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[Stalled train near Carneros]

Stalled on the grade to Carneros --- Coahuila and Zacatecas Railroad's southbound freight headed by Engine No. 261, a Consolidation type 2-8-0, leased from the National Railways of Mexico, is over taken by a second freight, double-headed by Coahuila and Zacatecas' Engines Nos. 12 and 3, both Consolidation types. Then the mixed train arrives, headed by Coahuila and Zacatecas' Engine No. 11, also a Consolidation type. It pushed as well. Eventually these trains arrived at Carneros station which is the highest point on this narrow gauge railroad, elevation 6,873 feet. Carneros is located 25 miles south of Saltillo.
Date: January 7, 1961
Creator: Richardson, R. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0274.0502]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Jose Gonzalez, village schoolteacher, draws water from the only available supply in the little settlement-a shallow hand-dug well, uncovered and unprotected."
Date: October 7, 1971
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History