Description:
A distant aerial view of Acock Laboratories in East Austin. East Fifth street runs from left to right in the foreground. The Iglehart building is across the railroad tracks in the center. East 7th Street runs left to right in the upper left background is the baseball field [now Zaragoza Park]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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"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.
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Copy photo of a group portrait published in T&P Topics magazine on page 42 of the March 1954 issue. Text below the image provides context for the photo and a list of the names of every person in the image.
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Photograph of Texas & Pacific train #809 in El Paso, Texas. There are smokestacks and a large tank behind the train. The text below the image says "[sic] El Paso Texas Aug 22nd 1954" and "W. Burke."
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Photograph of train #316 in Paris, Texas. Behind the engine, another train's cars are visible. Written below the image is "Paris, Texas Nov 1954 - Paris & Mt. Pleasant #316 (EX T&P #316)" and "H.H.Maples Collection - Joe Thompson Photo."
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Photograph of a train wreck in Marshall, Texas. There are people looking at the wreck, and cars and firetrucks are visible on the right side of the image. Houses are visible in the background.
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Photograph of a train wreck in Marshall, Texas. There are people looking at the wreck, and cars and firetrucks are visible on the right side of the image. Houses are visible in the background. Text below the image says "Wreck at Marshall, Texas 1954" and "Joe Perkins Collection."
Description:
Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to William H. Louviere discussing Isaac Herbert Kempner's visit to the Katy and Southern Pacific railroads, as well as some golf tips from Louviere.
Date:
April 14, 1954
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Description:
Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Major E. A. Craft discussing a request for more box cars on the Southern Pacific Railroad for sugar shipments.
Date:
June 7, 1954
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Description:
Letter from Major E. A. Craft to Isaac Herbert Kempner discussing sending additional train cars on the Southern Pacific Line to Sugar Land for sugar shipments.
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List of switchmen employed in the Smithville Yard, South Texas District of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad South Texas Division as of July 1954. It includes the name of each person and employment date, with the most senior person listed first.
Date:
July 1, 1954
Creator:
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. South Texas Division.
Description:
List of brakemen employed in the 7th District of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad South Texas Division as of January 1954. It includes the name of each person and employment date, with the most senior person listed first.
Date:
January 1, 1954
Creator:
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. South Texas Division.
Description:
List of engineers employed in the 11th District of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad South Texas Division as of July 1954. It includes the name of each person and employment date, with the most senior person listed first.
Date:
July 1, 1954
Creator:
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. South Texas Division.
Description:
List of telegraphers employed in the South Texas District of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad South Texas Division as of July 1954. It includes the name of each person and employment date, with the most senior person listed first.
Date:
July 1, 1954
Creator:
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. South Texas Division.
Description:
List of train porters employed in the 7th District of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad South Texas Division as of July 1954. It includes the name of each person and employment date, with the most senior person listed first.
Date:
July 1, 1954
Creator:
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. South Texas Division.
Description:
List of clerks employed in the South Texas District of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad South Texas Division as of July 1954. It includes the name of each person and employment date, with the most senior person listed first.
Date:
July 1, 1954
Creator:
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. South Texas Division.
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