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["Twin Star Rocket" departing from Dallas]
Rock Island's " Twin Star Rocket" train No. 17, southbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 677, enroute from Minneapolis, Minnesota to Houston, leaves Dallas on the last portion of its run in 1951. This was one of the finest streamliners operating in the nation. Its route from the Twin Cities of the north to the Texas' metropolis adjacent to the Gulf covered a rail distance of 1,363 miles.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Black Gold" arriving in Dallas]
Frisco's "The Black Gold Champion" train No. 517, southbound, headed by Diesel locomotive No. 2022, arriving at Dallas Junction, which is the wye near Irving, Texas, on June 18, 1953.
Date:
June 18, 1953
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Sam Houston Zephyr" leaving Dallas for Houston]
Fort Worth and Denver Railway's "Sam Houston Zephyr" train No. 3, southbound, enroute out of Dallas to Houston. Hotel Dallas is in the background.
Date:
1955
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Hustler" departing from Dallas]
Southern Pacific's " The Hustler" train No. 16, southbound, headed by Engine No. 629, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, departing from Dallas enroute to Houston.
Date:
1950
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Texas Chief" leaving Dallas]
The Dallas section of the "Texas Chief" train No. 116, northbound, departing from Dallas on the afternoon of January 8, 1956.
Date:
January 8, 1956
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Texas Special" departing from Dallas]
Katy's "Texas Special" train No. 1, southbound, is headed by Frisco's No. 2006 diesel unit as it departs from Dallas.
Date:
April 14, 1952
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Switching a Business Car at Dallas' Union Terminal]
The Union Terminal Company's No. 7, an 0-6-0 type steam locomotive switches a business car near the Dallas Union Terminal.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Santa Fe train crossing the Trinity River Bridge]
Santa Fe's train No. 111, eastbound, diesel powered, crossing the Texas and Pacific Railway's Trinity River Bridge, enroute from Fort Worth to Dallas.
Date:
1953
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Texas Special" leaving Dallas]
Rolling northward from the Dallas Union Station, the Katy's "Texas Special" train No. 2, headed by Engine No. 377, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, picks up speed enroute to St. Louis.
Date:
January 1946
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Santa Fe train crossing the Trinity River Bridge]
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway train No. 111, headed by engine No. 12, a 4000 H.P. electro-motive diesel locomotive, on the Trinity River Bridge in Dallas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Texas Special" enroute to San Antonio]
Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad's train No. 1 "The Texas Special" southbound enroute to San Antonio in 1949.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Sam Houston Zephyr" arriving in Dallas]
Burlington's "Sam Houston Zephyr" train No. 4, headed by Engine No. 9951-A, a 2250 H.P. electro-motive diesel, arriving in Dallas on January 27, 1954.
Date:
January 27, 1954
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Texan" at Belt Junction in Dallas]
Texas & Pacific 1500HP F7A No.1581 which has been re-geared for passenger service and a 2250HP E8 approach the Belt Junction Interlocker with a mostly mail and express Train No.15 "The Texan" on June 22,1952.
Date:
June 22, 1952
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Steam Switcher at Dallas' Union Terminal]
Dallas Union Terminal Company's No. 7, type 0-6-0 steam switcher, adjacent to the south end of Union Terminal on January 8, 1956.
Date:
January 8, 1956
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Bluebonnet" in Dallas]
Back-to-back Alco model PA 2000HP diesels power the all heavyweight southbound Missouri-Kansas-Texas "Bluebonnet" from Dallas toward San Antonio past Tower 19 on June 14,1952.
Date:
June 14, 1952
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Louisiana Eagle" in Dallas]
Texas and Pacific Railway's train No. 21 "Louisiana Eagle", headed by Engine No. 2005, a 4000 H.P. electro-motive diesel locomotive in Dallas, Texas on June 22, 1952.
Date:
June 22, 1952
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cotton Belt train at Dallas Union Terminal]
St. Louis - Southwestern (cotton Belt) Railroad train No. 2, headed by Engine No. 308, a 1600 H.P. Alco - GE diesel electric locomotive, at Dallas Union terminal on June 1, 1952.
Date:
June 1, 1952
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Twin Star Rocket" departing from Dallas]
Rock Island Train No.17, the southbound Twin Star Rocket headed by No.652 a 2250 HP Electromotive E8 and a 2000 HP E7 approach Tower 19 on July 14, 1952.
Date:
July 14, 1952
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Southern Pacific train arriving in Dallas]
With the Sears building in the background and the Union Terminal Company's coach yard on its left The Hustler Train No. 15 rolls into Dallas in the early afternoon in 1949 behind one of Southern Pacific's handsome P-14 steam locomotives.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
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.
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Highland Park, Texas Depot]
The new Highland Park, Texas Depot of the Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad (KATY) which opened on July 1, 1922 and closed on July 1, 1965.
Date:
July 1922
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Texas Special" entering Dallas]
First run of the "Texas Special" Engine No. 101 enroute from San Antonio to St. Louis on April 21, 1948 as it enters Dallas at 2:00 pm.
Date:
April 21, 1948
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[White Rock Station in Dallas]
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's White Rock Station in Dallas.
Date:
1956~
Creator:
Monaghan, M.D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History