Texas and Pacific 610 sits on display for the Hall of Giants.

Texas and Pacific 2-10-4 610 in on a Southern Railway Fan trip from Cincinnati to Danville KY and return in July 1977. This was on of the few chances i got to shoot the loco without a crowd in fr... (more)

From the cab of T&P 316, T&P 610 basks in the afternoon sunlight before being pushed back into the Texas State Railroad's Palestine shop building

T&P 610 is raising all kinds of commotion on a rainy Sunday morning as it passes Southern Railway's Orange, VA station.

Fire up 610! Hey, if they could raise the millions to restore and operate Norfolk & Western 611....without a contract for a place to operate, surely someone could come up with the scratch t... (more)

A locomotive as big as Texas. Squirreled away in a shed on the grounds of the Texas State Railroad, sits a locomotive worthy of the Whyte Classification "Texas." This monstrous 2... (more)

Everything is bigger in Texas. Here's a rear-quarter view of the massive Texas & Pacific 610, a 1927 Lima 2-10-4, seen here on display in the yard at the Texas State Railroad in Palestine, ... (more)

Suprise! All fired up and ready to roll!

A few of us were privy to this event well in advance - notably, photographers of a Lerro Productions photo charter back in April of... (more)

Texas type steam locomotives like wide open spaces

Texas & Pacific No. 610, a 2-10-4 built in Ohio by Lima Locomotive Works in 1927 calls the Texas State Railroad Museum in Palestine, TX... (more)

They just don't build 'em like they used to...

This is the original boiler for ex-Texas & Pacific 4-6-0 No. 316, aka; Texas State Railroad No. 201. It was built by Alco-Cooke locomotive ... (more)

Texas & Pacific 4-6-0 No. 316

Texas & Pacific 4-6-0 No. 316, aka; Railroad: Texas & Pacific
Locomotive: Steam 4-6-0
Location: Rusk, Texas, USA
Locomotive #: TP 316
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April 28, 2019

Texas & Pacific 2-10-4 No. 610

T&P 2-10-4 No. 610 was built in Ohio by Lima Locomotive Works in 1927. No. 610 is the sole survivor of the T&P's fleet of seventy 2-10-4's (designated as a... (more)

Texas & Pacific No. 610

Texas & Pacific No. 610, a 2-10-4 built in Ohio by Lima Locomotive Works in 1927, was brought out of the the Texas State Railroad shops and fired up for patrons of... (more)

Charlottesville, in the news lately for reasons other than railroading, is recalled in this 1978 photo of a Superpower steam visitor from Texas. I just happened upon the scene after leaving Monti... (more)