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[Engine 488 at Chama, New Mexico Depot]
Engine No. 488. a Mikado type 2-8-2 narrow gauge locomotive, heads Rail Fans' Special train at Chama, New Mexico Depot on the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.
Date:
1960~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Engine 183 above the Toltec Gorge]
Rio Grande's engine No. 483 exits from Toltec Tunnel No. 2 on narrow gauge rails between Alamosa and Durango, Colorado. This is above Toltec Gorge with the Garfield Monument located about 100 feet west of the tunnel portal. Rocky cliffs are to the left of the track and a railing is to the right.
Date:
1960~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Steam engine in valley of Rio de los Animas, Colorado]
Reminiscent of those days of yesteryear Rio Grande's Silverton train No. 461 is chugging northward over narrow gauge rails through the valley of Rio de los Animas in Colorado.
Date:
1965~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Engine No. 476 at the Durango, Colorado Depot]
Denver and Rio Grande Western's engine No. 476, which headed the mixed train to Silverton, awaits the departure signal at the Durango, Colorado depot.
Date:
1949
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Louisiana Daylight" passing L & A Junction]
Texas and Pacific's "The Louisiana Daylight", train No. 28, eastbound, headed by Engine No. 709, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive passes L & A Junction near Waskom, Texas.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Flying Crow" arriving in Texarkana, Texas]
Kansas City Southern's "The Flying Crow" train No. 15, southbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 34, arriving in Texarkana, on the Texas -Arkansas border.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Westerner" crossing the Red River Bridge]
Missouri Pacific's "The Westerner" train No. 7, southbound, enroute from St. Louis to El Paso, headed by engine No. 5310, a Mountain type 4-8-2 locomotive, crossing over the Red River bridge near Fulton, Arkansas.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cotton Belt motor train in Tyler, Texas]
Cotton Belt's motor train No. 401 powered by gas-electric motor car No. 16 arriving in Tyler, Texas.
Date:
1949~
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Louisiana Limited" leaving Fort Worth]
Texas and Pacific's "Louisiana Limited" train No. 2-22, eastbound, headed by Engine No. 702, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, leaving Fort Worth on a summer afternoon at sundown.
Date:
1950
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Black Gold" arriving in Dallas]
Frisco's "The Black Gold" train No. 517, southbound, headed by Engine No. 1039, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, arriving in Dallas from Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Date:
1950
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Hustler" departing from Dallas]
Southern Pacific's "Hustler" train No. 16, southbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 206, departing from Dallas enroute to Houston on October 7, 1952.
Date:
October 7, 1952
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Lone Star Limited" at the Dallas Union Terminal]
The St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt) Railway's "Lone Star Limited" train No. 11, westbound, headed by Engine No 677, a Mountain type 4-8-2 locomotive, at the Dallas Union Terminal Station. It has completed the run from Memphis, Tennessee. This was one of the finest passenger trains operating in the Southwest. t
Date:
June 1951
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Texas Eagle" leaving Fort Worth]
Texas and Pacific's "The Texas Eagle" train No. 1, westbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 2015, leaving Fort Worth enroute to El Paso on June 28, 1953.
Date:
June 28, 1953
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Empire Builder" at St. Paul, Minnesota Depot]
Great Northern Railway's "The Empire Builder" train No. 1, westbound, headed by Engine No. 2517, a Mountain type 4-8-2 locomotive, at St. Paul Union Depot, 1929. This world renowned train was operated by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad from Chicago to St. Paul and it was a Great Northern train from St. Paul to Portland, Seattle and Tacoma.
Date:
1929
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Firefly" entering Kansas City]
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad's "The Firefly" train No. 14-32, northbound, headed by a mountain type 4-8-2 locomotive, entering the Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, circa 1925.
Date:
1925~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Katy Flyer" near Waxahachie, Texas]
Missouri - Kansas - Texas (KATY) Railroad's "Katy Flyer" train No. 6, northbound, headed by Engine No. 383, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, on an ascending grade near Waxahachie, Texas shortly after sunrise on an October morning in 1940.
Date:
1940
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Morning Star" departing Dallas]
Cotton Belt's "Morning Star" train No. 6, eastbound, headed by Engine No. 677, a Mountain type 4-8-2 locomotive, departing from Dallas enroute to Memphis, Tennessee.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Grand Canyon" traverses Raton Pass]
Santa Fe's "The Grand Canyon", headed by nine GM Diesel Units, 18,000 horsepower, with a consist of twenty-three cars traverses Raton Pass in Mew Mexico on September 17, 1960.
Date:
September 17, 1960
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Texas Zephyr" leaving Fort Worth]
Fort Worth and Denver (Burlington) "Texas Zephyr" train No. 1, headed by Engine no. 556, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, separating from Fort Worth enroute to Dallas on June 28, 1953.
Date:
June 28, 1953
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Kansas Cityan" heads into Dallas]
Santa Fe's train No. 111, eastbound, enroute from Fort Worth over Texas and Pacific rails crosses the Trinity River bridge. This train, headed by Engine No. 1388, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, is bringing "The Kansas Cityan" into Dallas.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Six Texas & Pacific Trains head to the 1936 Rose Bowl]
Texas and Pacific Railway's six special trains, which carried football fans to the Rose Bowl game in Pasadena, California, which was played on January 1, 1936, await the hour of departure in the Dallas Union Terminal Station on Sunday afternoon, December 29, 1935. Train No. 1, christened the "Flagship" headed by Engine No. 905, a 900 Class Mountain type 4-8-2 locomotive, stands on the track at extreme right.
Date:
December 29, 1935
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Argonaut" passenger trains in West Texas]
Long ago in the age of steam, the Southern Pacific's "Argonaut" passenger trains, numbers 104 and 103, east and westbound, respectively, meet in the early morning hours at mile post 450 between Langtry and Pumpville in far west Texas.
Date:
1929~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Sunset Limited"]
Southern Pacific's "Sunset Limited", train No. 101, westbound, headed by Engine No. 2433, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, with a consist of eight cars.
Date:
1926~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Southern Pacific Locomotive in Dallas]
Southern Pacific Railroad's train No. 15, headed by Engine No. 651, a type 4-6-2 locomotive, in Dallas.
Date:
1950
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History