Browning Railroad - Revision history

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1988

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	sausage-making party of 1987 and to ride the trains. This put great stress on		sausage-making party of 1987 and to ride the trains. This put great stress on
	the track and the equipment. We had just one steam engine and one GP50		the track and the equipment. We had just one steam engine and one GP50
	[[Backyard Rails]] diesel running at that time. Fred Springer's No. 20 was		[[Backyard Rails]] diesel running at that time. [[Fred Springer]]'s No. 20 was
	given the honor of being the first to run on the first loop of the track.		given the honor of being the first to run on the first loop of the track.

Dnevil: /* 1987 */

2026-01-27T14:30:00Z

1987

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	<gallery widths="400px" heights="400px">		<gallery widths="400px" heights="400px">
	File:BrowningRailroad LaborDayMeet1987.PNG\|Approaching the station, [[David Hannah III\|David Hannah]] guides Fred Springer's engine across the trestle. In the cars behind him are [[Jim Jackson]], Sheryl Pillegi, Dale Spring, and Fred Springer. The photo was taken at the first meet on the [[Browning Railroad\|Browning Division]] on Labor Day 1987 by David Hannah, IV.		File:BrowningRailroad LaborDayMeet1987.PNG\|Approaching the station, [[David Hannah III\|David Hannah]] guides [[Fred Springer]]'s engine across the trestle. In the cars behind him are [[Jim Jackson]], Sheryl Pillegi, Dale Spring, and Fred Springer. The photo was taken at the first meet on the [[Browning Railroad\|Browning Division]] on Labor Day 1987 by David Hannah, IV.
	File:DinkyCreekBridge BrowningRailroad.JPG\|Dinky Creek Bridge on David Hannah's railroad and a happy day of completing the bridge except to tie in one piece of track. In the picture: David's son, Jack Lucks, George Maddox, and Willie. Believe me, that was a lot of work. Dinky Creek Bridge was modeled after a D&RG RR bridge in Colorado. Photo by Tom Stamey.		File:DinkyCreekBridge BrowningRailroad.JPG\|Dinky Creek Bridge on David Hannah's railroad and a happy day of completing the bridge except to tie in one piece of track. In the picture: David's son, Jack Lucks, George Maddox, and Willie. Believe me, that was a lot of work. Dinky Creek Bridge was modeled after a D&RG RR bridge in Colorado. Photo by Tom Stamey.
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Dnevil: /* 1998 */

2023-11-03T21:53:37Z

1998

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	File:BrowningRailroad aerial CarltonParker.jpg\|Aerial view of the Browning Railroad. Photo by Carlton Parker.		File:BrowningRailroad aerial CarltonParker.jpg\|Aerial view of the Browning Railroad. Photo by Carlton Parker.
	</gallery>		</gallery>

			== Lasting Impressions ==

			Greg Moore wrote, 2 November 2023:

			: I was just visiting with a neighbor from down the road at the mail boxes and he asked what are you working on in the garage? I told him I am trying to reassemble a model train. He asked what size and then said I saw some trains that size a long, long time ago at a place where him and his wife were married, The Browning Plantation near Chapel Hill.

Dnevil: /* 1987 */

2023-11-03T21:50:29Z

1987

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	[[Category:Tracks]]		[[Category:Tracks]]

			== 1985 ==

			Bill Laird wrote, 2 Nov 2023:

			: My introduction to the hobby was by [[David Hannah III\|David Hannah]] at the [[Browning Railroad\|Browning Plantation]]. 5321 was the first locomotive I drove. David showed me around and put me on 5321 and said "have fun." David's wife, Kinsey, kept my wife busy touring the Plantation while I played with trains. Great memories..

			Peter Bryan wrote, 3 Nov 2023:

			: I too was introduced to this wonderful hobby by David Hannah at the Browning Railroad in 1985. Barry Bogs and I were there together on our hands and knees connecting track panels for the day. By chance it was a workday. That was my introduction. Surprised I came back! But I did and brought Gil Freitag with me the next time. Since 1985, I've loved this segment of the hobby ever since.

	== 1987 ==		== 1987 ==

Dnevil: /* 1997 */

2021-09-11T20:07:48Z

1997

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	[[Houston Area Live Steamers\|Houston Area Live Steamers, Inc]]		[[Houston Area Live Steamers\|Houston Area Live Steamers, Inc]]

	Zube Park, near Hockley, about 20 miles west of Houston on Highway 290. 1,800 feet of 7-1/2 inch gauge track, 4-3/4 inch third rail being added. Work 1st Saturday, run 3rd Saturday. Call Tom Herbert or Tom Moore, Secretary.		Zube Park, near Hockley, about 20 miles west of Houston on Highway 290. 1,800 feet of 7-1/2 inch gauge track, 4-3/4 inch third rail being added. Work 1st Saturday, run 3rd Saturday. Call Tom Herbert or [[Tom Moore]], Secretary.

