Reply to "Santa Fe experts, when was this a Santa Fe steam locomotive scheme?"

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Dominic Mazoch posted:
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Did those engines ever get to Galveston, 50 miles south of Houston?

Possibly. However, I don't know for certain. Good question.

Westbound Santa Fe passenger trains entered Houston over the T&NO, and the Galveston cars continued on as a shorter train. Houston Belt & Terminal switched the depot and serviced the engines in the postwar era, although I cannot say for sure if the HB&T handled the steam engines in 1940-44. If so, Santa Fe likely sent the engine through to Galveston to avoid the charges from the terminal railroad.

That really helped a lot, didn't it? confused

After thinking about this, I am almost certain that steam passenger power went through to Galveston. But I have an email out to someone who ought to know for sure and will post the answer I get.

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