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[Pennsy's Horseshoe Curve]
This photograph depicts the most famous stretch of railroad main line in the world as it appeared in the autumn of 1951- the Pennsy's Horseshoe Curve, located in Kittanning Gap in Pennsylvania. In this scene a Pennsylvania K4s locomotive acts as a "helper" on the head-end of a diesel powered train.
Date:
1951
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Westbound double-headed passenger train in Dallas]
Observe this unusual scene: One of the Texas and Pacific Railway's westbound passenger trains entering Dallas Union Terminal Station - double-headed by steam locomotives with Engine No. 715, a Pacific type 4-6-2, on the point. the time was 5:00 PM in the year 1949. This unusual photograph appears to depict a three-locomotive movement from the Cadiz St roundhouse to the station tracks at Union Terminal Co. The first engine is a T&P 4-6-2 No.715, the second most likely also a T&P locomotive, and the third is one of the Southern Pacific's streamlined 4-6-2 P-14s in Sunbeam service. The notes accompanying the photograph list the time as 5:00PM which is the exact time The Sunbeam is supposed to depart for Houston. It will certainly have to do some high stepping to beat the Sam Houston Zephyr into Houston this 1949 day.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Southerner" crossing the Trinity River in Texas]
One of the Texas and Pacific Railway's finest long-distance passenger consists, " The Southerner" train No. 8 eastbound, headed by Engine No. 908, a 900 class Mountain, type 4-8-2 locomotive, crossing the Trinity River Bridge, enroute from Fort Worth into Dallas.
Date:
1948~
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Texan" entering Dallas]
Breathing just a wisp of smoke, the Texas and Pacific's "The Texan" train No. 15 westbound, headed by Engine No. 715, a type 4-6-2 locomotive, pulls into the Dallas Union Terminal Station in 1948.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Texas Zephyr" leaving Dallas]
Fort Worth and Denver (Burlington) Railway's "Texas Zephyr" train No. 2 northbound, headed by Engine No. 551, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, departing from Dallas enroute on its legendary journey via Fort Worth to Wichita Falls, Amarillo, Trinidad, Pueblo, Colorado Springs, and Denver. Spanning a period of more than sixty years, dating from the "Gay Nineties", this was the most popular rail route connecting Colorado and Texas points.
Date:
1948~
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Yard at Dallas Union Station]
Observe this scene of activity in the Dallas Union Station's yards - the "Sam Houston Zephyr" has just entered the terminal, closely followed by the "Hustler" while the "Texas Zephyr" waits for its scheduled departure.
Date:
1949~
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rail lines south of Dallas' Union Station]
Main rail lines approaching the Dallas Union Station from the south.
Date:
September 1968
Creator:
Freeman, G. Robert
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Union Station in Dallas]
One of the nation's finest railroad terminals: Dallas Union Station which is served by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, known as Amtrak, and soon to be served by commuter trains, operating between Dallas - Fort Worth and other North Texas points. The station is owned by the City of Dallas and represents an investment and modernization aggregating fifteen million dollars.
Date:
September 1968
Creator:
Freeman, G. Robert
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Bluebonnet" in Cuba, Missouri]
St. Louis - San Francisco (Frisco) Railway's de Luxe passenger train - "The Bluebonnet" (jointly operated with the Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad) train No. 8, northbound, headed by Engine No. 4501, a Northern type 4-8-4 locomotive, rolls on the high iron at a speed of a mile a minute through the town of Cuba, Missouri, enroute to St. Louis.
Date:
1948~
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The "Katy Flyer" departing from Denison, Texas]
Missourri - Kansas - Texas (Katy) Railroad's oldest name train: the "Katy Flyer" train No. 6 northbound, headed by Engine No. 395, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive with a consist of eight standard heavyweight cars, departing from Denison, Texas enroute to St. Louis.
Date:
1949~
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Locomotive rolls through Texas countyside]
Missouri Pacific Railway's train No. 32 southbound, headed by Engine No. 1158, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, with a consist of seven standard heavyweight cars - rolls through the Texas' countryside, approaching the Lone Star State's capital city of Austin.
Date:
1949~
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Locomotive departing from Tucson, Arizona]
Photograph of "The Grand Canyon State" Southern Pacific's train No. 44 headed by a streamlined mighty Northern type 4-8-4 locomotive, Engine No. 4443 - departing from the Tucson, Arizona Station.
