Early one morning at Dallas Union Station, No.906 prepares to back onto train No.15, The Texan, and head west for Ft. Worth.
An eastbound 2-10-4 pulls its train onto a siding near Abilene.
Early one morning 2-10-2 No.524 is viewed from the Commerce Street Viaduct as it heads east past Dallas Union Station with a work train. The wye seen beyond the train has been replaced by Reu... (more)
Things are relatively quiet at Dallas Union Station as No.601 moves east. Lima delivered 10 locomotives of this wheel arrangement in 1925, and by 1929 a total of 70 were in service. Hence the... (more)
Dallas Union Station was a busy place in 1948. One summer afternoon the north and west Texas section of the Sunshine Special leaves on its way to St. Louis. The train will later be known as the ... (more)
The November 11, 1978 Southern Steam Special ran from Birmingham to Sheffield, Alabama, a distance of about 130 miles each way. The power was Texas & Pacific I-1a Class 2-10-4 610. T&P 610 was bui... (more)
The Southern Steam Special ran from Birmingham to Chattanooga, a distance of approximately 145 miles each way. Texas & Pacific Class I-1a 2-10-4 610 was the power for the trip, unassisted by diese... (more)
We're at Birmingham's Southern Railway Terminal Station in the early morning. T&P 610 has attracted a crowd that is watching her being serviced. The train will depart for Chattanooga at 7am.
Just after sunrise in Birmingham, T&P 610 is attended to before passenger loading begins for a 7am departure for Chattanooga.
T&P #610 prepares for an excursion on a drizzely day.
T&P 610 double-heads with SOU. 722 on a ferry run out of B'ham. Those were the days!
It is always a treat when they roll the big one out.
#610 is just departing with the Freedom Train headed to Ft.Worth
