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["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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Burt C. Blanton and G. Robert Freeman, Jr. in Denison, Texas]
Burt C. Blanton and G. Robert Freeman, Jr. have just de-trained from a trip aboard the "Flying Scotsman" at the KATY Station in Denison, Texas on June 20, 1970.
Date:
June 20, 1970
Creator:
Hanlon, Pat
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Flying Scotsman" leaving Dallas]
The famed English locomotive, London and North Eastern Railway's No 4472, "The Flying Scotsman" with its nine car consist leaving Dallas early on the morning of June 20, 1970. A southbound KATY freight train waits on the siding.
Date:
June 20, 1970
Creator:
Mizell, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Roundhouse at Gainesville, Texas]
Santa Fe Railway's nine-stall roundhouse at Gainesville, Texas on February 27, 1938. Locomotives, laying over between freight runs, are two Consolidations, type 2-8-0, Nos. 1904 and 1910; one Mikado, type 2-8-2, No. 4051; and one yard switcher, type 0-8-0, No. 787.
Date:
February 27, 1938
Creator:
Mizell, Charles M.
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
["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
["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.
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
[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
[Cotton Belt train at University Park, Texas Depot]
St. Louis - Southwesten (Cotton Belt) Railroad train No. 2 headed by Engine No. 308, a 1600 H.P. Alco - GE diesel-electric locomotive, at University Park Depot in Dallas, Texas on June 1, 1952.
Date:
June 1, 1952
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
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.
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
["The Katy Flyer" passing Dallas Yard]
M-K-T Train No.6, The "Katy Flyer" slows through Dallas yard heading for Union Terminal behind a pair of Alco PA model 2000HP diesel electric locomotives on June 18,1953.
Date:
June 18, 1953
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
["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
["Sam Houston Zephyr" arriving in Dallas]
Burlington's "Sam Houston Zephyr" train No. 4, headed by Engine No. 9950, a 2250 H.P. electro-motive diesel locomotive arriving in Dallas.
Date:
January 8, 1956
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["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.
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
[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
[Southern Pacific engine at the Cadiz St. Roundhouse in Dallas]
Observe this masterpiece of streamlined steam motive power - bearing the name "Sunbeam", Southern Pacific's Engine No. 652, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, on the turntable at the Cadiz Street Roundhouse in Dallas, Texas.
Date:
1950~
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Southern Pacific locomotive arriving in Dallas]
Locomotive No. 620 one of the P-6 class "protection" engines kept under steam at Ennis, substitutes for one of the three streamlined P-14 engines (650, 651,or 652) normally assigned to bring The Hustler, Train No. 15 into Dallas in 1949. The Southern Pacific was in direct competition with the FW&D in Texas at the time and the Dallas/Houston route's schedule had to be protected against engine failures. One engine was kept with steam up at Ennis and another at Hearne for just such emergencies.
Date:
1949
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
[Southern Pacific train in Dallas]
Southern Pacific's train No. 16 headed by Engine No. 629, a type 4-6-2 locomotive in Dallas.
Date:
1950
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Southern Pacific train in Dallas]
Southern Pacific's train No. 15 headed by Engine No. 651, a type 4-6-2 in Dallas, Texas.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History