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["Argonaut" passenger trains in West Texas]
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.
["Sunset Limited"]
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.
["Texas Special" leaving Dallas]
Rolling northward from the Dallas Union Station, the Katy's "Texas Special" train No. 2, headed by Engine No. 377, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, picks up speed enroute to St. Louis.
[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.
[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.
["The Texas Special" enroute to San Antonio]
Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad's train No. 1 "The Texas Special" southbound enroute to San Antonio in 1949.
["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.
["The Texan" at Belt Junction in Dallas]
Texas & Pacific 1500HP F7A No.1581 which has been re-geared for passenger service and a 2250HP E8 approach the Belt Junction Interlocker with a mostly mail and express Train No.15 "The Texan" on June 22,1952.
[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.
[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 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.
[Texas and Pacfic train in Dallas]
Twin 2000HP E7s power Texas & Pacific's Train No.8 "The Southerner" past Union Terminal Company's coach yard in 1950 with South Tower and the powerhouse smokestack in the distance.
["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.
["Texas Eagle" in Dallas]
Texas and Pacific train No. 1 the "Texas Eagle" headed by Engine No. 2001, a 4000 H.P. electro-motive diesel in Dallas.
[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.
["Sunset Special" rolls through Missouri]
This train of yesteryear, Missouri Pacific Railroad's "Sunshine Special" train No. 2, northbound, headed by Engine No. 6423, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, with a consist of seven cars, rolls through Missouri countryside enroute from Texas to St. Louis.
["Texas-Colorado Limited" in West Dallas]
Photograph of Texas and Pacific Railway's "Texas-Colorado Limited" train No. 24 eastbound, in West Dallas, around 1907. This ancient consist, comprising seven cars, is all of wood construction.
[Texas and Pacfic train arriving in Dallas]
Texas and Pacific Railway's train No. 15, headed by Engine No. 715, a type 4-6-2 locomotive, arriving in Dallas in 1948.
["Twin Star Rocket" departing from Dallas]
Rock Island Train No.17, the southbound Twin Star Rocket headed by No.652 a 2250 HP Electromotive E8 and a 2000 HP E7 approach Tower 19 on July 14, 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.
[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.
["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.
[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.
["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.
["Texas Special" arriving at Highland Park Station]
Missouri - Kansas - Texas (KATY) Railroad's "Texas Special" train No. 2, northbound, headed by Engine No. 388, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, arriving at Highland Park station, enroute from the Dallas Union Station to St. Louis.
["Valley Eagle" departing from Houston]
Missouri Pacific's "Valley Eagle" train No. 11, southbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 8005 , departing from the Houston Union Station, enroute to Brownsville, Texas on the morning of July 12, 1953.
["The Texas Eagle" in Arlington, Texas]
Texas and Pacific's " The Texas Eagle", train No. 2, eastbound, a modern streamliner powered by diesel electric locomotives with a consist of fifteen cars, rolls over the high-iron near Arlington, Texas, enroute from Fort Worth to Dallas and St. Louis.
[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.
["The Westerner" departing from Texarkana]
Texas and Pacific's "The Westerner" train No. 7, westbound, headed by Engine No. 907, a 900 Class Mountain type 4-8-2 locomotive, departing from the Texarkana, Arkansas - Texas Union Station.
[Observation Car of the "Texas Zephyr"]
Interior view of Observation Parlor Car in the consist of Fort Worth and Denver (Burlington) Railway's "Texas Zephyr"which provided service between Denver and Fort Worth and Dallas.
["Texas Zephyr" in Fort Worth]
Fort Worth and Denver (Burlington) Railway's " Texas Zephyr, train No. 2, northbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 9990, at Fort Worth, Texas.
["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.
["The Golden State" arriving in El Paso]
Southern Pacific's " The Golden State" train No. 3, westbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 6036, arriving in El Paso, Texas station on March 17, 1955.
["Texas Special" departing Austin]
Katy's "Texas Special" train No.1, southbound, headed by Engine No. 389, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, near the suburbs of Austin, Texas.
["The Texan" at Belt Junction in Dallas]
Texas and Pacific's " The Texan" train No. 15, westbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 1581, at Belt Junction in Dallas, on June 22, 1952.
["Cannon Ball" at Marshall, Texas]
Texas and Pacific Railway's "Cannon Ball", train No. 6 eastbound headed by Engine No. 359, at the Marshall, Texas Depot in autumn 1903.
["The Lackawanna Limited" pulls into Slateford Junction, Pennsylvania]
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's predecessor to the Phoebe Snow, the Lackawanna Limited, second section of train No. 6 arriving at Slateford Junction, Pennsylvania, on the Delaware Water Gap, in September 1949. The train is headed by a Pacific type locomotive.
[Highland Park, Texas Depot]
The new Highland Park, Texas Depot of the Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad (KATY) which opened on July 1, 1922 and closed on July 1, 1965.
["The Texas Special" entering Dallas]
First run of the "Texas Special" Engine No. 101 enroute from San Antonio to St. Louis on April 21, 1948 as it enters Dallas at 2:00 pm.
[Depot at south rim of the Grand Canyon]
Photograph of the rail side of a railway depot located at the terminus of the branch line at the south rim of the Grand Canyon. It is a wooden structure with log cabin-style architecture and "Grand Canyon" written in the gable end above the entryway. Several unidentified people are standing in front of the building and a truck is parked on the right side of the image.
[Amarillo Depot]
The Santa Fe's attractive and well maintained depot at Amarillo, Texas.
[Alvorado Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico]
Santa Fe's nationally known Alvarado Hotel adjoining the passenger station in Albuquerque, New Mexico, circa 1947. Lower left is the Fred Harvey news stand with Fred Harvey Indian Museum in left center portion of the rambling structure which is surmounted by Spanish style cupolas. The Alvorado was torn down in December of 1969.
[Albuquerque Depot]
Santa Fe's unique mission style depot at Albuquerque, New Mexico.
["The Kansas City Star"]
On a snowy morning at 10 o'clock, with the temperature at 18 degrees, the Union Pacific Railroad's No. 69, westbound, headed by Engine No. 2877, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, departs from the Kansas City Union Station enroute from St. Louis to Denver on January 5, 1947.
[Photograph of "Sunset Limited" Crossing the Rio Grande]
Photograph of Southern Pacific's "Sunset Limited" train No. 2, eastbound, with a consist of fourteen cars, crossing the Rio Grande Bridge as it nears El Paso, Texas.
[Electro-liner in the Roosevelt Road Yard]
A famous name train which operated for many years between Chicago and Milwaukee, the North Shore Line's "Electro-liner" stands on elevated railway track in the Roosevelt Road Yard, Chicago on January 18, 1963.
[La Grande Station in Los Angeles]
The old Santa Fe passenger depot, La Grande Station, in Los Angeles, California around 1920.
[Train on the Old Mexican Railway]
The daylight train No. 51, eastbound, traverses a trestle on the Old Mexican Railway, over the electrified division between Esperanza and Paso del Macho, enroute from Mexico City to Veracruz in August 1964.
["Pocono Express" at Binghamton, New York]
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railway's Pocono Express, train No. 2, headed by a big Hudson locomotive, at Binghamton, New York on August 13, 1947.
["The Phoebe Snow" at Hoboken, New Jersey]
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's famous streamliner "The Phoebe Snow" at Hoboken, New Jersey in March of 1958.
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