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[Newspaper Article About the Sale of T&P Station in Fort Worth] (open access)

[Newspaper Article About the Sale of T&P Station in Fort Worth]

Clipping of a newspaper article regarding the sale of the Texas & Pacific Station in Fort Worth, Texas. There is a large image of the station surrounded by text describing the history and sale of the building. Written below the image is "-MoPac News May 1978 pg 3."
Date: May 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Godzilla Meets the 610] (open access)

[Godzilla Meets the 610]

Clipping of a captioned photo and the accompanying blurb from Railfan Magazine. In the photo the front end of the engine is visible as a silhouette, and the caption reads: "There is something strange in the silhouette profile of the eagle above the headlight on 610." The blurb mentions that the silhouette of the train engine's eagle appears to look like Godzilla. Written below the clipping is "- Railfan Feb. 1978 Page 64 & 66."
Date: February 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[First Prize Winning Model Train in Model Railroader] (open access)

[First Prize Winning Model Train in Model Railroader]

Two Photographs of an award winning model train build by William Basden of Hialeah, Florida. On the train are "490" and "Texas & Pacific." There are also two paragraphs of text mounted next to the photos. The first paragraph describes the train as an "0-8-0 switcher of Texas & Pacific design." The second paragraph describes the process of building the model and the scores it received. At the bottom of the image is a clipping of the Model Railroader Logo and volume information.
Date: December 1973
Creator: Model Railroader magazine
System: The Portal to Texas History
[T&P Trains #227 & #310 Wrecked] (open access)

[T&P Trains #227 & #310 Wrecked]

Copy photo of a head on collision between trains #227 and #310 with men standing near it. Written below the image is "Wreck near Aroya (Now Wickett) Texas Ward County 1908 with Locos #227 & 310 R. L. Schwarzenbach was the engineer of the eastbound train, working with him were Henry Mason - Fireman and Sam Mimms Conductor. Schwarzenbach was at the controls of #320 *with the caved in cab) W. R. Bill Marlin was the engineer of Loco 227, Jake Bishop was the fireman and Gordon Phillips the conductor. All jumped, no on was killed or hurt except one hobo killed and 360 head of Mexican cattle died in the collision," a clarified version of what's printed on the photo, and "Paul Frame Collection - 6027.18 19."
Date: 1908
Creator: Frame, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Train Moving Around a Bend] (open access)

[Train Moving Around a Bend]

Clipping of a photo of a train moving around a bend. Printed under the photo is "Scene near Eastland." Written on the left side of the image is "On Film Neg" and "TPQ Oct 1898 Vol II #2 pg 4."
Date: October 1898
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Trains Magazine Back Cover] (open access)

[Trains Magazine Back Cover]

Clipping of the back cover of Trains Magazine. There is a photo of T&P train #610 on the tracks. The Caption reads "En route to the site of The Great Dynamometer Test, Southern's ex-Texas & Pacific 2-10-4 is eased down 2.1 per cent toward Old Fort, N. C., by Engineer Frank Clodfelter. The Texas type, only survivor of original Lima Super-Power design, was working an Asheville-Salisbury excursion on July 29, 1977, when photographed near Andrews Geyser." Written underneath the clipping is "-Trains Feb. 1978 rear cover."
Date: July 29, 1977
Creator: Abernathy, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[SR #610 Article] (open access)

[SR #610 Article]

Clipping of an article regarding Southern Railway train #610 and its use on The American Freedom Train. In the image, the train is visible underneath train lights, with a man standing on top of the lights.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hauck, Cornelius W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[T&P #610 Pulling the Freedom Train] (open access)

[T&P #610 Pulling the Freedom Train]

3 Clippings of an article, photo, and logo from Railfan Magazine regarding T&P train #610 pulling the American Freedom Train. The article details the prep work that went in to restoring the train to working condition. Written below the image is "pg. 16."
Date: 1976
Creator: Kelcec, Tom
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Magazine Clipping of Train #128] (open access)

[Magazine Clipping of Train #128]

Photograph of a magazine clipping from T&P Topics magazine about T&P train #128. The text from the clipping references the conversion of the locomotive to an oil burning train. Text below the image says "In 1906 #128 was in service at Shreveport, photo shows (L to R) [sic] Charlie McKitrie, switchman; Ollie Grant, engine foreman; unidentified; J. N. Harris, engineer, and Paul Harris, fireman." and "T&P Topics, Apr 1951, pg 34."
Date: April 1951
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[MoPac Merger Article] (open access)

[MoPac Merger Article]

Clipping of an article regarding the merger of Texas & Pacific and Chicago & Eastern Illinois into the Missouri Pacific railroad. The article gives a brief description of the effect of the merger on MoPac and other railway stocks. Written below the clipping is "AAR 'Info Letter' Oct 30th 1976."
Date: October 30, 1974
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[SR Train #610] (open access)

[SR Train #610]

Clipping of a captioned photograph of SR train #610. There is a plume of smoke rising from the engine. The caption reads: "Ex-Texas & Pacific No. 610 is back in action on July 15, leading a Southern Railway excursion at Efland, NC. The Greensboro-Raleigh round trip drew a big crowd for part of the Lima engine's second season on the Southern. The 610 is leased by the railroad from a private Texas foundation." Written below the image is "Passenger Train Journal Dec 1978 - pg. 12."
Date: December 1978
Creator: Bryan, Wiley M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Whyte Classification System Clipping] (open access)

[Whyte Classification System Clipping]

