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["Texas Special" arriving at Highland Park Station]
Missouri - Kansas - Texas (KATY) Railroad's "Texas Special" train No. 2, northbound, headed by Engine No. 388, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, arriving at Highland Park station, enroute from the Dallas Union Station to St. Louis.
Date:
December 1940
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lounge car on "The Bluebonnet" ]
Interior view of the Parlor Lounge Car in the consist of the Katy's "The Bluebonnet" train No. 7 southbound enroute from Dallas to San Antonio, Texas. This beautiful parlor lounge was a standard heavyweight car.
Date:
1943
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cotton Belt train in Dallas]
Lonestar Southwesten Railway train No. 1, a Cotton Belt train headed by Engine No. 679, a type 4-8-2 locomotive arriving in Dallas.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Kansas Cityan" heads into Dallas]
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.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Missouri - Kansas - Texas train near Dallas]
Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad train No. 7 headed by Engine No. 381, a type 4-6-2 locomotive, near Dallas in 1948.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Morning Star" departing Dallas]
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.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Southern Pacific train departing from Dallas]
Southern Pacific, Engine No. 650, a type 4-6-2 locomotive, heading Train No. 16 departing from Dallas in 1948.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Southerner" crossing the Trinity River in 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.
Date:
1948~
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Sunbeam" locomotive in Dallas Union Terminal]
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.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Sunshine Special" crossing the Trinity River Bridge]
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.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Texan" entering Dallas]
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.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Texas and Pacfic train arriving in Dallas]
Texas and Pacific Railway's train No. 15, headed by Engine No. 715, a type 4-6-2 locomotive, arriving in Dallas in 1948.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Texas Zephyr" leaving Dallas]
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.
Date:
1948~
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Southern Pacific engine at the Cadiz St. Roundhouse in Dallas]
On the ready tracks at The Cadiz St. roundhouse in Dallas are SP-T&NO 4-6-2 No. 652, Cotton Belt 4-8-2 No.679, and FW&D No. 51 on a partly cloudy day in 1949.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Yard at Dallas Union Station]
Observe this scene of activity in the Dallas Union Station's yards - the "Sam Houston Zephyr" has just entered the terminal, closely followed by the "Hustler" while the "Texas Zephyr" waits for its scheduled departure.
Date:
1949~
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History