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[Cotton Belt motor train in Tyler, Texas]

Cotton Belt's motor train No. 401 powered by gas-electric motor car No. 16 arriving in Tyler, Texas.

Date: 1949~

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["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

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Super Chief" dining car]

The passenger gourmet is ushered to a fine setting of snowy linens, gleaming, gleaming silver and superb cuisine aboard the dining car in the consist of the Santa Fe's "Super Chief". The tradition of food and service as provided by Fred Harvey beginning in the early days of this railroad remains constant.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Super Chief" in Colorado]

Santa Fe's "Super Chief" daily all-Pullman streamliner operating between Chicago and Los Angeles, ascends the steep grades near the old Dick Wootton Ranch at Wootton, Colorado.

Date: 1960

Creator: Meitz, Frank

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Dinner aboard the "Spirit of St. Louis"]

Dinner aboard the "Spirit of St. Louis" train No. 50 eastbound, enroute from St. Louis to New York. This was a twin-unit dining car.

Date: 1953

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Sunbeam" under a Texas sky]

Under a beautiful Texas sky, Southern Pacific's modern diesel powered streamliner "Sunbeam" train No. 14, southbound, rolls on a mile-a-minute schedule enroute from Dallas to Houston.

Date: 1952

Creator: Curry, J. F.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Black Gold" arriving in Dallas]

Frisco's "The Black Gold Champion" train No. 517, southbound, headed by Diesel locomotive No. 2022, arriving at Dallas Junction, which is the wye near Irving, Texas, on June 18, 1953.

Date: June 18, 1953

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.819771 -96.944981

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Sunset Limited" departing from Houston's Grand Central Station]

Southern Pacific's "Sunset Limited" train No. 2, eastbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 206, departing from Grand Central Station in Houston enroute to New Orleans on July 13, 1953.

Date: July 13, 1953

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Bluebonnet" departing from Austin]

Katy's "The Bluebonnet" train no. 7, southbound, powered by Diesel Units, has departed from Texas' capital city, Austin, and approaches the bridge spanning the Colorado River on November 11, 1954.

Date: September 11, 1954

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Black Gold" arriving in Dallas]

Frisco's "The Black Gold" train No. 517, southbound, headed by Engine No. 1039, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, arriving in Dallas from Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Date: 1950

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Super Chief" in Raton Pass]

Santa Fe's "Super Chief" rolls through scenic Raton Pass on the New Mexico - Colorado border on September 7, 1959.

Date: September 7, 1959

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Observation Car on the Hiawatha]

Interior view of the Milwaukee Road's observation parlor car with sky-top lounge having a 90% transparent area dome that forms an aero-dynamic terminating shape for the end of the train. This scene is aboard the "Afternoon Hiawatha", train No. 2 southbound, enroute from Minneapolis to Chicago.

Date: 1958

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Hiawatha" Luxury Train]

Among the greatest luxury passenger trains operated in this nation were the Milwaukee Road's "Morning" and "Afternoon" Hiawathas, providing convenient and fast service between Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Minneapolis. In this scene, a Hiawatha speeds over the route.

Date: 1958

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Interior of Pennsylvania Station in New York]

Photograph of Pennsylvania Railroad's great passenger terminal, Pennsylvania Station in New York in 1945.

Date: 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Texas Eagle" southbound from St. Louis]

Photograph of Missouri Pacific's "Texas Eagle" train No. 1, southbound, passing through Carondelet Park in the suburbs of St. Louis enroute to Texas on a late summer afternoon in 1948.

Date: 1948

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Train Shed at St. Louis Station]

Photograph of the St. Louis Union Station's train-shed which covers about fifteen acres. Under this steel canopy there are thirty-four stub-end tracks devoted exclusively to passenger service.

Date: 1950

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Main Waiting Room at Pennsylvania Station in New York]

View of Main Waiting Room in Pennsylvania Station, New York, looking towards the Main Information Desk (left) and moving stairs (right). In the background are visible some of the ticket windows and near the head of the stairs the bronze statue of Samuel Rea, former president of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Measuring 300 feet long, 110 feet wide and 150 feet tall, this room is comparable in size to the nave of St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome. It could engulf an ordinary 15-story skyscraper.

Date: 1970~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["El Capitan" climbs towards Raton Pass]

Climbing towards the crest of Raton Pass, Santa Fe's "El Capitan", a high-level consist, affords passengers an opportunity to enjoy the mountain scenery of southern Colorado near the famous Wootton Ranch.

Date: 1959~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["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

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["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

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Photograph of "Sunset Limited" at Los Angeles Terminal Station]

Photograph of Southern Pacific's "Sunset Limited" train No. 1, westbound, headed by diesel locomotive 6042, crossing the Los Angeles River near the Los Angeles Terminal Station on March 19, 1954.

Date: March 19, 1954

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Texas Eagle" leaving Fort Worth]

Texas and Pacific's "The Texas Eagle" train No. 1, westbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 2015, leaving Fort Worth enroute to El Paso on June 28, 1953.

Date: June 28, 1953

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Sam Houston Zephyr" leaving Dallas for Houston]

Fort Worth and Denver Railway's "Sam Houston Zephyr" train No. 3, southbound, enroute out of Dallas to Houston. Hotel Dallas is in the background.

Date: 1955

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Texas Chief" in Oklahoma]

Winding through the rugged countryside near Washita Canyon in Oklahoma, the Santa Fe's "Texas Chief" powered by four diesel units and a consist of eleven cars, rolls southward towards Fort Worth, Dallas, Houston, and Galveston, Texas, circa 1956.

Date: 1956

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

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["Sunbeam" under a Texas sky]

["The Black Gold" arriving in Dallas]

["Sunset Limited" departing from Houston's Grand Central Station]

["The Bluebonnet" departing from Austin]

["The Black Gold" arriving in Dallas]

["Super Chief" in Raton Pass]

[Observation Car on the Hiawatha]

["Hiawatha" Luxury Train]

[Interior of Pennsylvania Station in New York]

["The Texas Eagle" southbound from St. Louis]

[Train Shed at St. Louis Station]

[Main Waiting Room at Pennsylvania Station in New York]

["El Capitan" climbs towards Raton Pass]

["Hustler" departing from Dallas]

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

[Photograph of "Sunset Limited" at Los Angeles Terminal Station]

["The Texas Eagle" leaving Fort Worth]

["Sam Houston Zephyr" leaving Dallas for Houston]

["Texas Chief" in Oklahoma]