	== 1998 ==		== 1998 ==

Dnevil: /* 1987 */

2021-06-02T13:33:47Z

1987

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	<gallery widths="400px" heights="400px">		<gallery widths="400px" heights="400px">
	File:BrowningRailroad LaborDayMeet1987.PNG\|Approaching the station, [[David Hannah III\|David Hannah]] guides Fred Springer's engine across the trestle. In the cars behind him are [[Jim Jackson]], Sheryl Pillegi, Dale Spring, and Fred Springer. The photo was taken at the first meet on the [[Browning Railroad\|Browning Division]] on Labor Day 1987 by David Hannah, IV.		File:BrowningRailroad LaborDayMeet1987.PNG\|Approaching the station, [[David Hannah III\|David Hannah]] guides Fred Springer's engine across the trestle. In the cars behind him are [[Jim Jackson]], Sheryl Pillegi, Dale Spring, and Fred Springer. The photo was taken at the first meet on the [[Browning Railroad\|Browning Division]] on Labor Day 1987 by David Hannah, IV.
			File:DinkyCreekBridge BrowningRailroad.JPG\|Dinky Creek Bridge on David Hannah's railroad and a happy day of completing the bridge except to tie in one piece of track. In the picture: David's son, Jack Lucks, George Maddox, and Willie. Believe me, that was a lot of work. Dinky Creek Bridge was modeled after a D&RG RR bridge in Colorado. Photo by Tom Stamey.
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Dnevil: /* 1998 */

2020-06-23T13:57:09Z

1998

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	== 1998 ==		== 1998 ==

	~~[http://www.hals.org/browning.html~~ Last Run at the Browning Railroad]		'''Last Run at the Browning Railroad'''

			From [https://web.archive.org/web/20110519121850/http://www.hals.org/browning.html HALS (archive.org)]

			Saturday, January 24, 1998, was the last run day at one of the premier 7-1/2 inch gauge railroad tracks in the US, the [[Browning Railroad]], owned by [[Houston Area Live Steamers\|HALS]] Member, [[David Hannah III]]. The railroad is being dismantled due to the fact that a large portion of the land that the track is located on has been sold. But the weather could not have been better, and a great time was had by all of the participants.

	Bill Laird wrote on 5 July 2015:		Bill Laird wrote on 5 July 2015:

	: Those who ran on the Browning all share fond memories of Mildred Ganchan, mother-in-law of David Hannah, as the gracious hostess of the Browning Plantation.		: Those who ran on the Browning all share fond memories of Mildred Ganchan, mother-in-law of David Hannah, as the gracious hostess of the Browning Plantation.

	~~'''Last Run at the Browning Railroad'''~~

	~~From [https://web.archive.org/web/20110519121850/http://www.hals.org/browning.html HALS (archive.org)]~~

	Saturday, January 24, 1998, was the last run day at one of the premier 7-1/2 inch gauge railroad tracks in the US, the [[Browning Railroad]], owned by [[Houston Area Live Steamers\|HALS]] Member, [[David Hannah III]]. The railroad is being dismantled due to the fact that a large portion of the land that the track is located on has been sold. But the weather could not have been better, and a great time was had by all of the participants.

	<gallery widths=300px heights=300px perrow=2>		<gallery widths=300px heights=300px perrow=2>

Dnevil: /* 1998 */

2020-06-23T13:54:53Z

1998

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	File:Browning RR 1998 edmm.jpg\|Ed Leatherwood, Bruce Roosa, and another new HALS member		File:Browning RR 1998 edmm.jpg\|Ed Leatherwood, Bruce Roosa, and another new HALS member
	File:Browning RR 1998 bertha.jpg\|David Hannah III uses the front-end loader to lift one of the steaming bays at the Isomville turntable		File:Browning RR 1998 bertha.jpg\|David Hannah III uses the front-end loader to lift one of the steaming bays at the Isomville turntable
			File:BrowningRailroad aerial CarltonParker.jpg\|Aerial view of the Browning Railroad. Photo by Carlton Parker.
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Dnevil: /* 1998 */

2020-06-23T13:52:34Z

1998

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	: Those who ran on the Browning all share fond memories of Mildred Ganchan, mother-in-law of David Hannah, as the gracious hostess of the Browning Plantation.		: Those who ran on the Browning all share fond memories of Mildred Ganchan, mother-in-law of David Hannah, as the gracious hostess of the Browning Plantation.

