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["The Grand Canyon" traverses Raton Pass]

Santa Fe's "The Grand Canyon", headed by nine GM Diesel Units, 18,000 horsepower, with a consist of twenty-three cars traverses Raton Pass in Mew Mexico on September 17, 1960.

Date: September 17, 1960

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

[Grand Central Station in Chicago]

One if the nation's greatest rail terminals was the Baltimore and Ohio's Grand Central Station in Chicago. The station has a large clock tower on the corner and automobiles outside on the street. Grand Central Station was opened on Dec 8, 1890.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 41.874387 -87.633758

[La Grande Station in Los Angeles]

The old Santa Fe passenger depot, La Grande Station, in Los Angeles, California around 1920.

Date: 1920~

Item Type: Photograph

["The Humming Bird"]

"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.

Date: July 1954

Item Type: Photograph

["The Hustler" arriving in Shreveport, Louisana]

Known in the Pelican State as the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway's "The Hustler," train No. 4-203, northbound, arriving in Shreveport, Louisiana from New Orleans on an April morning in 1939. The small Pacific, type 4-6-2 locomotive, which heads this passenger train, carries the train's name etched on a metal plate attached to the boiler front, positioned below the headlight. These overnight trains - operating between New Orleans and Shreveport were popular over a long span of years, making t… more

Date: April 1939

Item Type: Photograph

["Hustler" departing from Dallas]

Southern Pacific's "Hustler" train No. 16, southbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 206, departing from Dallas enroute to Houston on October 7, 1952.

Date: October 7, 1952

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

[The "Hustler" entering Dallas]

Southern Pacific's the "Hustler" train No. 15 northbound, headed by Engine No.650, a streamlined type 4-6-2 locomotive, entering Dallas Union Station on its run from Houston. The train is passing under the electric street railway viaduct (destroyed in the late 1950s) which spanned the railroad tracks and crossed over the Trinity River. Electric street cars to and from Oak Cliff and Interurban cars of the Northern Texas Traction Company and Texas Electric Railway used this double track facilit… more

Date: 1951~

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

[Interior of Chicago and North Western Railway station]

A typical rush hour scene in the magnificent Chicago Station of the Chicago and North Western Railway.

Date: 1965~

Item Type: Photograph

["The Kansas Cityan" heads into Dallas]

Santa Fe's train No. 111, eastbound, enroute from Fort Worth over Texas and Pacific rails crosses the Trinity River bridge. This train, headed by Engine No. 1388, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, is bringing "The Kansas Cityan" into Dallas.

Date: 1948

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

[The "Katy Flyer" departing from Denison, Texas]

Missourri - Kansas - Texas (Katy) Railroad's oldest name train: the "Katy Flyer" train No. 6 northbound, headed by Engine No. 395, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive with a consist of eight standard heavyweight cars, departing from Denison, Texas enroute to St. Louis.

Date: 1949~

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

["The Katy Flyer" near Garland, Texas]

Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad's train No. 6, "The Katy Flyer" headed by Engine No. 391, a type 4-6-2 locomotive near Garland, Texas.

Date: 1950

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

["Katy Flyer" near Waxahachie, Texas]

Missouri - Kansas - Texas (KATY) Railroad's "Katy Flyer" train No. 6, northbound, headed by Engine No. 383, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, on an ascending grade near Waxahachie, Texas shortly after sunrise on an October morning in 1940.

Date: 1940

Item Type: Photograph

[Kitchen on the "Southern Belle"]

The chefs and assistants prepare dinner aboard the Kansas City Southern Railway's "Southern Belle" train No.1, southbound, enroute from Kansas City to Shreveport, Louisiana.

Date: 1959~

Item Type: Photograph

["The Lackawanna Limited" pulls into Slateford Junction, Pennsylvania]

The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's predecessor to the Phoebe Snow, the Lackawanna Limited, second section of train No. 6 arriving at Slateford Junction, Pennsylvania, on the Delaware Water Gap, in September 1949. The train is headed by a Pacific type locomotive.

Date: September 5, 1949

Item Type: Photograph

[Locomotive departing from Tucson, Arizona]

Photograph of "The Grand Canyon State" Southern Pacific's train No. 44 headed by a streamlined mighty Northern type 4-8-4 locomotive, Engine No. 4443 - departing from the Tucson, Arizona Station.