2 clippings from the December 1979 issue of Model Railroader about the Whyte Classification System. On the left is a brief description of the history and use of the system, and on the right is a table of the most common classifications. Written underneath the clippings is "- Model Railroader Dec 1979."
Date: December 1979
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Railroad Stories' Locomotives of the Texas & Pacific Railway] (open access)

[Railroad Stories' Locomotives of the Texas & Pacific Railway]

Clipping of Locomotives of the Texas & Pacific Railway in Railroad Stories. There are three trains pictured on the right side of the image, #'s 810, 637, and 700, and on the left a page of train specs. Written underneath is "- Railroad Stories July 1933 pg 130-31."
Date: July 1933
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Southern Railway Train #610] (open access)

[Southern Railway Train #610]

Clipping of a photograph of Southern Railway train #610. There are four men to the right of the image. The photo is captioned "Southern Railway No. 610, the Lima-born 2-10-4 that powered the Freedom Train in Texas, heads north at Oneida, Kentucky, on July 13, its inaugural weekend for its new operators. The ex-Texas &Pacific veteran is now a permanent part of the Southern steam stable. (Robert T. Clark)." Written below the image is "- Passenger Train Journal."
Date: September 1977
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Starlake Films Advertisement] (open access)

[Starlake Films Advertisement]

Clipping of an advertisement for Starlake Films in Trains Magazine. The advertisement lists descriptions and prices for various films of trains. Written below the image is "- Trains Dec 1979 pg. 15."
Date: December 1979
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Sunday River Productions Advertisement] (open access)

[Sunday River Productions Advertisement]

Clipping of an advertisement for Sunday River Productions train videos.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[T&P Train #610 Test Runs] (open access)

[T&P Train #610 Test Runs]

Clipping of two photographs and an article about T&P train #610 getting prepared to pull the Bicentennial Freedom Train. The article says "610 pulled the freedom train through Texas from Austin to Houston and Ft. Worth. After months of work by Dick Jensen and his crew from the 610 Historical Foundation at the stockyards in Ft. Worth, the engine made its first test runs in the yard trackage near the working site on January 29, 1976. It looked like an engine just going out to work (above) as it chuffed through the yard. On February 4 it made a test run to Wichita Falls over FW&D rails (right) with an SD7, four boxcars and a caboose. After de-bugging at Wichita Falls, it returned on a train that approximated the weight of the Freedom Train ahead of two MOP Bicentennial diesels to run from Austin to Houston. It is shown (left) between Navasota and Plantersville on February 18, 1976." Written below the clipping is "Railfan Magazine Summer 1976 Vol 1 #7."
Date: 1976
Creator: Ingmanson, Kenneth & Yager, Dick
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Tales of a Lanky Texan] (open access)

[Tales of a Lanky Texan]

2 clippings, the main clipping is of the title page of an article titled "Tales of a lanky Texan by Jim Boyd." The photo is of Southern Railway's train #610, and is captioned "Ex-TP 610 enters Cincinnati on July 17, 1977, on the Southern Railway." The second one is of the Railfan magazine logo. Written below that clipping is "Feb. 1978 page 26."
Date: February 1978
Creator: Ingmanson, Kenneth
System: The Portal to Texas History
[SR Train #610] (open access)

[SR Train #610]

Clipping of a captioned photo of SR train #610 on a raised portion of track. There is a large plume of black smoke rising from the engine.The photo is captioned "Right: Southern's 2-10-4 No. 610 herself is not news, but what was behind her on the October 29,1978, Atlanta-Toccoa (Ga.) excursion is: auxiliary tender from L&N M-1 2-8-4 No. 1975, and privately owned ex-Amtrak dome obs 9301, built for CB&Q." Written below the clipping is "-Feb 1979 Trains pg. 17."
Date: February 1979
Creator: Clark, Robert T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Magazine Clipping of T&P Train #147] (open access)

[Magazine Clipping of T&P Train #147]

Photograph of a magazine clipping with a picture of men lining up for a picture next to T&P train #147. The text in the image names the men in the picture as left to right: "Fatty Clark ... H. J. Arant ... W. Montgomery, H. P. Likes, Fog Long, a Mr. Johnson, Slim Thompson, and H. O. Parry." Text below the image says "El Paso, Texas 1911" and "T&P Topics Nov 1949 pg 37."
Date: November 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas & Pacific Railway Roster] (open access)

[Texas & Pacific Railway Roster]

Clipping of a Texas & Pacific Railway locomotive roster. At the top of the page is an image T&P's E7 locomotive #2000, and at the bottom are some miscellaneous notes.
Date: December 1960
Creator: Mizell, Charles M. Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas & Pacific Locomotive Roster] (open access)

[Texas & Pacific Locomotive Roster]

Clipping of a Texas and Pacific locomotive roster. At the top is an image of an I-class, Texas-type locomotive with a large plume of smoke rising from the smokestack. Written below the image is "-Trains Mar 1950 pg 25."
Date: March 1950
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[SR Train #610 Article] (open access)

[SR Train #610 Article]

2 clippings of an article in Railfan Magazine about SR train #610 regarding its season schedule of trips throughout the South and Midwest. There is also a photo of the train on an elevated portion of track. Written below the image is "- Railfan Dec 1977."
Date: December 1977
Creator: Ingmanson, Kenneth
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Trains Magazine Cover] (open access)

[Trains Magazine Cover]

Clipping of a Trains Magazine cover. The image on the cover is captioned "Ex-Texas & Pacific 610 enters Lookout Mountain Tunnel in Tennessee. By Fred Clark Jr." Written underneath the clipping is "July 10th 1977."
Date: February 1978
Creator: Clark, Fred Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History