Long ago in the age of steam, the Southern Pacific's "Argonaut" passenger trains, numbers 104 and 103, east and westbound, respectively, meet in the early morning hours at mile post 450 between Langtry and Pumpville in far west Texas.

Forth Worth and Denver Railway's "Colorado Special" train No. 1, northbound, headed by Engine No. 553, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, with a consist of eleven cars, rolls through the Texas Panhandle High Plains enroute from Dallas to Denver.

Great Northern Railway's "The Empire Builder" train No. 1, westbound, headed by Engine No. 2517, a Mountain type 4-8-2 locomotive, at St. Paul Union Depot, 1929. This world renowned train was operated by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad from Chicago to St. Paul and it was a Great Northern train from St. Paul to Portland, Seattle and Tacoma.

Photograph of a log cabin filling station and sandwich shop at the east end of Green Avenue near the Sabine River.

Photograph of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's "Scenic Limited" headed by engine No. 1508, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive with a consist of seven cars, traverses the Royal Gorge Route in Colorado around 1929. In the distant background is the Hanging Bridge in the Grand Canyon of the Arkansas River.

Union Pacific's "Los Angeles Limited" headed by a mountain type 4-8-2 locomotive - Engine No. 7020 with Vanderbuilt tender and a consist of nine cars stands on the siding in Echo Canyon, Utah. "Pusher" locomotive in the rear.

One of the nation's most famous name trains - the "Overland Limited" - train No. 1 (westbound) on Union Pacific rails in Echo Canyon, Utah. The train is headed by a Mountain, type 4-8-2 locomotive with a Vanderbilt tender (oil burner) headed by Engine No. 7038 with a consist of eleven cars, all standard heavyweight equipment. This train was a joint-operation of three rail entities: Chicago and Northwestern from Chicago to Omaha; Union Pacific from Omaha to Salt Lake City; and Southern Pacific from Salt Lake City to San Francisco and on to Los Angeles. In the "Roaring Twenties" the "Overland Limited" was the flagship of the Union Pacific's fleet.

Robert H. Vise and Ethel stand on a bridge at the City Park in Denver, Colorado.

Photograph of the Orangefield Oil Field. In the foreground are pipes with wheel cranks and a wooden bridge on the top of two tanks with a large tank behind that. On the ground on the right side of the frame are many fat and skinny pipes lined up. In the background are numerous spindletops.

Photograph of laundry facility employees. Stacks of white linens are shown in the foreground. Various cleaning machines and the machine operators are shown in the background. People in the photo are: 1. Jim Chiatter; 2. Fats Adkiss; 3. Fay Craig; 4. Dorie Harris; 5. Lucile Stilwell; 6. Marissa Gire; 7. Ella, Carson.

Southern Railway's " The Crescent Limited" famous New Orleans - New York train, headed by engine No.1394, a big Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, enroute between Spartanburg and Greenville, South Carolina.

Photograph of five people in a buckboard wagon pulled by two horses through some trees. Writing on the back indicates this is a deer hunting expedition in Tyler County in 1926.

Photograph of Bob Bowman and Edward Ward in their ROTC uniforms in 1926.

Photograph of Edward Ward in his ROTC uniform in 1926. He stands outdoors next to a wooden building.

Ms, Fay Wade's Second Grade class, 1926. Front Row: Bruce Hampton, Sidney Hampton, Jack Stacy Burkholder, Leland Newton, Waymon Miller, Clyde White, Ancil Hardaway, Floy Ezell, Clyde Munday, L.N. Landers, A. Jones, Alton Dickens, Burton ___? Second Row: Theda Mae Cherry, Esta Caves, Josephine Tyson,Virginia Pritchett, Elouise Echols, Dorothy Forrest, Ruby Duncan, Doyce ___?, Mary Ruth Miller, Evelyne Rice Back row: ___? Gadsberry, Elizabeth Collins, Verdie Mae Horst, Joyce Spratt, Margarette Neal, Hattie Margaret Harwell, LeNora Williams, Earnesteen Hicks, Mary Ready

Southern Pacific's "Sunset Limited", train No. 101, westbound, headed by Engine No. 2433, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, with a consist of eight cars.

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad's "The Firefly" train No. 14-32, northbound, headed by a mountain type 4-8-2 locomotive, entering the Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, circa 1925.

Small brick schoolhouse with thirty students and four (?) teachers. The building was located on the southeast corner of Metz and View Roads. Front row: First three unidentified, Alfred Coggins, J.C. Barnes, ___Barnes, Ouida Miller Anderson, Bernice Wade, Helen Christian, unknown, Junior Stinson, four unknown, Foy Stinson, Coy Stinson Second row: Nellie Mae Christian, J.B. Wise, Orville Andrews, Lemon Ausband, Bethany Waide, Pearl Lanier Klum, Charlie Mae Stinson, Louise Gilbert, Gibson Lanier, unknown, Gladys Baker, Joe Bob Farrell, unknown. Back row: Frances Barnes, Alyne Seale, Mildred Touchstone, unknown

Mrs. Pearl Boydstun's First grade class of 1925 First row: Floyd Frizzell, Jack Stacy Burkholder, J.M. Atkins, Josephine Tyson, Joe LaGear, Cloe Jimmy Williams Second row: Theda Cherry, unknown, Verdie Mae Horst, unknown, unknown, Buford Chestnut, Mary Frances Ready Third row: unknown, Elouise, Echols, Clyce Mundy, unknown, unknown, Floy Ezell, Jr., Joyce Spratt, unknown Back row: only the teacher, Pearl Boysdstun, is known Names of those marked unknown above: Vernice ___? , Francis ___?, Morris Anderson, Robert Ashley, Esta Caves, Ruby Duncan, Ernestine Hicks, ___? Kerr, Opal Kerr, Frankie LeGear, Edna Earl Lewis, Limble Lewis, Opal Marion, Katie McClendon, Waymond Miller, Virginia Pritchett, Evelene Rice

Mrs. Winnie Minick's third grade class of 1924-25 Front row: Gambill Sullivan, unknown, unknown, Helen Enlow, unknown, Julia Miller, unknown, Gwen Giles Second row: ____? Duncan, unknown, unknown, unknown, Jessie Hopkins, Marjorie Burroughs, Elizabeth Hughes Third row: Ruben Williams, unknown, Welda Thompson, _____? Daniels, unknown, unknown, unknown Back row: T.H. Pritchett, unknown, unknown, Robbie Eliot, Winnie Minick, unknown

Six students, three females sitting in front and three males standing behind, holding what appear to be diplomas

Office in back part of First National Bank. Pictured are "Miss Ella" Warren with her partner RW Walten, Curtis Warren and Rev. J.L. Ratcliff Pastor of First Baptist Church. "Miss Ella" was the first woman in Sanger to receive the outstanding citizen award.

One of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Mail-Express trains, headed by a K4s locomotive with a standard coach on the rear-end, rolls through the Pennsylvania countryside on a cold, dismal day in January 1923.

First grade class of Lila B. Koons. Front row: John Lewis Sullivan, Henry Lee Sullivan, Laverne Sullivan, Mary Ready, Dorothy Forrest, Rex Moore, Wilma Lou Atkins, Margaret Brown Second row: Marguerite Neal, E. Echols, Rob Chambers, Alyne Burkholder, ___? Yarbrough, James Ready, Mary Jone Batis, Jesse Earl Seal, ___? Duncan Back row: Cliff Wilson, Virginia Pritchett, Ben Dell Sullivan, Abbie Lee Gentle, Ernest Hopkins, unknown, Newton Stone, R. T. Martindale, Mrs. Koons