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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 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
["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
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
["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
["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
["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.
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 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
["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.
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
["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
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
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
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
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
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
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
[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.
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