Date:
1950~
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The "Hustler" entering Dallas]
Southern Pacific's the "Hustler" train No. 15 northbound, headed by Engine No.650, a streamlined type 4-6-2 locomotive, entering Dallas Union Station on its run from Houston. The train is passing under the electric street railway viaduct (destroyed in the late 1950s) which spanned the railroad tracks and crossed over the Trinity River. Electric street cars to and from Oak Cliff and Interurban cars of the Northern Texas Traction Company and Texas Electric Railway used this double track facility.
Date:
1951~
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Sunbeam" departing from Houston]
This scene depicts Southern Pacific's Grand Central Station in Houston as it appeared in the last days , the "end of the age of steam". The Southern Pacific's "Sunbeam" train No. 13 northbound headed by Engine No. 650 - a streamlined Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive - departs from the terminal on its run to Dallas at 4:45 PM on August 9, 1953.
Date:
August 9, 1953
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Sunbeam" train leaving Dallas]
In an era of rapid transit in Texas the Southern Pacific's advertisements cited the "Sunbeam" trains - modern streamliners - as the apex in luxury and speed between Dallas and Houston - an elapsed time of four hours and twenty-five minutes. This view portrays the "Sunbeam" train No. 14 southbound headed by Engine No. 651 - a streamlined Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive - rolling out of Dallas Union Station, enroute to Houston on the afternoon of October 5, 1952.
Date:
October 5, 1952
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Advent of the Streamliners]
This photograph portrays the dawn of a new era in railroading - advent of the streamliners in the late 1930s and early 1940s, plus modernization of the " Age of Steam" streamlining steam motive power. The splendor of Southern Pacific's "The Sunbeam" is shown. This train went into service between Dallas and Houston on September 15, 1937 - traversing the rail distance: 265 miles in 265 minutes. The consist of eight lightweight cars is headed by Engine No. 652, a Pacific type 4-6-2 streamlined steam locomotive with disc drivers, air horn and equipped with a Vanderbuilt tender (an oil burner).
Date:
1940~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lounge car on "The Bluebonnet" ]
Interior view of the Parlor Lounge Car in the consist of the Katy's "The Bluebonnet" train No. 7 southbound enroute from Dallas to San Antonio, Texas. This beautiful parlor lounge was a standard heavyweight car.
Date:
1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Bluebonnet" departs from Dallas]
It's a typical summer day in Texas and the year is 1950. The Katy's "The Bluebonnet" train No. 7 southbound, headed by a beautiful Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, with a consist of eight standard heavyweight passenger cars - departs from Dallas on its lengthy run to San Antonio.
Date:
1950
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Blizzard in the Chicago Station]
One of the most unique of all railroad photographs: It is a January night in 1958 and a blizzard-snowstorm rages in the "Windy City". This scene is in the yards - the Chicago and North Western Railway's Chicago passenger station is visible in the background. Observe the gas jets which are keeping switches from being frozen.
Date:
January 1958
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Passengers boarding the "Twin Cities 400"]
On a snowy night in December 1947, passengers are boarding the Chicago and North Western's "Twin Cities 400" streamliner at the Chicago Station.
Date:
December 1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Pacific steam engine leaving the Chicago station]
Most of the Chicago and North Western Railway's fleet of passenger trains traveled behind Pacifics like No. 2911, seen here leaving the Chicago station in 1939. The city of Chicago is in the background of this photo.
Date:
1939
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mighty Engine No. 1361 of the Pennsylvania Railroad]
Pennsylvania Railroad's mighty and versatile Engine No. 1361, a K4s Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, was one of the earliest built in the shops at Altoona, Pennsylvania. This locomotive was placed in service May 18, 1918 and hauled passenger trains on the main line between New York, Harrisburg, and Pittsburgh over a period of thirty-five years. It rolled up a total of 2,469,000 miles before retirement. It now reposes at the famous Horseshoe Curve as a permanent monument.
Date:
1960~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad's suburban passenger train]
This photograph depicts one of the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad's suburban passenger trains departing from 64th Street Station Chicago. The train is headed by Engine No. 210 - a Prairie type 2-6-2 locomotive, with a consist of five standard heavyweight passenger coaches.
Date:
1934~
Creator:
Hastman, Lee
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Sportsman" in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia]
Chesapeake and Ohio's "The Sportsman" headed by Engine No. 491, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, awaits the departure signal at the White Sulpher Springs, West Virginia Depot.
Date:
1940~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History