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[Texas and Pacific Train #700]

Photograph of a train engine connected to at least one car that has "Texas & Pacific" written across the top. Handwritten text below the image says, "Louisiana Eastern #5 ex T&P #700. Amite, La. about 1955 (Scrapped about 1963 by Paulson Spence Heirs)."
Date: 1955~
Creator: Devilbiss, C. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of a T&P Conductor]

Photograph of I. S. Witherspoon posing for a picture. He is wearing a conductor's uniform and leaning out of a train. Written below the image are "I. S. Witherspoon - T&P Conductor" and "T&P Topics, May 1955, pg 5."
Date: May 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Trains Leaving Dallas]

Photograph of a clipping from T&P Topics December 1955 issue. Pictured are six T&P trains leaving Dallas for the 1935 Rose Bowl game. Written below the image are "[sic] One of the biggest and longest passenger movements of the T&P took place when 9 special trains ran out of Dallas to the Rose Bowl in California carrying 2000 S.M.U. Mustang supporters. The T&P ran 6 of the 9 trains. All were 900 series locomotives Two had feedwater heaters. They are (L-R) #'s 909, 900, 908, 901, 907, and 905. The fact that Stanford won the traditional New Years Day football game 7-0 didn't dim the luster of the 3,000-mile excursion for the fans" and "T&P Topics, Dec 1955, pg 34."
Date: December 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Train #1568 Near Mineola]

Photograph of T&P train #1568 on tracks near Mineola, Texas. Written below the image are "Near Mineola, Texas Feb 6th 1955 - eastbound freight" and "R. S. Plummer."
Date: February 6, 1955
Creator: Plummer, R. S.
System: The Portal to Texas History