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["Sam Houston Zephyr" arriving in Fort Worth]
Fort Worth and Denver Railway's "Sam Houston Zephyr" train No. 4, northbound, arriving in the Texas and Pacific's depot in Fort Worth on the afternoon of January 30, 1955.
Date:
January 30, 1955
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["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.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Super Chief" in Colorado]
Santa Fe's "Super Chief" daily all-Pullman streamliner operating between Chicago and Los Angeles, ascends the steep grades near the old Dick Wootton Ranch at Wootton, Colorado.
Date:
1960
Creator:
Meitz, Frank
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Sunbeam" under a Texas sky]
Under a beautiful Texas sky, Southern Pacific's modern diesel powered streamliner "Sunbeam" train No. 14, southbound, rolls on a mile-a-minute schedule enroute from Dallas to Houston.
Date:
1952
Creator:
Curry, J. F.
Object Type:
Photograph
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.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Sunset Limited" departing from Houston's Grand Central Station]
Southern Pacific's "Sunset Limited" train No. 2, eastbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 206, departing from Grand Central Station in Houston enroute to New Orleans on July 13, 1953.
Date:
July 13, 1953
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Bluebonnet" departing from Austin]
Katy's "The Bluebonnet" train no. 7, southbound, powered by Diesel Units, has departed from Texas' capital city, Austin, and approaches the bridge spanning the Colorado River on November 11, 1954.
Date:
September 11, 1954
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Super Chief" in Raton Pass]
Santa Fe's "Super Chief" rolls through scenic Raton Pass on the New Mexico - Colorado border on September 7, 1959.
Date:
September 7, 1959
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Hiawatha" Luxury Train]
Among the greatest luxury passenger trains operated in this nation were the Milwaukee Road's "Morning" and "Afternoon" Hiawathas, providing convenient and fast service between Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Minneapolis. In this scene, a Hiawatha speeds over the route.
Date:
1958
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Interior of Pennsylvania Station in New York]
Photograph of Pennsylvania Railroad's great passenger terminal, Pennsylvania Station in New York in 1945.
Date:
1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Texas Eagle" southbound from St. Louis]
Photograph of Missouri Pacific's "Texas Eagle" train No. 1, southbound, passing through Carondelet Park in the suburbs of St. Louis enroute to Texas on a late summer afternoon in 1948.
Date:
1948
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Train Shed at St. Louis Station]
Photograph of the St. Louis Union Station's train-shed which covers about fifteen acres. Under this steel canopy there are thirty-four stub-end tracks devoted exclusively to passenger service.
Date:
1950
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Main Waiting Room at Pennsylvania Station in New York]
View of Main Waiting Room in Pennsylvania Station, New York, looking towards the Main Information Desk (left) and moving stairs (right). In the background are visible some of the ticket windows and near the head of the stairs the bronze statue of Samuel Rea, former president of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Measuring 300 feet long, 110 feet wide and 150 feet tall, this room is comparable in size to the nave of St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome. It could engulf an ordinary 15-story skyscraper.
Date:
1970~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["El Capitan" climbs towards Raton Pass]
Climbing towards the crest of Raton Pass, Santa Fe's "El Capitan", a high-level consist, affords passengers an opportunity to enjoy the mountain scenery of southern Colorado near the famous Wootton Ranch.
Date:
1959~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of "Sunset Limited" at Los Angeles Terminal Station]
Photograph of Southern Pacific's "Sunset Limited" train No. 1, westbound, headed by diesel locomotive 6042, crossing the Los Angeles River near the Los Angeles Terminal Station on March 19, 1954.
Date:
March 19, 1954
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
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
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Texas Chief" in Oklahoma]
Winding through the rugged countryside near Washita Canyon in Oklahoma, the Santa Fe's "Texas Chief" powered by four diesel units and a consist of eleven cars, rolls southward towards Fort Worth, Dallas, Houston, and Galveston, Texas, circa 1956.
Date:
1956
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
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.
Object Type:
Photograph
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
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["L.S. Thorne" crossing the Mississippi]
Texas and Pacific Railway's train ferry "L.S. Thorne" crossing the Mississippi River at New Orleans, circa 1938.
Date:
1938~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Gouldsboro" ferry boat]
Texas and Pacific Railway's "Gouldsboro", a steam powered ferry boat, transports a passenger train across the Mississippi River at New Orleans, circa 1938.
Date:
1938~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Textile Special" brochure]
Brochure of the "Textile Special" which ran only once. It traversed a distance of about 1965 miles through the Lone Star State. As a sequence of the publicity engendered as new era of industrial development dawned in Texas.
Date:
1923
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Texas Eagle" entering Houston]
Missouri Pacific's "Texas Eagle" train No. 1-21, arriving in the Houston Union Station on July 12, 1953.
Date:
July 12, 1953
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
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.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History