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A builder's plate is usually a metal plate that is attached to railway locomotives and rolling stock, bogies, construction equipment, trucks, automobiles, ...
Houston Belt and Terminal Railway; Overview; Parent company: Union Pacific and BNSF Railway: Headquarters: 501 Crawford Street, Room 100, Houston, TX 77002-2113: Dates of operation: 1905 () – Technical; Track gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in)
The builders' plates were scrapped with the engine; however, the front number plate was removed beforehand, so, the number plate might still be out there. 31&32 2-8-0 1910 51-inch drivers, 30-inch front trucks, 31's & 32's front number plates still exist. Both Scrapped Share the exact same blueprints for 37's & 38's ash pan. 33&34 2-8-0 Late 1910s
Manila Railroad Company's Caloocan Works — The Manila Railroad once made its own railmotors at the Caloocan yards from 1924 to 1949. It also assembled two 630 class 2-8-2 locomotives with parts acquired from the War Assets Administration in 1948. [38] Ramcar, Inc. — Also constructed and assembled railmotors alongside the MRR.
Construction started on January 1, 1853, when Bremond and House broke ground in Houston. Track-laying of the 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) [3] gauge railroad began in early 1856. By July 26 tracks had reached the 25-mile (40 km) point, at Cypress. The railroad company name was changed from G&RR to H&TC on September 1, 1856.
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The St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas (known as "the Cotton Belt Route") bought the railroad in April 1910. The charter of the SN&ST was amended on April 18, 1910 to permit extensions of the railroad from Hamilton to Gatesville, Texas; from Stephenville to Thurber, Texas; and from Edson, Texas to Comanche, Texas. However, the line from ...
From the Lancaster Tap Railroad, constructed by a receiver of the Houston and Texas Central Railway Company (2), Hutchins to Lancaster, 1889 or 1890 4.75 From the Hearne and Brazos Valley Railway Company, constructed by that company, 1891-1892; destroyed by flood in 1899; rebuilt in 1900-1901, Hearne to Stone City 18.61