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["The Louisiana Daylight" passing L & A Junction]
Texas and Pacific's "The Louisiana Daylight", train No. 28, eastbound, headed by Engine No. 709, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive passes L & A Junction near Waskom, Texas.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Flying Crow" arriving in Texarkana, Texas]
Kansas City Southern's "The Flying Crow" train No. 15, southbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 34, arriving in Texarkana, on the Texas -Arkansas border.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Sam Houston Zephyr" arriving in Fort Worth]
Fort Worth and Denver Railway's "Sam Houston Zephyr" train No. 4, northbound, arriving in the Texas and Pacific's depot in Fort Worth on the afternoon of January 30, 1955.
Date:
January 30, 1955
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["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
[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
["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
["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
["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
["Sam Houston Zephyr" leaving Dallas for Houston]
Fort Worth and Denver Railway's "Sam Houston Zephyr" train No. 3, southbound, enroute out of Dallas to Houston. Hotel Dallas is in the background.
Date:
1955
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Hustler" departing from Dallas]
Southern Pacific's " The Hustler" train No. 16, southbound, headed by Engine No. 629, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, departing from Dallas enroute to Houston.
Date:
1950
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Texas Chief" leaving Dallas]
The Dallas section of the "Texas Chief" train No. 116, northbound, departing from Dallas on the afternoon of January 8, 1956.
Date:
January 8, 1956
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Katy Flyer" near Waxahachie, Texas]
Missouri - Kansas - Texas (KATY) Railroad's "Katy Flyer" train No. 6, northbound, headed by Engine No. 383, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, on an ascending grade near Waxahachie, Texas shortly after sunrise on an October morning in 1940.
Date:
1940
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Textile Special" brochure]
Brochure of the "Textile Special" which ran only once. It traversed a distance of about 1965 miles through the Lone Star State. As a sequence of the publicity engendered as new era of industrial development dawned in Texas.
Date:
1923
Creator:
unknown
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
["The Texas Eagle" entering Houston]
Missouri Pacific's "Texas Eagle" train No. 1-21, arriving in the Houston Union Station on July 12, 1953.
Date:
July 12, 1953
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Texas Zephyr" leaving Fort Worth]
Fort Worth and Denver (Burlington) "Texas Zephyr" train No. 1, headed by Engine no. 556, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, separating from Fort Worth enroute to Dallas on June 28, 1953.
Date:
June 28, 1953
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Texas Special" departing from Dallas]
Katy's "Texas Special" train No. 1, southbound, is headed by Frisco's No. 2006 diesel unit as it departs from Dallas.
Date:
April 14, 1952
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Switching a Business Car at Dallas' Union Terminal]
The Union Terminal Company's No. 7, an 0-6-0 type steam locomotive switches a business car near the Dallas Union Terminal.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History