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[Train Shed at St. Louis Station]

Photograph of the St. Louis Union Station's train-shed which covers about fifteen acres. Under this steel canopy there are thirty-four stub-end tracks devoted exclusively to passenger service.

Date: 1950

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Main Waiting Room at Pennsylvania Station in New York]

View of Main Waiting Room in Pennsylvania Station, New York, looking towards the Main Information Desk (left) and moving stairs (right). In the background are visible some of the ticket windows and near the head of the stairs the bronze statue of Samuel Rea, former president of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Measuring 300 feet long, 110 feet wide and 150 feet tall, this room is comparable in size to the nave of St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome. It could engulf an ordinary 15-story skyscraper.

Date: 1970~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["El Capitan" climbs towards Raton Pass]

Climbing towards the crest of Raton Pass, Santa Fe's "El Capitan", a high-level consist, affords passengers an opportunity to enjoy the mountain scenery of southern Colorado near the famous Wootton Ranch.

Date: 1959~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[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

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Sam Houston Zephyr" leaving Dallas for Houston]

Fort Worth and Denver Railway's "Sam Houston Zephyr" train No. 3, southbound, enroute out of Dallas to Houston. Hotel Dallas is in the background.

Date: 1955

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Texas Chief" in Oklahoma]

Winding through the rugged countryside near Washita Canyon in Oklahoma, the Santa Fe's "Texas Chief" powered by four diesel units and a consist of eleven cars, rolls southward towards Fort Worth, Dallas, Houston, and Galveston, Texas, circa 1956.

Date: 1956

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["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.

Date: 1950

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Texas Chief" leaving Dallas]

The Dallas section of the "Texas Chief" train No. 116, northbound, departing from Dallas on the afternoon of January 8, 1956.

Date: January 8, 1956

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["L.S. Thorne" crossing the Mississippi]

Texas and Pacific Railway's train ferry "L.S. Thorne" crossing the Mississippi River at New Orleans, circa 1938.

Date: 1938~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Gouldsboro" ferry boat]

Texas and Pacific Railway's "Gouldsboro", a steam powered ferry boat, transports a passenger train across the Mississippi River at New Orleans, circa 1938.

Date: 1938~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Textile Special" brochure]

Brochure of the "Textile Special" which ran only once. It traversed a distance of about 1965 miles through the Lone Star State. As a sequence of the publicity engendered as new era of industrial development dawned in Texas.

Date: 1923

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Texas Eagle" entering Houston]

Missouri Pacific's "Texas Eagle" train No. 1-21, arriving in the Houston Union Station on July 12, 1953.

Date: July 12, 1953

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Texas Special" departing from Dallas]

Katy's "Texas Special" train No. 1, southbound, is headed by Frisco's No. 2006 diesel unit as it departs from Dallas.

Date: April 14, 1952

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Switching a Business Car at Dallas' Union Terminal]

The Union Terminal Company's No. 7, an 0-6-0 type steam locomotive switches a business car near the Dallas Union Terminal.

Date: 1951

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Santa Fe train crossing the Trinity River Bridge]

Santa Fe's train No. 111, eastbound, diesel powered, crossing the Texas and Pacific Railway's Trinity River Bridge, enroute from Fort Worth to Dallas.

Date: 1953

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Ranger" near Dougherty, Oklahoma]

Santa Fe's No. 1, with two diesel units heading "The Ranger" train No. 6, northbound, with a consist of ten cars, in Big Canyon near Dougherty, Oklahoma, close to the Arbuckle mountain range. The image has been attributed to photographer Preston George.

Date: April 1937

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Sunshine Special" near Forney, Texas]

Texas and Pacific's " Sunshine Special" train No. 2, eastbound, headed by Engine No. 909, a 900 class Mountain type 4-8-2 locomotive, rolls through Texas countryside near Forney on a summer day in 1929. The Texas and Pacific Railway had five locomotives of the 900 class which were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1928 and these went into service in 1929. They were Numbers 905, 906, 907, 908, and 909.

Date: 1929

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["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.

Date: January 1946

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[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.

Date: unknown

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["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.

Date: 1949

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["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

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["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.

Date: June 22, 1952

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[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.

Date: January 8, 1956

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["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.

Date: June 14, 1952

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

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[Train Shed at St. Louis Station]

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["Sam Houston Zephyr" leaving Dallas for Houston]

["Texas Chief" in Oklahoma]

["The Hustler" departing from Dallas]

["Texas Chief" leaving Dallas]

["L.S. Thorne" crossing the Mississippi]

["Gouldsboro" ferry boat]

["Textile Special" brochure]

["The Texas Eagle" entering Houston]

["Texas Special" departing from Dallas]

[Switching a Business Car at Dallas' Union Terminal]

[Santa Fe train crossing the Trinity River Bridge]

["The Ranger" near Dougherty, Oklahoma]

["Sunshine Special" near Forney, Texas]

["Texas Special" leaving Dallas]

[Santa Fe train crossing the Trinity River Bridge]

["The Texas Special" enroute to San Antonio]

["Sam Houston Zephyr" arriving in Dallas]

["The Texan" at Belt Junction in Dallas]

[Steam Switcher at Dallas' Union Terminal]

["The Bluebonnet" in Dallas]