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[Little Texas and Pacific Sunshine Special]

Description: Photographic postcard of the Little Texas and Pacific Sunshine Special train ride at the Longview Amusement Park in Longview, Texas. There are many men, women and children watching as three men gas the train up. J. B. Shores, Director of Public Relations for the Texas and Pacific Railroads, takes a turn at the locomotive controls. Burke Campbell created the Longview Amusement Park in the 1940's.
Date: 1940~
Creator: Culpepper, Cody B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Longview Public Library

[Santa Fe's "Queen of the Rails"]

Description: Photograph of Santa Fe's "Queen of the Rails" - the "California Limited" train No. 4 eastbound, headed by Engine No. 2928 - a Northern type 4-8-4 locomotive, and a consist of fourteen standard heavyweight cars- crosses the Canyon Diablo Bridge near Winslow, Arizona. Observe this locomotive's automatic-type, elevating smokestack, designed to increase the up-draft, thereby increasing combustion efficiency in the firebox.
Date: 1947~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Coahuila and Zacatecas Railroad's Depot at Conception del Oro]

Description: Relatively unchanged from an era of long ago, Coahuila and Zacatecas Railroad's train No. 2, northbound, headed by Engine No. 6, a Pacific type 4-6-2 coal-fired steam locomotive with a consist of four cars, is backing into the depot at Concepcion del Oro, in the state of Zacatecas. The train has reversed direction on the wye at this southern terminal in the days of the great copper mines owned and operated by the Mazapol Copper Company, Ltd. Soon it will depart on its run over the narrow gaug… more
Date: 1948
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Dan Melli Scrapbook, Page 1]

Description: Photographs of Dan Melli in and around the envirions of Blaubeuren, Germany. The image on the top left shows an American military parked by a Blaubeuren sign at a railroad station. The top right image shows Dan Melli sitting by a medical truck that has "Louise" written on its covering. The center picture features a blurry soldier standing in front of a captured German train with piles of open crates nearby. Dan Melli poses with a wrought iron fence on the bottom left, and with two young Germ… more
Date: 1945~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Scrapbook Page: Aalen - Germany]

Description: Photographs of captured German areas. The top two images concern destroyed railroad assets in Aalen, Germany. The image on the top left is of the ruins of a railroad station. The building has been burned away to reveal brick and metal supports. A locomotive sits to the right. The top right photograph features several locomotives sitting on tracks. The third photo is of a pile of artillery shells stacked in a woodland near Ansbach, Germany. The bottom left photo is a different angle of the same … more
Date: June 1945
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Soldier Standing in a Railroad Car Entryway]

Description: Photograph of a uniformed U.S. Army soldier standing in the entryway of a captured German railroad car. The windows to the left of his head are broken. The icon of an eagle standing on a swastika appears on the car under its broken windows. This photograph may have been taken at the Railroad Station in Speyer.
Date: 1945~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[First Shipment out of Grand Saline, Texas on the Texas Short Line Railway]

Description: Photograph of the first shipment out of Grand Saline, Texas on the Texas Short Line. There are men on top of the train car, and men on a horse-drawn carriage next to it. A large house is visible in the background. Written below the image are "First shipment out of Grand Saline, Texas on the Texas Short Line Railway Co., a T&P subsidiary line. The shipment consisted of 5 cars of cotton routed to Greenville, Texas. The Time: Sept 8, 1902" and "T&P Topics, Nov 1947, pg 32."
Date: November 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train #907 Wrecked in Jefferson, Texas]

Description: Photograph of T&P train #907 wrecked in Jefferson, Texas due to too much speed. Written below the image are "[sic] #907 Jefferson, Texas Oct 25 1947 (Passenger train wreck Fireman killed, 30 passengers injured. Too much speed.)" and "R. H. Carlson."
Date: October 25, 1947
Creator: Carlson, R. H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Grace Museum

[T&P Train #54 Wrecked in Bayou Goula, Louisiana]

Description: Photograph of T&P train #54 wrecked in Bayou Goula, Louisiana. A small group of men are inspecting the wreckage. Written underneath the image are "Bayou Goula, La. 1940 train #54 through freight, 54 cars damaged - engineer Chas Israel" and "R. A. Aymond Collection - Talbot Grant Photo."
Date: July 10, 1940
Creator: Grant, Talbot
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Grace Museum
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