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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
["The Washingtonian" rolling through eastern Canada]
"The Washingtonian" train No. 20 southbound, rolls through the Canadian countryside east of Montreal on the first portion of its route via Canadian National, Vermont, Maine, Boston, New Haven and Pennsylvania rails to Washington D.C.
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
[Dining Car on the "Twin Star Rocket"]
Lunch is now being served aboard the Rock Island's "Twin Star Rocket" train No. 17, southbound, enroute from Minneapolis to Houston in 1951.
Date:
1951
Creator:
unknown
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
["Super Chief" dining car]
The passenger gourmet is ushered to a fine setting of snowy linens, gleaming, gleaming silver and superb cuisine aboard the dining car in the consist of the Santa Fe's "Super Chief". The tradition of food and service as provided by Fred Harvey beginning in the early days of this railroad remains constant.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dinner aboard the "Spirit of St. Louis"]
Dinner aboard the "Spirit of St. Louis" train No. 50 eastbound, enroute from St. Louis to New York. This was a twin-unit dining car.
Date:
1953
Creator:
unknown
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
[Observation Car on the Hiawatha]
Interior view of the Milwaukee Road's observation parlor car with sky-top lounge having a 90% transparent area dome that forms an aero-dynamic terminating shape for the end of the train. This scene is aboard the "Afternoon Hiawatha", train No. 2 southbound, enroute from Minneapolis to Chicago.
Date:
1958
Creator:
unknown
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
[Turntable at San Lazaro engine terminal]
Photograph of locomotive No. 67, a consolidation type 2-8-0, on the turntable in the San Lazaro engine terminal enroute from its roundhouse stall to servicing tracks. The "F.C. I." abbreviation on the tender is Ferro-carril Cuautla Y Ixtla" (Cuauta and Ixtla Railroad). In yesteryears this locomotive ran only on this 50-mile branch line. Soon it will head the National Railways of Mexico's narrow gauge passenger consist on the main line run from Mexico City via Cuauta to Puebla. This 3-foot gauge railroad system is one of the oldest in the Republic. It traverses one of the most picturesque routes in Mexico.
Date:
June 1967
Creator:
Peterson, Roland B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Passenger train crossing the Chinipas Bridge]
Chihuahua - Pacific Railway's transcontinental passenger train crossing one of 28 major bridges on the line between Chihuahua City and San Blas in Mexico. This is the Chinipas bridge, which is the highest, located at Kilometer 748. The height is 334.7 feet and the length is 958 feet. Circa 1965.
Date:
1965~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Santa Barbara bridge in Mexico]
Chihuahua - Pacific Railway's route across North Central Mexico from Ojinaga on the Rio Grande, opposite Presidio, Texas to Topolobampo on the Gulf of California constitutes a tortuous and fantastic stretch of rails. This photograph is a birds eye view of the famous horse shoe curve of the Santa Barbara bridge in the mountains.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Empty Ore Car in Mexico]
Porter Locomotive No. 4, type 0-6-4T heads an empty ore train, enroute from the smelter in Chihuahua City to the mines at Santa Eulalia, Mexico on the 30-inch gauge El Potosi Industrial and Chihuahua Railroad in June 1922. On the mountain side in the background are steel towers supporting an aerial tramway, which had recently been completed for transporting ore from the mine to a reduction mill.
Date:
June 1922
Creator:
Blanton, Bert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History