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["The Hustler" arriving in Shreveport, Louisana]

Description: Known in the Pelican State as the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway's "The Hustler," train No. 4-203, northbound, arriving in Shreveport, Louisiana from New Orleans on an April morning in 1939. The small Pacific, type 4-6-2 locomotive, which heads this passenger train, carries the train's name etched on a metal plate attached to the boiler front, positioned below the headlight. These overnight trains - operating between New Orleans and Shreveport were popular over a long span of years, making t… more
Date: April 1939
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Aerial View of Orange Texas Shipyards]

Description: Aerial view of the shipyards at Orange Texas along the Sabine River. The bridge to Louisiana is in the upper right. Part of Levingston Island can be seen to the left and downtown Orange is at the top left. This is after WWII and before Levingston expanded to the island on the left.
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Photograph of Borealis Rex Steamboat]

Description: Photograph of the Borealis Rex, a paddlewheel steamboat, anchored at a dock. The steamboat was constructed in 1888 and navigated routes between Lake Charles and Cameron, Louisiana until it was retired in 1930 and anchored at Lake Charles.
Date: [1888..1930]
Creator: Fisher, Larry Jene
Partner: Lamar University
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