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[Construction of John C Pelt Lodge 1321 #4]
Construction scene.
[Construction of John C Pelt Lodge 1321 #5]
Construction on building
[Construction of John C Pelt Lodge 1321 #6]
Construction of John C Pelt Lodge 1321
[Rail lines south of Dallas' Union Station]
Main rail lines approaching the Dallas Union Station from the south.
[Union Station in Dallas]
One of the nation's finest railroad terminals: Dallas Union Station which is served by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, known as Amtrak, and soon to be served by commuter trains, operating between Dallas - Fort Worth and other North Texas points. The station is owned by the City of Dallas and represents an investment and modernization aggregating fifteen million dollars.
[Watercolor]
This is a watercolor depicting a two story four square home. The sidewalk and yard also appear in the painting. A handwritten note on the back explains that this house was built just north of Louise Roll's house. It burned in 1945.
["The Flying Scotsman" leaving Dallas]
The famed English locomotive, London and North Eastern Railway's No 4472, "The Flying Scotsman" with its nine car consist leaving Dallas early on the morning of June 20, 1970. A southbound KATY freight train waits on the siding.
[White Rock Station in Dallas]
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's White Rock Station in Dallas.
[Portrait of an African American Boy]
Convex portrait of a young African American male. He is wearing a very large hat. The back of the image has a label that reads: "PASCO. Robert Pelan. Lot #7979. Grade - crayon. Face Artist 3. This portrait guaranteed by maker."
["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.
["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.
["The Bluebonnet" in Dallas]
Back-to-back Alco model PA 2000HP diesels power the all heavyweight southbound Missouri-Kansas-Texas "Bluebonnet" from Dallas toward San Antonio past Tower 19 on June 14,1952.
["The Bluebonnet" in Dallas]
Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad's train No. 7, "The Bluebonnet", headed by Engine No. 392, a type 4-6-2 locomotive in Dallas in 1950.
[Cotton Belt train at Dallas Union Terminal]
St. Louis - Southwestern (cotton Belt) Railroad train No. 2, headed by Engine No. 308, a 1600 H.P. Alco - GE diesel electric locomotive, at Dallas Union terminal on June 1, 1952.
[Cotton Belt train at University Park, Texas Depot]
St. Louis - Southwesten (Cotton Belt) Railroad train No. 2 headed by Engine No. 308, a 1600 H.P. Alco - GE diesel-electric locomotive, at University Park Depot in Dallas, Texas on June 1, 1952.
[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.
[Cotton Belt train in Dallas]
St. Louis and Southwestern Railway's Cotton Belt train No. 1, headed by Engine No. 678, a type 4-8-2 locomotive, rolls through Dallas.
["Denver Zephyr" leaving Dallas]
Fort Worth and Denver's "Denver Zephyr" train No. 4, heading north out of Dallas Union Terminal Station enroute to Fort Worth, Wichita Falls, Amarillo, and Denver.
["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.
["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.
[The "Hustler" entering Dallas]
Southern Pacific's the "Hustler" train No. 15 northbound, headed by Engine No.650, a streamlined type 4-6-2 locomotive, entering Dallas Union Station on its run from Houston. The train is passing under the electric street railway viaduct (destroyed in the late 1950s) which spanned the railroad tracks and crossed over the Trinity River. Electric street cars to and from Oak Cliff and Interurban cars of the Northern Texas Traction Company and Texas Electric Railway used this double track facility.
["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.
["The Katy Flyer" near Garland, Texas]
Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad's train No. 6, "The Katy Flyer" headed by Engine No. 391, a type 4-6-2 locomotive near Garland, Texas.
["The Katy Flyer" passing Dallas Yard]
M-K-T Train No.6, The "Katy Flyer" slows through Dallas yard heading for Union Terminal behind a pair of Alco PA model 2000HP diesel electric locomotives on June 18,1953.
["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
["Louisiana Eagle" in Dallas]
Texas and Pacific Railway's train No. 21 "Louisiana Eagle", headed by Engine No. 2005, a 4000 H.P. electro-motive diesel locomotive in Dallas, Texas on June 22, 1952.
[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.
["Morning Star" a Cotton Belt train in Dallas]
St. Louis Southwestern Railway's train No. 6, the "Morning Star", headed by Engine No. 676, a Cotton Belt type 4-8-2 locomotive rolling through Dallas.
