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[Among Our Souvenirs]

Description: Copy photo of T&P train #40 from T&P Topics magazine entitled "Among Our Souvenirs." Written below the image are "#40, built by the old Pittsburgh Locomotive Works at Pittsburgh, Pa. in 1876. Listed as a Class B-3 or 'Saddle-Back' type. The T&P bought only one of these - using it for switching at the Marshall Shops. Seemingly enlarged section of the boiler is its water tank, built around the steam dome. The metal bin built behind the cab took the place of the conventional coal tender. Developin… more
Date: July 1950
Partner: The Grace Museum

[T&P Map and Advertisement]

Description: Copy photo of a T&P map and advertisement. Written around the border of the map are "No other route can offer such inducements to the traveling public is the Texas & Pacific Railway," "Shortest and quickest line from Texas to St. Louis and the East," "Palace day and night cars on all through trains." and "The only direct all rail route to Memphis and the Southeast." Written below the image are "Timetable issued June 1875 (15 x 23 inches)" and "C. F. Taylor (Mr C. H. Sypert - Collection)."
Date: June 1875
Creator: Taylor, C. F.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[T&P Timetable]

Description: Copy photo of a framed T&P timetable. Written underneath the image are "Timetable issued June 1875 (15 x 23 inches)" and "C. F. Taylor (Mr. C. H. Sypert Collection)."
Date: 1875
Creator: Taylor, C. F.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[T&P Shops in Marshall, Texas]

Description: 2 photographs of the T&P shops in Marshall, Texas. There is a train car pulled up beside the building. Written next to the top photo is "Shows architecture of building to good advantage." Below the bottom photo are written "T&P Shops at Marshall, Texas 1870-1880's with 'Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Car' parked beside shop" and "Harrison County Historical Museum."
Date: 1870/1889
Partner: The Grace Museum

[T&P Roundhouse in Marshall, Texas]

Description: 4 photographs of the T&P roundhouse and shops in Marshall, Texas. In the bottom left photo a man is posing next to a wagon, and there is construction debris throughout the area. Written below the images are "T&P Roundhouse and shops at Marshall, Texas very early view 1870's" and "Harrison County Historical Museum."
Date: 1870~/1879~
Partner: The Grace Museum

[T&P Engraving of Fort Worth]

Description: Photograph of an engraving of the city of Fort Worth, Texas. The image depicts Fort Worth with buildings stretching into the distance and five plumes of smoke rising from throughout, two of which can be seen to come from train engines. The caption of the image is "Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, 1876. 'Queen of the Prairies.'" The "Queen of the Prairies" phrase comes from a nickname for Fort Worth. Written below the image is "This engraving is part of an 1876 T&P map," and "J.C. McDaniel."
Date: 1876
Creator: McDaniel, J. C.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Letter to Don Watson]

Description: Letter from Raymond Canala Jr, the President of the Sierra Blanca Chamber of Commerce, to Mr. Don Watson regarding the book being written by Mr. Watson. Most of the letter is praise, accompanied with a suggestion to seek out a Mr. Paul Frames, a retired railroader, for more information. Along with the letter, there are a page with historical and geographical information about Hudspeth County, two photos of a Texas Historical marker about the Second Transcontinental Railroad, and a page with a t… more
Date: [1976-08..]
Creator: Caraba, Raymond, Jr.
Partner: The Grace Museum
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