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["The West Virginian" in the Blue Ridge Mountains]

One of the Chesapeake and Ohio;s excellent passenger trains "The West Virginian" train No. 1 westbound, traversing main line rails through the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Date: 1940~

Item Type: Photograph

["North Coast Limited" departing from St. Paul, Minnesota]

Photograph of the Northern Pacific's de Luxe "North Coast Limited" westbound, headed by engine No. 2671 -- a Northern type 4-8-4 locomotive -- departing from the St. Paul Union Station. City buildings are visible behind the train.

Date: 1941

Item Type: Photograph

["The Sportsman" in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia]

Chesapeake and Ohio's "The Sportsman" headed by Engine No. 491, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, awaits the departure signal at the White Sulpher Springs, West Virginia Depot.

Date: 1940~

Item Type: Photograph

[Long Island Railroad train]

The Long Island Railroad's train No. 529 westbound, headed by a class G5s ten wheeler, type 4-6-0 locomotive, enroute through Glen Cove from Oyster Bay to Jamaica.

Date: March 7, 1942

Item Type: Photograph

["St. Louis Special" departing Chicago]

Illinois Central Railroad's "St. Louis Special" train No. 1-501, headed by Engine No. 2450 - a mountain type 4-8-2 locomotive, departing from the Central Station in Chicago.

Date: 1943~

Item Type: Photograph

[Santa Fe's "Queen of the Rails"]

Photograph of Santa Fe's "Queen of the Rails" - the "California Limited" train No. 4 eastbound, headed by Engine No. 2928 - a Northern type 4-8-4 locomotive, and a consist of fourteen standard heavyweight cars- crosses the Canyon Diablo Bridge near Winslow, Arizona. Observe this locomotive's automatic-type, elevating smokestack, designed to increase the up-draft, thereby increasing combustion efficiency in the firebox.

Date: 1947~

Item Type: Photograph

[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

Item Type: Photograph

[Steam engines retired at Chicago Passenger Station]

In the closing years of the "Glory Days of Steam" the Chicago and North Western Railway's work horses stand at track ends in the Chicago passenger station.

Date: 1946~

Item Type: Photograph

[E-4 Streamliners in Chicago]

The Chicago and North Western Railway's E-4 type streamliners, which headed the "Overland Limited" and "Challenger" trains between Chicago and the West Coast, stand in the Chicago Passenger Station.

Date: 1945~

Item Type: Photograph

[Passengers boarding the "Twin Cities 400"]

On a snowy night in December 1947, passengers are boarding the Chicago and North Western's "Twin Cities 400" streamliner at the Chicago Station.

Date: December 1947

Item Type: Photograph

[Lounge car on "The Bluebonnet" ]

Interior view of the Parlor Lounge Car in the consist of the Katy's "The Bluebonnet" train No. 7 southbound enroute from Dallas to San Antonio, Texas. This beautiful parlor lounge was a standard heavyweight car.

Date: 1943

Item Type: Photograph

[Advent of the Streamliners]

This photograph portrays the dawn of a new era in railroading - advent of the streamliners in the late 1930s and early 1940s, plus modernization of the " Age of Steam" streamlining steam motive power. The splendor of Southern Pacific's "The Sunbeam" is shown. This train went into service between Dallas and Houston on September 15, 1937 - traversing the rail distance: 265 miles in 265 minutes. The consist of eight lightweight cars is headed by Engine No. 652, a Pacific type 4-6-2 streamlined s… more

Date: 1940~

Item Type: Photograph

[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.

Item Type: Photograph

[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.

Item Type: Photograph

["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.

Item Type: Photograph

["Texas Zephyr" leaving Dallas]

Fort Worth and Denver (Burlington) Railway's "Texas Zephyr" train No. 2 northbound, headed by Engine No. 551, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, departing from Dallas enroute on its legendary journey via Fort Worth to Wichita Falls, Amarillo, Trinidad, Pueblo, Colorado Springs, and Denver. Spanning a period of more than sixty years, dating from the "Gay Nineties", this was the most popular rail route connecting Colorado and Texas points.

Date: 1948~

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

[Yard at Dallas Union Station]

Observe this scene of activity in the Dallas Union Station's yards - the "Sam Houston Zephyr" has just entered the terminal, closely followed by the "Hustler" while the "Texas Zephyr" waits for its scheduled departure.

Date: 1949~

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

["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.

Item Type: Photograph

[Westbound double-headed passenger train in Dallas]

Observe this unusual scene: One of the Texas and Pacific Railway's westbound passenger trains entering Dallas Union Terminal Station - double-headed by steam locomotives with Engine No. 715, a Pacific type 4-6-2, on the point. the time was 5:00 PM in the year 1949. This unusual photograph appears to depict a three-locomotive movement from the Cadiz St roundhouse to the station tracks at Union Terminal Co. The first engine is a T&P 4-6-2 No.715, the second most likely also a T&P locomotive, an… more

Date: 1949

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

["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.

Item Type: Photograph

[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.

Item Type: Photograph

[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.

Item Type: Photograph

["The Texas Special" arriving in Dallas]

Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad's "The Texas Special" train No. 1 - Engine No. 390 - type 4-6-2 locomotive arriving in Dallas just prior to dieselization in 1948.

Date: 1948

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

[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.

Item Type: Photograph

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["The West Virginian" in the Blue Ridge Mountains]

["North Coast Limited" departing from St. Paul, Minnesota]

["The Sportsman" in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia]

[Long Island Railroad train]

["St. Louis Special" departing Chicago]

[Santa Fe's "Queen of the Rails"]

[Chicago and North Western Railway's passenger station]

[Steam engines retired at Chicago Passenger Station]

[E-4 Streamliners in Chicago]

[Passengers boarding the "Twin Cities 400"]

[Lounge car on "The Bluebonnet" ]

[Advent of the Streamliners]

[Locomotive rolls through Texas countyside]

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

["The Bluebonnet" in Cuba, Missouri]

["Texas Zephyr" leaving Dallas]

[Yard at Dallas Union Station]

["The Texan" entering Dallas]

[Westbound double-headed passenger train in Dallas]

["The Southerner" crossing the Trinity River in Texas]

[Train at Gainesville, Texas depot]

[Southern Pacific engine at the Cadiz St. Roundhouse in Dallas]

["The Texas Special" arriving in Dallas]

[Southern Pacific train departing from Dallas]