Photograph of City Park and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The park sits near the center of the picture, directly above Gano Street. The park is surrounded by subdivisions with many trees and buildings of varying sizes.

Lonestar Southwesten Railway train No. 1, a Cotton Belt train headed by Engine No. 679, a type 4-8-2 locomotive arriving in Dallas.

Photograph of the theatre marquee and promotional materials announcing a screening of Clark Gable and Lana Turner in the film "Homecoming" at the Melba Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Santa Fe's train No. 111, eastbound, enroute from Fort Worth over Texas and Pacific rails crosses the Trinity River bridge. This train, headed by Engine No. 1388, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, is bringing "The Kansas Cityan" into Dallas.

Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad train No. 7 headed by Engine No. 381, a type 4-6-2 locomotive, near Dallas in 1948.

Cotton Belt's "Morning Star" train No. 6, eastbound, headed by Engine No. 677, a Mountain type 4-8-2 locomotive, departing from Dallas enroute to Memphis, Tennessee.

Copy photo of T&P train #614 in Dallas, Texas with a large building in the background. Written underneath the image are "Dallas, Texas Jan 1948" and "R. H. Carlson."

Photograph of a T&P train with two engines, #718 and #720, moving across the Trinity River Bridge. Written below the image are "[sic] T&P #718 & 720 doublehead with the Sunshine Special over the Trinity River Bridge at Dallas 1948" and "R. S. Plummer Photo."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Walker, Doak - Football - SMU - 1948"

Photograph of several men in uniform squatting in front of two trucks at the Mesquite Fire Department.

Medium shot photograph of John Rogers, Sr..

Southern Pacific, Engine No. 650, a type 4-6-2 locomotive, heading Train No. 16 departing from Dallas in 1948.

Southern Pacific's train No. 15 headed by Engine No. 651, a type 4-6-2 in Dallas, Texas.

One of the Texas and Pacific Railway's finest long-distance passenger consists, " The Southerner" train No. 8 eastbound, headed by Engine No. 908, a 900 class Mountain, type 4-8-2 locomotive, crossing the Trinity River Bridge, enroute from Fort Worth into Dallas.

One of only three streamlined steam locomotives in regular service between Dallas and Houston Texas, the Southern Pacific No. 650, a class P-14 4-6-2 is being readied for its afternoon mile-a minute dash to Houston on the railroad's crack Sunbeam passenger run. Seen here at Dallas in 1948 after 11 years of service.

Texas & Pacific's eastbound premier train The Sunshine Special rolls across the Trinity River near Dallas shortly before entering Union Terminal trackage with mostly headend cars double-headed with 4-6-2 No. 713 on the point in 1948.

Breathing just a wisp of smoke, the Texas and Pacific's "The Texan" train No. 15 westbound, headed by Engine No. 715, a type 4-6-2 locomotive, pulls into the Dallas Union Terminal Station in 1948.

Texas and Pacific Railway's train No. 15, headed by Engine No. 715, a type 4-6-2 locomotive, arriving in Dallas in 1948.

Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad's "The Texas Special" train No. 1 - Engine No. 390 - type 4-6-2 locomotive arriving in Dallas just prior to dieselization in 1948.

Fort Worth and Denver (Burlington) Railway's "Texas Zephyr" train No. 2 northbound, headed by Engine No. 551, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, departing from Dallas enroute on its legendary journey via Fort Worth to Wichita Falls, Amarillo, Trinidad, Pueblo, Colorado Springs, and Denver. Spanning a period of more than sixty years, dating from the "Gay Nineties", this was the most popular rail route connecting Colorado and Texas points.

Photograph of train engine #602 and attached cars on railroad tracks, viewed from the front. "602" is visible on the front of the engine. Electrical poles and wires line the grass on the right side of the tracks, with trees and a building in the distance. Grassy land fills the space to the left of the tracks. Handwritten text below the image says, "Near Dallas, Texas 1948 - 'Extra East.'"

Photograph of train engine #908 and attached cars on elevated railroad tracks, viewed from the front. "908" is visible on the front of the engine. Dark smoke billows back from the front chimney. Electrical poles line the left side of the grass in the distance. Handwritten text below the image says, "Dallas, Texas 1948 Train #8 crossing Trinity River (from El Paso)."

Photograph of two men at the Bireley's soda factory in Dallas, Texas.