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[Southern Pacific locomotive arriving in Dallas]

Locomotive No. 620 one of the P-6 class "protection" engines kept under steam at Ennis, substitutes for one of the three streamlined P-14 engines (650, 651,or 652) normally assigned to bring The Hustler, Train No. 15 into Dallas in 1949. The Southern Pacific was in direct competition with the FW&D in Texas at the time and the Dallas/Houston route's schedule had to be protected against engine failures. One engine was kept with steam up at Ennis and another at Hearne for just such emergencies.

Date: 1949

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Southern Pacific train arriving in Dallas]

With the Sears building in the background and the Union Terminal Company's coach yard on its left The Hustler Train No. 15 rolls into Dallas in the early afternoon in 1949 behind one of Southern Pacific's handsome P-14 steam locomotives.

Date: 1949

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Southern Pacific train in Dallas]

Southern Pacific's train No. 15 headed by Engine No. 651, a type 4-6-2 in Dallas, Texas.

Date: 1948

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[The "Texas Rocket" arriving in Dallas]

Photograph of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad's "Texas Rocket" train arriving in Dallas in 1949. In addition to the engine, a number of cars are visible, on curved tracks.

Date: 1949

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Texas Special" arriving in Dallas]

Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad's "The Texas Special" train No. 1 - Engine No. 390 - type 4-6-2 locomotive arriving in Dallas just prior to dieselization in 1948.

Date: 1948

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Texas Special" enroute to San Antonio]

Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad's train No. 1 "The Texas Special" southbound enroute to San Antonio in 1949.

Date: 1949

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Texas Special" entering Dallas]

First run of the "Texas Special" Engine No. 101 enroute from San Antonio to St. Louis on April 21, 1948 as it enters Dallas at 2:00 pm.

Date: April 21, 1948

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Texas Special" leaving Dallas]

Rolling northward from the Dallas Union Station, the Katy's "Texas Special" train No. 2, headed by Engine No. 377, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, picks up speed enroute to St. Louis.

Date: January 1946

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad