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SP's Houston Hardy Street Engine Facility

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SP's Houston Hardy Street Engine Facility
Posted by moelarrycurly4 on Wednesday, August 24, 2011 10:51 PM

A few years ago someone posted about the Hardy Street Shops in Houston TX. I finally found my negatives and scanned them in. These pictures are from 1990 0r 1991. Too bad the facility is gone.

 

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Posted by SSW9389 on Thursday, August 25, 2011 6:52 AM

Thanks for posting the images. I saw Hardy Street back in  '73, quite a bit of rebuild activity going on. The dead line was full of antiques.

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Posted by samfp1943 on Thursday, August 25, 2011 7:50 AM

Interesting photos, Thanks for sharing them here!

Houston is an amazing town.

   I have always been surprised at the amount of railroad activities that seem scattered about the area.   Not to mention a particular incident that has left a lasting impression on my psyche.CryingWhistling

 

 


 

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Posted by edbenton on Thursday, August 25, 2011 8:20 AM

Nah what was Scary to me was in 91 that the SP was still using SD-9's in Mainline Service.  Heck you were lucky if you saw a GP-20 on the ATSF at that time on the mainline.  We also did Backflips when on the Rarer than my High School Football team Beating Geneoso we saw a GP7 on the  Local. 

 

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Posted by moelarrycurly4 on Thursday, August 25, 2011 8:42 AM

 

This was taken a few days later out off of Hempstead highway

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