			'''Last Run at the Browning Railroad'''

			From [https://web.archive.org/web/20110519121850/http://www.hals.org/browning.html HALS (archive.org)]

			Saturday, January 24, 1998, was the last run day at one of the premier 7-1/2 inch gauge railroad tracks in the US, the [[Browning Railroad]], owned by [[Houston Area Live Steamers\|HALS]] Member, [[David Hannah III]]. The railroad is being dismantled due to the fact that a large portion of the land that the track is located on has been sold. But the weather could not have been better, and a great time was had by all of the participants.

			<gallery widths=300px heights=300px perrow=2>
			File:Browning RR 1998 coaltower.jpg\|The loco facilities at Browning Station
			File:Browning RR 1998 Station1.jpg\|he beautiful Victorian Station at Isomville
			File:Browning RR 1998 swchtowr.jpg\|Interlocking tower at Isomville
			File:Browning RR 1998 station2.jpg\|Cody Crawford and Barry Tobias at the station at Sargent
			File:Browning RR 1998 mikado.jpg\|John Hannah at the throttle of the D&RGW Mikado
			File:Browning RR 1998 reefers.jpg\|Tom Stamey at the smoky end of a string of reefers and stock cars
			File:Browning RR 1998 leemm.jpg\|Lee Balkum and Bruce Roosa conferring - equipment is John Enders' SW-style switcher
			File:Browning RR 1998 johned.jpg\|John Enders, Ed Leatherwood and Bruce Roosa swapping railroad stories
			File:Browning RR 1998 edmm.jpg\|Ed Leatherwood, Bruce Roosa, and another new HALS member
			File:Browning RR 1998 bertha.jpg\|David Hannah III uses the front-end loader to lift one of the steaming bays at the Isomville turntable
			</gallery>

Dnevil: /* 1988 */

2019-08-17T16:52:18Z

1988

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	Supply Mikado, expecting to receive its boiler soon so that it can be		Supply Mikado, expecting to receive its boiler soon so that it can be
	completed before the end of the year. We acquired two diesel engines in		completed before the end of the year. We acquired two diesel engines in
	January, 1987 -- an SD35 and a GP50 from [[Backyard Rails]]. In March, 1987,		January, 1987 -- an [[SD35]] and a GP50 from [[Backyard Rails]]. In March, 1987,
	we obtained a GP40 dummy built by [[Railroad Supply Corporation]], and, in January of this		we obtained a GP40 dummy built by [[Railroad Supply Corporation]], and, in January of this
	year, we took delivery on a second SD35, also from Railroad Supply. This		year, we took delivery on a second [[SD35]], also from Railroad Supply. This
	latter engine is under reconstruction to be changed to a GP40 with four-wheel		latter engine is under reconstruction to be changed to a GP40 with four-wheel
	trucks instead of six-wheel. In February, 1988, we received an F7 A-B-A		trucks instead of six-wheel. In February, 1988, we received an F7 A-B-A

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	: Those who ran on the Browning all share fond memories of Mildred Ganchan, mother-in-law of David Hannah, as the gracious hostess of the Browning Plantation.		: Those who ran on the Browning all share fond memories of Mildred Ganchan, mother-in-law of David Hannah, as the gracious hostess of the Browning Plantation.

			'''Last Run at the Browning Railroad'''

			From [https://web.archive.org/web/20110519121850/http://www.hals.org/browning.html HALS (archive.org)]

			Saturday, January 24, 1998, was the last run day at one of the premier 7-1/2 inch gauge railroad tracks in the US, the [[Browning Railroad]], owned by [[Houston Area Live Steamers\|HALS]] Member, [[David Hannah III]]. The railroad is being dismantled due to the fact that a large portion of the land that the track is located on has been sold. But the weather could not have been better, and a great time was had by all of the participants.

			<gallery widths=300px heights=300px perrow=2>
			File:Browning RR 1998 coaltower.jpg\|The loco facilities at Browning Station
			File:Browning RR 1998 Station1.jpg\|he beautiful Victorian Station at Isomville
			File:Browning RR 1998 swchtowr.jpg\|Interlocking tower at Isomville
			File:Browning RR 1998 station2.jpg\|Cody Crawford and Barry Tobias at the station at Sargent
			File:Browning RR 1998 mikado.jpg\|John Hannah at the throttle of the D&RGW Mikado
			File:Browning RR 1998 reefers.jpg\|Tom Stamey at the smoky end of a string of reefers and stock cars
			File:Browning RR 1998 leemm.jpg\|Lee Balkum and Bruce Roosa conferring - equipment is John Enders' SW-style switcher
			File:Browning RR 1998 johned.jpg\|John Enders, Ed Leatherwood and Bruce Roosa swapping railroad stories
			File:Browning RR 1998 edmm.jpg\|Ed Leatherwood, Bruce Roosa, and another new HALS member
			File:Browning RR 1998 bertha.jpg\|David Hannah III uses the front-end loader to lift one of the steaming bays at the Isomville turntable
			</gallery>