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["The Green Diamond" leaving Chicago]
Illinois Central's modern streamliner "The Green Diamond" train No. 21, southbound, leaving Chicago enroute to St. Louis.
Date:
1955~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Powhatan Arrow" in the mountains of Virginia]
"The Powhatan Arrow" famous modern steam-powered streamliner of the Norfolk and Western Railway, traverses a region of scenic beauty through the mountains of Virginia.
Date:
1950~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Two trains at Dearborn Station, Chicago]
In Dearborn Station, Chicago, the Santa Fe's "Texas Chief" train No. 15, southbound awaits the departure signal as the "El Capitan" train No. 17, westbound, with a full-length Dome car, departs for California.
Date:
1952~
Creator:
Meitz, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Capitol Limited" in Potomac River valley]
"The Capitol Limited" one of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's classic trains in the Potomac River valley. This train provided excellent facilities and cuisine between Chicago and Washington D.C.
Date:
1952~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Southern Belle"]
Kansas City Southern Railway's "Southern Belle" train No. 1, southbound, crossing Truman Road enroute from Kansas City to Shreveport, Louisiana. Kansas City in the distance.
Date:
1959~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Two trains at Dallas' Union Station]
At left, Fort Worth and Denver Railway's "Texas Zephyr" train No. 2, northbound, is ready to depart fron the Dallas Union Station. At right, the "Sam Houston Zephyr" train No. 4, northbound is just arriving in the terminal from Houston.
Date:
1955~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Missouri Pacific Railroad - Dining Car]
Interior view of dining car which features unique side seating arrangement in the consist of the Missouri Pacific's "The Texas Eagle" traversing the St. Louis to Texas route.
Date:
1959~
Creator:
Advertisers Photographic Studios, Inc.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Texas Eagle" at St. Louis' Union Station]
Missouri Pacific's "Texas Eagle" train No. 2 northbound, concluding its run from Texas, backs into the St. Louis Union Station.
Date:
1952~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Pere Marquette" diesel engine]
The "Pere Marquette" train No. 9, westbound, on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, enroute from Grand Rapids, Michigan to Chicago.
Date:
1957~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Great Northern Railway's "Badger Express"]
Great Northern Railway's "Badger Express" train No.23, southbound, stops at the depot in Superior, Wisconsin enroute from Duluth to Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Date:
1958~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lounge Car on the "Texas Chief"]
Passengers, both young and old are enjoying the comfort of the lounge car in the consist of the Santa Fe's "Texas Chief" train No. 15, southbound, enroute from Chicago to Texas.
Date:
1956~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dining car on Santa Fe's "Texas Chief"]
Dinner being served in the dining car of the Santa Fe's "Texas Chief" train No. 15, southbound, enroute from Chicago to Dallas, Ft. Worth, and Houston.
Date:
1956~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Pere Marquette" dining car]
Dinner aboard the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's "Pere Marquette" train No. 8, eastbound, enroute from Chicago to Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Date:
1957~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Kitchen on the "Southern Belle"]
The chefs and assistants prepare dinner aboard the Kansas City Southern Railway's "Southern Belle" train No.1, southbound, enroute from Kansas City to Shreveport, Louisiana.
Date:
1959~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Humming Bird"]
"The Humming Bird" train No. 5, southbound, at depot in Birmingham, Alabama, enroute from Cincinnati to New Orleans, July 1954. Nashville-Montgomery mainline (Birmingham Division) trackage is in the foreground. Diesel locomotive No. 793 and second unit are E-7 type 2000 Horsepower EMD passenger locomotives purchased by Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1946.
Date:
July 1954
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Capitol Limited"]
Baltimore and Ohio's "The Capitol Limited" train No. 6, eastbound rolls through Halithorpe, Maryland enroute to Washington D.C. circa 1959.
Date:
1959~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 locomotive]
Pensy's GG1, No. 4876 is one of the veteran electric locomotives in service on the run between New York and Harrisburg and also on the route from Philadelphia through Baltimore to Washington D. C. circa 1959.
Date:
1959~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[New York Central Locomotive]
New York Central's Electric locomotive No. 341, the type used on the head-end of passenger trains, awaits its next run over the electrified main line from Croton-Hampton to Grand Central Station, circa 1959. This rail distance is 32.7 miles. The railroad is also electrified to North White Plains on the Harlem Division, a distance of 24 miles.
Date:
1959~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Pan American"]
Louisville and Nashville's "The Pan American" train No. 99, southbound, rolls through Kentucky enroute fron Cincinnati to Louisville. Spring 1956.
Date:
1956
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The "Queen's Own" in Paso del Macho Yards]
Electric locomotive of the former Mexican Railway, the "Queen's Own" in the Paso del Macho yards around 1956. This railroad has operated under catenary from Paso del Macho to Esperanza since 1928. It is the only section of the National Railways of Mexico which is electrified. On this railroad you travel over one of the most spectacular rail routes on the North American continent. In the background looms the Cumbres de Maltrata range where a 4.5 per cent gradient must be traversed.
Date:
1956~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Santa Fe's "The Chief" diesel locomotive]
Santa Fe's "The Chief" train No. 20, eastbound, ascends the grade of Raton Pass shortly after leaving the city of Raton, New Mexico in August 1958.
Date:
August 1958
Creator:
ERB, dON
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[GG1 Electric Locomotive]
Pensy's famous GG1 electric locomotive, number 4868, heads passenger train on the electrified division, circa 1959. This type of locomotive has a capability of pulling a consist of 17 to 22 streamlined cars at speeds up to 90 miles per hour.
Date:
1959~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Union Pacific Railroad's "Portland Rose"]
Union Pacific Railroad's "Portland Rose" train No. 17, a modern streamliner powered by four diesel units with a consist of thirteen cars, making a stop in Wyoming, circa 1952. Mountains are seen in the background.
Date:
1952~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Texas Chief" arriving at the Gainesville Depot]
Santa Fe's "Texas Chief" train No. 15, southbound, arriving at the Gainesville depot at 11:50 am on February 12, 1954.
Date:
February 12, 1954
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History