 1936. Southern Pacific countered with streamlined steam powered equipment. Speeds of 70 MPH, unusual in Texas at that time (sometimes faster) were common. Outside of the Sunset Limited and the Dallas-Houston segment, no other SP trains in Texas utilized streamlined equipment. From 1949 through the 1950s there was wholesale slaughter by the SP on Texas passenger service. As info, the Missouri Pacific terminal of Palestine is pronounced pal-es-TEEN (I lived there nearly 15 years). There is a very interesting book with much information about the history of all Texas Railroads. It is titled "A History of the Texas Railroads". Authored by S. G. Reed (1941), who was Freight and Traffic Manager of the Southern Pacific in Texas and Louisiana.
Good Work With The Video.
The Super Chief never ran through Clovis. The trains that ran through Amarillo and Clovis were the Grand Canyon and San Francisco Chief. The Houston trains were the Ranger, Texas Chief and Fast Fifteen to and from the East, and various connections to the Houston-Clovis trains at Brownwood for Ft. Worth and Dallas.
SFRH&MS has publications, presentations and records for information and research.
I worked a summer in Las Cruces, NM and filmed some MOP operations in El Paso. There was a yard on the East side of town near the river. I have a short 8 mm movie of a Geep unit switching the lead
Hey, TH, thanks for diving into a subject not too broadly covered. Here's a thought about gaps in history pertaining to the SP. and your difficulty in finding threads, etc. What if the Evil Spirits who controlled the line are still active and seeking to thwart the efforts of people like you, who are looking to shed Light and Knowledge on their Dark and Sinister Past? Okay, I'm mixing train love in with "Supernatural" episodes. Seriously, though, nice work about a niche subject. Looking forward to the next video. Cheers.
Great video, I would suggest a trip to the railroad museum in Galveston allot of locos coaches and memorabilia from South Texas trains and railroading. You may be able to get enough info for a good update to this video. Ecspecially the route that was there when the service terminated the SF line from Galveston to Dallas through to Chicago.
The gulf coast lines was an organization of smaller railroads running under the GCL lettering from my understanding it was just that nothing more until merging entirely into the mopac.
The i&GN was already taken control by the frisco by the time the branch lines i modeled were even running in 1910-1912.