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(Created page with "Category:People Fred Springer was an avid railroad photographer and live steam hobbyist. He is listed as one of the key people that helped build the Comanche & Indian Gap Railroad. The "Springerville" yard is named in his honor. <gallery widths="400px" heights="400px"> File:BrowningRailroad LaborDayMeet1987.PNG|Approaching the station, David Hannah guides Fred Springer's engine across the trestle of the Browning Railroad. In t...")
 
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[[Fred Springer]] was an avid railroad photographer and live steam hobbyist.  He is listed as one of the key people that helped build the [[Comanche & Indian Gap Railroad]].  The "Springerville" yard is named in his honor.
[[Fred Springer]] was an avid railroad photographer and live steam hobbyist.  He is listed as one of the key people that helped build the [[Comanche & Indian Gap Railroad]].  The "Springerville" yard is named in his honor.
[[Marty Knox]] wrote:
: The Hobby Boiler rule for Texas is an exemption. I was on the advisory committee to the Texas Board of Boiler Rules working on rules for hobby boilers when [[Fred Springer]] contacted a legislator. He was able to get a bill passed to amend the law and grant the exemption. This took place back in the late 1980's and early 1990's.


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File:BrowningRailroad LaborDayMeet1987.PNG|Approaching the station, [[David Hannah III|David Hannah]] guides [[Fred Springer]]'s engine across the trestle of the [[Browning Railroad]].  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 of the [[Browning Railroad]].  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.
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Revision as of 08:32, 27 January 2026

Fred Springer was an avid railroad photographer and live steam hobbyist. He is listed as one of the key people that helped build the Comanche & Indian Gap Railroad. The "Springerville" yard is named in his honor.

Marty Knox wrote:

The Hobby Boiler rule for Texas is an exemption. I was on the advisory committee to the Texas Board of Boiler Rules working on rules for hobby boilers when Fred Springer contacted a legislator. He was able to get a bill passed to amend the law and grant the exemption. This took place back in the late 1980's and early 1990's.