Date: 1950~

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

[Locomotive rolls through Texas countyside]

Missouri Pacific Railway's train No. 32 southbound, headed by Engine No. 1158, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, with a consist of seven standard heavyweight cars - rolls through the Texas' countryside, approaching the Lone Star State's capital city of Austin.

Date: 1949~

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

["The Lone Star Limited" at the Dallas Union Terminal]

The St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt) Railway's "Lone Star Limited" train No. 11, westbound, headed by Engine No 677, a Mountain type 4-8-2 locomotive, at the Dallas Union Terminal Station. It has completed the run from Memphis, Tennessee. This was one of the finest passenger trains operating in the Southwest. t

Date: June 1951

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

[Long Island Railroad train]

The Long Island Railroad's train No. 529 westbound, headed by a class G5s ten wheeler, type 4-6-0 locomotive, enroute through Glen Cove from Oyster Bay to Jamaica.

Date: March 7, 1942

Item Type: Photograph

["The Louisiana Daylight" passing L & A Junction]

Texas and Pacific's "The Louisiana Daylight", train No. 28, eastbound, headed by Engine No. 709, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive passes L & A Junction near Waskom, Texas.

Date: 1949

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

["Louisiana Limited" leaving Fort Worth]

Texas and Pacific's "Louisiana Limited" train No. 2-22, eastbound, headed by Engine No. 702, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, leaving Fort Worth on a summer afternoon at sundown.

Date: 1950

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

[The "Louisisana Limited" leaving Fort Worth, Texas]

Texas an Pacific Railway's "Louisiana Limited" Engine No. 702, type 4-6-2 locomotive, leaving Fort Worth, Texas at dusk in 1950.

Date: 1950

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

[Lounge car on "The Bluebonnet" ]

Interior view of the Parlor Lounge Car in the consist of the Katy's "The Bluebonnet" train No. 7 southbound enroute from Dallas to San Antonio, Texas. This beautiful parlor lounge was a standard heavyweight car.

Date: 1943

Item Type: Photograph

[Lounge Car on the "Texas Chief"]

Passengers, both young and old are enjoying the comfort of the lounge car in the consist of the Santa Fe's "Texas Chief" train No. 15, southbound, enroute from Chicago to Texas.

Date: 1956~

Item Type: Photograph

[Maiden Run of "North Coast Limited"]

An intriguing photograph of Northern Pacific Railroad's first "North Coast Limited" which made its maiden run on April 29, 1900. The train is headed by a ten-wheeler, type 4-6-0 locomotive bearing the Engine No. 271, with a consist of eight handcrafted wooden cars - all having underbody truss rods - heated by potbellied iron stoves and illuminated by kerosene. The observation car had an open rear platform. This was the first electrically-lighted train to operate between the Midwest and the N… more

Date: April 29, 1900

Creator: Weister, George M.

Item Type: Photograph

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["The Grand Canyon" traverses Raton Pass]

[Grand Central Station in Chicago]

[La Grande Station in Los Angeles]

["The Humming Bird"]

["The Hustler" arriving in Shreveport, Louisana]

["Hustler" departing from Dallas]

[The "Hustler" entering Dallas]

[Interior of Chicago and North Western Railway station]

["The Kansas Cityan" heads into Dallas]

[The "Katy Flyer" departing from Denison, Texas]

["The Katy Flyer" near Garland, Texas]

["Katy Flyer" near Waxahachie, Texas]

[Kitchen on the "Southern Belle"]

["The Lackawanna Limited" pulls into Slateford Junction, Pennsylvania]

[Locomotive departing from Tucson, Arizona]

[Locomotive rolls through Texas countyside]

["The Lone Star Limited" at the Dallas Union Terminal]

[Long Island Railroad train]

["The Louisiana Daylight" passing L & A Junction]

["Louisiana Limited" leaving Fort Worth]

[The "Louisisana Limited" leaving Fort Worth, Texas]

[Lounge car on "The Bluebonnet" ]

[Lounge Car on the "Texas Chief"]

[Maiden Run of "North Coast Limited"]