tnocentex
Junior Member
The Espee is my second favorite railroad.
Posts: 75
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Post by tnocentex on May 30, 2007 17:05:38 GMT -5
How big was it?
Power assigned?
When was it totally absorbed into the big SP?
Anything else?
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Post by SSW9389 on May 30, 2007 19:06:37 GMT -5
From my 1949 Moody's Steam Railroads, " Mileage of the Texas & New Orleans R. R. Co. represents the eastern half of the Southern Pacific system, extending east from El Paso, Tex. to New Orleans, La. with a large net work of branch lines in east and southern Texas and southern Louisiana, serving San Antonio, Brownsville, Austin, Fort Worth, Dallas, Galveston, Houston, and numerous other points in Texas and Shreveport, La. "
The T&NO reported 4416 miles operated in 1939 and was still operating 4316 miles in 1948. Motive power reported to the ICC on December 31, 1948 was 406 steam locomotives and 35 diesel locomotives.
From the 1968 Moody's Transportaion Manual the Southern Pacific filed an application with the ICC on September1, 1960 to merge the properties and franchises of the T&NO. This merger was approved by the stockholders on May 17, 1961 and was consumated on November 1, 1961.
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Post by fgw745 on May 31, 2007 7:17:26 GMT -5
one engine was SP 745
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Post by phil1948 on Sept 10, 2007 20:15:11 GMT -5
There is an SP 745 in the Louisiana Museum in Algiers. Check it out at www.lasta.org |
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Post by fgw745 on Jul 28, 2008 10:27:14 GMT -5
The engine is not housed in The museum it is housed on a spur on the east bank of Jefferson parish on the New Orleans Public Belt line. She will be on display Oct.4-5 by the Audubon Zoo on the fly behind the zoo.
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