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["Blue Bird" near St. Louis, Missouri]

Wabash Railroad's famous streamliner "Blue Bird" train No. 24 northbound, powered by diesel locomotive No. 1002 with domes on Pullman cars and coaches. glides through beautiful Forest Park, St. Louis, enroute to Chicago.

Date: 1958~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Twin Star Rocket" departing from Dallas]

Rock Island's " Twin Star Rocket" train No. 17, southbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 677, enroute from Minneapolis, Minnesota to Houston, leaves Dallas on the last portion of its run in 1951. This was one of the finest streamliners operating in the nation. Its route from the Twin Cities of the north to the Texas' metropolis adjacent to the Gulf covered a rail distance of 1,363 miles.

Date: 1951

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Super Chief" in Colorado]

Santa Fe's "Super Chief" daily all-Pullman streamliner operating between Chicago and Los Angeles, ascends the steep grades near the old Dick Wootton Ranch at Wootton, Colorado.

Date: 1960

Creator: Meitz, Frank

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Sunbeam" under a Texas sky]

Under a beautiful Texas sky, Southern Pacific's modern diesel powered streamliner "Sunbeam" train No. 14, southbound, rolls on a mile-a-minute schedule enroute from Dallas to Houston.

Date: 1952

Creator: Curry, J. F.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Aztec Eagle" departing from Mexico City]

"The Aztec Eagle" train No. 1 northbound, modern streamlined passenger train of the National Railways of Mexico departing from Mexico City on the 802 mile run to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico located on the Rio Grande opposite Laredo, Texas. Circa 1960.

Date: 1960~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Sunbeam" train leaving Dallas]

In an era of rapid transit in Texas the Southern Pacific's advertisements cited the "Sunbeam" trains - modern streamliners - as the apex in luxury and speed between Dallas and Houston - an elapsed time of four hours and twenty-five minutes. This view portrays the "Sunbeam" train No. 14 southbound headed by Engine No. 651 - a streamlined Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive - rolling out of Dallas Union Station, enroute to Houston on the afternoon of October 5, 1952.

Date: October 5, 1952

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[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

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[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

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[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.

Date: 1950~

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Land O'Corn" streamliner]

Illinois Central Railroad's modern streamliner, "Land O'Corn", train No. 14, eastbound, enroute from Waterloo, Iowa to Chicago.

Date: 1964~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Green Diamond" leaving Chicago]

Illinois Central's modern streamliner "The Green Diamond" train No. 21, southbound, leaving Chicago enroute to St. Louis.

Date: 1955~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Powhatan Arrow" in the mountains of Virginia]

"The Powhatan Arrow" famous modern steam-powered streamliner of the Norfolk and Western Railway, traverses a region of scenic beauty through the mountains of Virginia.

Date: 1950~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Crescent" in the Georgia mountains]

"The Crescent" on w of Southern Railway's deluxe streamliners, crosses the mountains of north Georgia. It carried private room Pullman cars between New York and New Orleans and reclining-seat coaches between Washington D.C. and Atlanta and New Orleans.

Date: 1960~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad