Santa Fe depot: Santa Fe depot at Farmersville

I’m going to backtrack with respect to Tower 9. I believe this might actually be an “original” Tower 9, and that the one photo we have of Tower 9 was its replacement. The photo we have does not

That would be the Tower 9 I referenced, and they are not the same. The Santa Fe crossing was Tower 41. Sent from Mail for Windows 10

That tower that Dennis posted could be the crossing of the I&GN and H&TC that was Northwest of the H&TC and GC&SF in Navasota. The date of the photo is 1907 and at that time I&GN was still on their

Maybe not a mixed train after all. Service on the branch in 1910 was still a full passenger train.

Vaguely similar, but not the same. Staircase substantially different, among other items. Doesn’t look like Tower 9, either, at least based on the only photo we have.

Why do you think that this is a mixed train. I see a baggage, and at least two coaches, with what looks like a baggage car in front of the first one.

Love the addresses on these cards.... Tom Roise

Is this the same one that had the number 3 on it in another photograph? Navasota interlocking tower

Postcard mailed at Navasota TX in 1907: H&TC No. 118

Mixed train to Madisonville is shown: I&GN mixed train to Madisonville

I&GN depot and yard is in view: Mart depot

Some trackage and oil racks in view: Mexia Oil Fields

In 1907: Big Wreck near Kosse

One year ago yesterday, I got a few shots of a Union Pacific Railroad unit crude oil train with a Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive in the lead south of Addis, Louisiana, as seen here: Buffalo Ranch

Charlie was a great guy, I will miss him. He could tell some stories. Oddly enough, a model railroad he was an operator on, Dr. Richard Kamm, passed away Sat. as well. Randy James

I am sorry to report that Charlie DeVilbiss passed away last Saturday. Charlie was a long time rail photographer and historian having written numerous histories including his book on the Tulsa-Sapulpa

Thanks to Gerald, Barton and Dennis for answering all of my questions about this CB&Q timetable. TZ

Here are the scans from the August 1950 Official Guide, with the timetable dated May 28, 1950. By this time, the sleepers to Lubbock were gone. Bart

May 28, 1950 C&S/FW&D/WV timetable: Tr. 102-1: 12-1 sleeping car--Lubbock to Ft. Worth-Dallas Dinette-coach--Lubbock to Childress Tr. 8-101: Same equipment as above