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["Autovias" train in Mexican mountains]

Description: Chihuahua - Pacific Railway's "Autovias" train, consisting of fiat diesel cars coming out of one of the 73 tunnels which are located on the line between La Junta and El Fuerte, Mexico on the 281 mile portion of the route traversing the mountain region over the Continental Divide around 1968.
Date: 1968
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[M&NW Railroad Historical Marker]

Description: Photograph of a Texas Historical regarding the Midland & Northwestern Railroad. Inscribed on the marker is "Chartered Jan. 16, 1916, by Midland Farms Co., which was owned by David Fasken of Toronto, Canada. The 65 miles of road were completed from Midland to Seminole in 1918. Operated with an engine borrowed from Texas & Pacific Railway until 1920, when its operations ceased. Fasken purchased the C Ranch in 1912 from estate of Chicago meat packer Nelson Morris, used part of land for track right… more
Date: 1968
Creator: Denton, R. L.
Partner: The Grace Museum

Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Smithville District Seniority List: Switchmen, January 1968

Description: List of switchmen employed in the Smithville Yard, Southern District of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad South Texas Division as of January 1968. It includes the name of each person and employment date, with the most senior person listed first.
Date: January 1, 1968
Creator: Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. South Texas Division.
Partner: Smithville Heritage Society

Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Smithville District Seniority List: Firemen, January 1968

Description: List of firemen employed in the 11th District of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad South Texas Division as of January 1968. It includes the name of each person and employment date, with the most senior person listed first, as well as pound signs indicating firemen barred from preferred service and asterisks indicating those retired on physical disability prior to the age of 65.
Date: January 1, 1968
Creator: Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. South Texas Division.
Partner: Smithville Heritage Society

Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Smithville District Seniority List: Firemen, July 1968

Description: List of firemen employed in the 11th District of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad South Texas Division as of July 1968. It includes the name of each person and employment date, with the most senior person listed first, as well as pound signs indicating firemen barred from preferred service and asterisks indicating those retired on physical disability prior to the age of 65.
Date: July 1, 1968
Creator: Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. South Texas Division.
Partner: Smithville Heritage Society

[Newspaper Clipping]

Description: Clipping from the Slaton Slatonite newspaper with three articles: "RR Retirement Club Meets Regularly," "Painting For S-Fe Calendar is Selected," and "Harvey House Days Here." Included are photographs of members of the Retired Railroaders Club, Slaton Harvey House staff of 1931, and a man holding his son and standing on a railroad engine.
Date: October 31, 1968
Partner: Private Collection of Rosa Walston Latimer
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[News Clip: Railroad]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 20, 1968
Duration: 1 minute 44 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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