Resource Type

Santa Fe (ATSF) 5022 & 1805

A photograph postcard showing Santa Fe (ATSF) 5022, 2-10-4, with 1805, 2-6-2, double-heading a westbound freight, climbing Curtis hill between Quinlan and Curtis, OK, on new location. 83 cars, 30 mph. Plains Division
Date: March 22, 1947
Creator: George, Preston
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Santa Fe (ATSF) 5016 & 1811

A photograph postcard showing Santa Fe (ATSF) 5016, 2-10-4, on a westbound freight, going up Curtis Hill, on new location above Quinlan, Oklahoma, with 1811, 2-6-2, helping at rear. 89 cars, 25 mph. Plains Division
Date: March 22, 1947
Creator: George, Preston
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Santa Fe (ATSF) 5032

A photograph postcard showing Santa Fe (ATSF) 5032, 2-10-4, on mixed freight extra, coming up Curtis Hill on the new tracks, long tangent below Quinlan, OK. Grade for old location can be seen in middle distance. Smoke of helper engine 1886, 2-6-2, shows above cut in distance at rear of train.
Date: May 4, 1947
Creator: George, Preston
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Santa Fe (ATSF) 1886

A photograph postcard showing Santa Fe (ATSF) 1886, 2-6-2, helping extra 5032 West, as it goes up long tangent on new track on Curtis Hill below Quinlan, OK, pushing ATSF caboose 2137. Plains Division.
Date: May 4, 1947
Creator: George, Preston
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Santa Fe (ATSF) 5003

A photograph postcard showing Santa Fe (ATSF) 5003, 2-10-4, westbound on freight extra 5032 West on new tracks, going through Quinlan, OK on Curtis Hill. 92 cars, 25 mph. Smoke of helper 1886, 2-6-2, in left background. "Siding in right background is the former main line. The depot had to be moved to make way for the new main line."
Date: May 4, 1947
Creator: George, Preston
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Santa Fe (ATSF) 3913

A photograph postcard showing Santa Fe (ATSF) 3913, 2-10-2, eastbound, passing Curtis, OK, and about to start down Curtis Hill, 84 cars, 20 mph. (C.T.C. Centralized Traffic Control)
Date: May 4, 1947
Creator: George, Preston
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Santa Fe (ATSF) 1805 & 5022

A photograph postcard showing Santa Fe 1805, 2-6-2, and 5022, 2-10-4, coming up Curtis Hill above Quinlan, OK, westbound on new location, 83 cars, 30 mph.
Date: March 22, 1947
Creator: George, Preston
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History