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["Morning Star" a Cotton Belt train in Dallas]
St. Louis Southwestern Railway's train No. 6, the "Morning Star", headed by Engine No. 676, a Cotton Belt type 4-8-2 locomotive rolling through Dallas.
Date:
1950
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Southerner" at Dallas Terminal Junction]
Texas and Pacific Railway's train No. 8 "The Southerner" headed by Engine No. 2003, a 4500 H.P. electro-motive diesel locomotive, at Dallas Terminal Junction on June 18, 1953.
Date:
June 18, 1953
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Valley Eagle" departing from Houston]
Missouri Pacific's "Valley Eagle" train No. 11, southbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 8005 , departing from the Houston Union Station, enroute to Brownsville, Texas on the morning of July 12, 1953.
Date:
July 12, 1953
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Texas Eagle" in Arlington, Texas]
Texas and Pacific's " The Texas Eagle", train No. 2, eastbound, a modern streamliner powered by diesel electric locomotives with a consist of fifteen cars, rolls over the high-iron near Arlington, Texas, enroute from Fort Worth to Dallas and St. Louis.
Date:
1955~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Santa Fe train from Dallas to Paris, Texas]
Santa Fe's train No. 67, northbound, leaving Dallas enroute to Paris, Texas on October 7, 1952.
Date:
October 7, 1952
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Westerner" departing from Texarkana]
Texas and Pacific's "The Westerner" train No. 7, westbound, headed by Engine No. 907, a 900 Class Mountain type 4-8-2 locomotive, departing from the Texarkana, Arkansas - Texas Union Station.
Date:
1950
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Observation Car of the "Texas Zephyr"]
Interior view of Observation Parlor Car in the consist of Fort Worth and Denver (Burlington) Railway's "Texas Zephyr"which provided service between Denver and Fort Worth and Dallas.
Date:
1953~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Texas Zephyr" in Fort Worth]
Fort Worth and Denver (Burlington) Railway's " Texas Zephyr, train No. 2, northbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 9990, at Fort Worth, Texas.
Date:
1950
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Owl" entering Dallas at sunrise]
Southern Pacific's "The Owl" train No. 17, northbound, headed by diesel locomotive No 203, crossing the Trinity River bridge enroute into Dallas at sunrise on the morning of June 22, 1952.
Date:
June 22, 1952
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Golden State" arriving in El Paso]
Southern Pacific's " The Golden State" train No. 3, westbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 6036, arriving in El Paso, Texas station on March 17, 1955.
Date:
March 17, 1955
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Texan" at Belt Junction in Dallas]
Texas and Pacific's " The Texan" train No. 15, westbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 1581, at Belt Junction in Dallas, on June 22, 1952.
Date:
June 22, 1952
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Depot at south rim of the Grand Canyon]
Photograph of the rail side of a railway depot located at the terminus of the branch line at the south rim of the Grand Canyon. It is a wooden structure with log cabin-style architecture and "Grand Canyon" written in the gable end above the entryway. Several unidentified people are standing in front of the building and a truck is parked on the right side of the image.
Date:
1950~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of "Sunset Limited" Crossing the Rio Grande]
Photograph of Southern Pacific's "Sunset Limited" train No. 2, eastbound, with a consist of fourteen cars, crossing the Rio Grande Bridge as it nears El Paso, Texas.
Date:
1956~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Phoebe Snow" at Hoboken, New Jersey]
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's famous streamliner "The Phoebe Snow" at Hoboken, New Jersey in March of 1958.
Date:
March 1958
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["San Francisco Chief" at Amarillo, Texas]
Santa Fe's "San Francisco Chief" train No. 1, westbound, at the Amarillo, Texas depot.
Date:
1955~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Grand Canyon" in Cajon Pass]
Photograph taken in the summer of 1951. "The Grand Canyon" Santa Fe No. #3775, a 3765 Class Northern, is eastbound roaring through Cajon Pass while a freight train waits on the side. The cantilever signal was very common when the photo was taken, but now have been mostly replaced.
Date:
1951
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Southern Pacific train passing through Dallas]
Observe this rare specimen of steam motive power: Southern Pacific's Engine 741, a Mikado, type 2-8-2 locomotive, Train No. 155, heading a passenger train of two cars passing through Belt Junction in Dallas on June 22, 1952. Train 155 was a mixed freight and passenger train from Beaumont, Texas, which having dropped off its freight cars at Fox siding, out of sight just behind the coach, will continue to Union Terminal to deliver its passengers and express. The freight cars left at Fox would then be picked up by the Miller Yard switch engine and sorted for delivery in the yard. Engine 741 was one of fifty-seven of the Mk-5 class engines normally assigned to the train when it ran heavy.
Date:
June 22, 1952
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Suburban-bound trains at Chicago Station]
The Chicago and North Western Railway - spanning a period of many years - always operated the largest fleer of commuter trains into and out of the "Windy City". This scene portrays seven suburban-bound trains which have departed from the Chicago Station. The city of Chicago is in the background.
Date:
1958~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Pennsy's Horseshoe Curve]
Photograph of a train passing between mountains near a lake. Characterized as one of the most fantastic scenes on any railroad - this is the Pennsylvania's Horseshoe Curve shortly after sunrise on a spring morning in 1954. This was the centennial year of Horse Shoe Curve, which was built in 1854. The Mountain in the background in the center of the Curve is Kittaning Mountain.
Date:
1954
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
[Engine on the turntable at the Cadiz St. roundhouse in Dallas]
St. Louis Southwestern Railway's Engine No. 679, a mountain type 4-8-2 locomotive, on the turntable at Cadiz Street Roundhouse in Dallas.
Date:
1950~
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