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[Chicago and North Western Railway's passenger station]

This photograph depicts one of the nations finest railroad passenger stations - Chicago and North Western Railway's Chicago passenger station. Sign above the station says" Streamliners, North Western, Union Pacific"

Date: 1948~

Creator: Allison - Lightall

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Train at Gainesville, Texas depot]

Engine No. 306, an American type 4-4-0 locomotive, heads the Missouri - Kansas - Texas (KATY) Railroad's train No. 31 westbound, which is standing at Gainesville, Texas' depot enroute from Denison to Wichita Falls on June 23, 1940.

Date: June 23, 1940

Creator: Mizell, Charles M.

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Cleveland Union Station]

One of the most impressive railroad terminals in the United States is the Cleveland Union Station. The main entrance to the station is integral with the terminal group of buildings facing the Public Square. These buildings include the Hotel Cleveland, Medical Arts Builder's Exchange Building, Midland Bank Building, the Higbee Company's Department Store Building and the 52-story Terminal Tower.

Date: April 8, 1948

Creator: Nowak, Ed

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Grand Central Terminal in New York City]

Photograph of Grand Central Terminal, New York, May 1943. Facing south on 42nd Street, the building sits squarely in the middle of Park Avenue and motor traffic goes around it by means of two elevated roadways running from 41st Street to 46th Street. The terminal has 123 tracks, 66 on the upper level and 57 on the lower. The upper level has 18.8 miles of track and the lower 14.9 miles making a total of 33.7 miles of railroad track in the terminal and its yard. There are 31 platform tracks o… more

Date: 1943

Creator: Nowak, Ed

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Alton Limited" in St. Louis, Missouri]

"The Alton Limited" Chicago and Alton Railroad train No. 4, northbound pulling through St. Louis, Missouri in 1946.

Date: 1946

Creator: Peters, Walt

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Bluebonnet" in Cuba, Missouri]

St. Louis - San Francisco (Frisco) Railway's de Luxe passenger train - "The Bluebonnet" (jointly operated with the Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad) train No. 8, northbound, headed by Engine No. 4501, a Northern type 4-8-4 locomotive, rolls on the high iron at a speed of a mile a minute through the town of Cuba, Missouri, enroute to St. Louis.

Date: 1948~

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[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.

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[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.

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["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.

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[The "Katy Flyer" departing from Denison, Texas]

Missourri - Kansas - Texas (Katy) Railroad's oldest name train: the "Katy Flyer" train No. 6 northbound, headed by Engine No. 395, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive with a consist of eight standard heavyweight cars, departing from Denison, Texas enroute to St. Louis.

Date: 1949~

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Locomotive rolls through Texas countyside]

Missouri Pacific Railway's train No. 32 southbound, headed by Engine No. 1158, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, with a consist of seven standard heavyweight cars - rolls through the Texas' countryside, approaching the Lone Star State's capital city of Austin.

Date: 1949~

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["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.

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[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.

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["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.

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[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.

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Southern Pacific locomotive arriving in Dallas]

Locomotive No. 620 one of the P-6 class "protection" engines kept under steam at Ennis, substitutes for one of the three streamlined P-14 engines (650, 651,or 652) normally assigned to bring The Hustler, Train No. 15 into Dallas in 1949. The Southern Pacific was in direct competition with the FW&D in Texas at the time and the Dallas/Houston route's schedule had to be protected against engine failures. One engine was kept with steam up at Ennis and another at Hearne for just such emergencies.

Date: 1949

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Southern Pacific train arriving in Dallas]

With the Sears building in the background and the Union Terminal Company's coach yard on its left The Hustler Train No. 15 rolls into Dallas in the early afternoon in 1949 behind one of Southern Pacific's handsome P-14 steam locomotives.

Date: 1949

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[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.

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Southern Pacific train in Dallas]

Southern Pacific's train No. 15 headed by Engine No. 651, a type 4-6-2 in Dallas, Texas.

Date: 1948

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["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.

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Steam Locomotive entering Paris, Texas]

Texas and Pacific's train No. 31, westbound, headed by Engine No. 715, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, enroute from Texarkana to Fort worth over the railroad's Transcontinental Division, entering Paris, Texas.

Date: 1949

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["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.

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["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.

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["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.

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

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