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Husker Hank

July 27, 2017 08:49PM

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I was watching a video on the Katy railroad and much to my surprise there was a creosote plant in either Sherman or Denison complete with a narrow gauge rail system to push cars of ties or poles into the baking tubes where the creosote was actually applied. A bit of dual gauge so I think it was 2' but that is only a guess. Looked like they used Whitcomb engines. No couplers...just a blunt front end to push and a chain to pull.
Anybody have any details?

Husker Hank
Durango CO

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Narrow Gauge In Texas Creosote Plant	Husker Hank	July 27, 2017 08:49PM
Re: Narrow Gauge In Texas Creosote Plant	Fuzzy Money	July 27, 2017 09:11PM
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Re: Narrow Gauge In Texas Creosote Plant	Greg Maxwell	July 28, 2017 11:01AM
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