["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.
["The Owl" entering Dallas at sunrise]
Southern Pacific's "The Owl" train No. 17, northbound, headed by diesel locomotive No 203, crossing the Trinity River bridge enroute into Dallas at sunrise on the morning of June 22, 1952.
["Sam Houston Zephyr" arriving in Dallas]
Burlington's "Sam Houston Zephyr" train No. 4, headed by Engine No. 9951-A, a 2250 H.P. electro-motive diesel, arriving in Dallas on January 27, 1954.
["Sam Houston Zephyr" arriving in Dallas]
Burlington's "Sam Houston Zephyr" train No. 4, headed by Engine No. 9950, a 2250 H.P. electro-motive diesel locomotive arriving in Dallas.
[Santa Fe train crossing the Trinity River Bridge]
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway train No. 111, headed by engine No. 12, a 4000 H.P. electro-motive diesel locomotive, on the Trinity River Bridge in Dallas.
[Santa Fe train from Dallas to Paris, Texas]
Santa Fe's train No. 67, northbound, leaving Dallas enroute to Paris, Texas on October 7, 1952.
[Santa Fe train pulls into Dallas]
AT&SF 2000HP E3A No. 12 and a 2000HP booster unit provide more than ample power to get its three-car train from Dallas to Paris. The train is passing the Cadiz Street roundhouse in south Dallas on October 7, 1952.
[Southern Pacific engine at the Cadiz St. Roundhouse in Dallas]
Observe this masterpiece of streamlined steam motive power - bearing the name "Sunbeam", Southern Pacific's Engine No. 652, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, on the turntable at the Cadiz Street Roundhouse in Dallas, Texas.
[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.
[Southern Pacific engine at the Cadiz St. Roundhouse in Dallas]
Southern Pacific Engine No. 651, a type 4-6-2 locomotive, on the turntable at the Cadiz St. Roundhouse in Dallas, Texas.
[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.
[Southern Pacific Locomotive in Dallas]
Southern Pacific Railroad's train No. 15, headed by Engine No. 651, a type 4-6-2 locomotive, in Dallas.
[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.
[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.
[Southern Pacific train in Dallas]
Southern Pacific's train No. 16 headed by Engine No. 629, a type 4-6-2 locomotive in Dallas.
[Southern Pacific train in Dallas]
Southern Pacific's train No. 15 headed by Engine No. 651, a type 4-6-2 in Dallas, Texas.
[Southern Pacific train passing through Dallas]
Observe this rare specimen of steam motive power: Southern Pacific's Engine 741, a Mikado, type 2-8-2 locomotive, Train No. 155, heading a passenger train of two cars passing through Belt Junction in Dallas on June 22, 1952. Train 155 was a mixed freight and passenger train from Beaumont, Texas, which having dropped off its freight cars at Fox siding, out of sight just behind the coach, will continue to Union Terminal to deliver its passengers and express. The freight cars left at Fox would then be picked up by the Miller Yard switch engine and sorted for delivery in the yard. Engine 741 was one of fifty-seven of the Mk-5 class engines normally assigned to the train when it ran heavy.
["The Southerner" at Dallas Terminal Junction]
Texas and Pacific Railway's train No. 8 "The Southerner" headed by Engine No. 2003, a 4500 H.P. electro-motive diesel locomotive, at Dallas Terminal Junction on June 18, 1953.
["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.
[Steam Switcher at Dallas' Union Terminal]
Dallas Union Terminal Company's No. 7, type 0-6-0 steam switcher, adjacent to the south end of Union Terminal on January 8, 1956.
["The Sunbeam" and the "Sam Houston Zephyr"]
Southern Pacific's "The Sunbeam" Engine No. 650 - type 4-6-2 and Burlington's "Sam Houston Zephyr" at Dallas Union Terminal in 1950.
["The Sunbeam" at Dallas]
Southern Pacific's morning passenger train from Houston to Dallas is Train No. 15 The Hustler which uses the same cars as the afternoon Sunbeam. After its arrival in Dallas the entire train will be turned on "the wye" serviced, have a parlor car added to the consist and leave for Houston as Train No. 14 at five pm.
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