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["The Bluebonnet" departing from Austin]

Katy's "The Bluebonnet" train no. 7, southbound, powered by Diesel Units, has departed from Texas' capital city, Austin, and approaches the bridge spanning the Colorado River on November 11, 1954.

Date: September 11, 1954

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

["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

Item Type: Photograph

[Pennsy's Horseshoe Curve]

Photograph of a train passing between mountains near a lake. Characterized as one of the most fantastic scenes on any railroad - this is the Pennsylvania's Horseshoe Curve shortly after sunrise on a spring morning in 1954. This was the centennial year of Horse Shoe Curve, which was built in 1854. The Mountain in the background in the center of the Curve is Kittaning Mountain.

Date: 1954

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of "Sunset Limited" at Los Angeles Terminal Station]

Photograph of Southern Pacific's "Sunset Limited" train No. 1, westbound, headed by diesel locomotive 6042, crossing the Los Angeles River near the Los Angeles Terminal Station on March 19, 1954.

Date: March 19, 1954

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

["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.

Date: January 27, 1954

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

["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.

Item Type: Photograph

[The "Texas Zephyr" in Dallas]

Fort Worth and Denver Railroad, Engine No. 554, type 4-6-2 heading Train No. 2, the "Texas Zephyr" in Dallas on September 13, 1954.

Date: September 13, 1954

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

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["The Bluebonnet" departing from Austin]

["The Humming Bird"]

[Pennsy's Horseshoe Curve]

[Photograph of "Sunset Limited" at Los Angeles Terminal Station]

["Sam Houston Zephyr" arriving in Dallas]

["Texas Chief" arriving at the Gainesville Depot]

[The "Texas Zephyr" in Dallas]