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Viewing Album: Museum of the American RR, Dallas, TX 5/16/09

By:	Marlowe Barnes
Dates:	5/16/2009 - 5/16/2009
Album Info:	Taken during a foray into downtown Dallas while visiting the DFW Metroplex. The museum is located in State Fail Park. There are lots of goodies packed into this small area.

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This sign greets you at the entrance to the Museum of the American RR. Haven't quite figured it out yet?

Title:	This sign greets you at the entrance to the Museum of the American RR. Haven't quite figured it out yet?
Description:
Photo Date:	5/16/2009 Upload Date: 10/23/2009 10:57:31 PM
Location:	Dallas, TX
Author:	Marlowe Barnes
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Views:	135 Comments: 0

This 'Depot' was formerly the Houston & Texas Central's Eakin Street Depot/Yard Office

Title:	This 'Depot' was formerly the Houston & Texas Central's Eakin Street Depot/Yard Office
Description:	Building: Circa 1905 / The truck is an authentic 1941 Ford Railway Express Agency (aka-REA)
Photo Date:	5/16/2009 Upload Date: 10/24/2009 4:18:55 PM
Location:	Dallas, TX
Author:	Marlowe Barnes
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Locomotives:	ATSF 97(FP45)
Views:	614 Comments: 1

Santa Fe Railway FP45 107

Title:	Santa Fe Railway FP45 107
Description:	Nine 3600 hp FP45 locomotives delivered for service on the El Capitan and Super Chief in 1967, painted in the classic red and silver "warbonnet" colors
Photo Date:	5/16/2009 Upload Date: 10/24/2009 4:46:41 PM
Location:	Dallas, TX
Author:	Marlowe Barnes
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Locomotives:	ATSF 97(FP45)
Views:	780 Comments: 0

Santa Fe Railway F7A 49 (ex-Canadian National 9167)

Title:	Santa Fe Railway F7A 49 (ex-Canadian National 9167)
Description:	Ain't she pretty ??
Photo Date:	5/16/2009 Upload Date: 10/23/2009 11:06:58 PM
Location:	Dallas, TX
Author:	Marlowe Barnes
Categories:
Locomotives:	SLSF 49(FP7A)
Views:	504 Comments: 2

Santa Fe Railway F7A 49 (ex-Canadian National 9167)

Title:	Santa Fe Railway F7A 49 (ex-Canadian National 9167)
Description:
Photo Date:	5/16/2009 Upload Date: 10/23/2009 11:52:54 PM
Location:	Dallas, TX
Author:	Marlowe Barnes
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Locomotives:	ATSF 49(F7A)
Views:	1131 Comments: 0

Union Pacific DDA40X "Centennial" 6913,

Title:	Union Pacific DDA40X "Centennial" 6913,
Description:	Build Date: October, 1969 Builder: General Motors Electro-Motive Division
Photo Date:	5/16/2009 Upload Date: 10/23/2009 11:21:14 PM
Location:	Dallas, TX
Author:	Marlowe Barnes
Categories:
Locomotives:	UP 6913(DDA40X)
Views:	717 Comments: 3

Rear shot of Union Pacific DDA40X "Centennial" 6913,

Title:	Rear shot of Union Pacific DDA40X "Centennial" 6913,
Description:	Build Date: October, 1969 Builder: General Motors Electro-Motive Division
Photo Date:	5/16/2009 Upload Date: 10/23/2009 11:33:06 PM
Location:	Dallas, TX
Author:	Marlowe Barnes
Categories:
Locomotives:	UP 6913(DDA40X)
Views:	1410 Comments: 1

Santa Fe Railway M.160, Brill diesel electric motorcar

Title:	Santa Fe Railway M.160, Brill diesel electric motorcar
Description:
Photo Date:	5/16/2009 Upload Date: 10/23/2009 11:11:32 PM
Location:	Dallas, TX
Author:	Marlowe Barnes
Categories:
Locomotives:	ATSF M160(Doodlebug)
Views:	1349 Comments: 1

ex-Colorado & Wyoming Baldwin VO-1000 1107,

Title:	ex-Colorado & Wyoming Baldwin VO-1000 1107,
Description:
Photo Date:	5/16/2009 Upload Date: 10/23/2009 11:12:36 PM
Location:	Dallas, TX
Author:	Marlowe Barnes
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Views:	140 Comments: 0

ex-Colorado & Wyoming Baldwin VO-1000 1107,

Title:	ex-Colorado & Wyoming Baldwin VO-1000 1107,
Description:	Built 1943
Photo Date:	5/16/2009 Upload Date: 10/24/2009 12:08:32 AM
Location:	Dallas, TX
Author:	Marlowe Barnes
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Views:	142 Comments: 0

New York, Susquehanna & Western/United States Army ALCO RSD-1 3000

Title:	New York, Susquehanna & Western/United States Army ALCO RSD-1 3000
Description:	Originally built for the "Susie-Q", this motor was literally drafted by the US Army and shipped to Iran to haul US war materials to Stalingrad, Russia which was the bloodiest battle of WWII
Photo Date:	5/16/2009 Upload Date: 10/23/2009 11:16:26 PM
Location:	Dallas, TX
Author:	Marlowe Barnes
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Views:	201 Comments: 0

ex-Susie-Q/United States Army ALCO RSD-1 3000,

Title:	ex-Susie-Q/United States Army ALCO RSD-1 3000,
Description:	This WWII veteran was repatriated from Iran. It was sold as surplus by the Army to TXI where it toiled in a Texas concrete plant for 25 years
Photo Date:	5/16/2009 Upload Date: 10/23/2009 11:19:58 PM
Location:	Dallas, TX
Author:	Marlowe Barnes
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Views:	179 Comments: 1

Southern Pacific Fairbanks Morse H12-44 1581/2379

Title:	Southern Pacific Fairbanks Morse H12-44 1581/2379
Description:	Build Date: 1956 by Fairbanks-Morse, for the Southern Pacific, Status: Operational
Photo Date:	5/16/2009 Upload Date: 10/23/2009 11:05:59 PM
Location:	Dallas, TX
Author:	Marlowe Barnes
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Views:	291 Comments: 0

St. Louis - San Francisco Ry. "Frisco"/Eagle Picher 1625, steam locomotive

Title:	St. Louis - San Francisco Ry. "Frisco"/Eagle Picher 1625, steam locomotive
Description:	Being of the Decapod (2-10-0) class, which was special built for Russia, but never made it due to the Bolshevik Revolution
Photo Date:	5/16/2009 Upload Date: 10/23/2009 11:05:08 PM
Location:	Dallas, TX
Author:	Marlowe Barnes
Categories:
Locomotives:	SLSF 1625(2-10-0)
Views:	1285 Comments: 0

St. Louis - San Francisco Ry. "Frisco"/Eagle Picher 1625, steam locomotive

Title:	St. Louis - San Francisco Ry. "Frisco"/Eagle Picher 1625, steam locomotive
Description:
Photo Date:	5/16/2009 Upload Date: 10/23/2009 11:10:00 PM
Location:	Dallas, TX
Author:	Marlowe Barnes
Categories:
Locomotives:	SLSF 1625(2-10-0)
Views:	1299 Comments: 0

ex-Dallas Union Terminal Company No. 7, 0-6-0 Baldwin Switcher

Title:	ex-Dallas Union Terminal Company No. 7, 0-6-0 Baldwin Switcher
Description:	Served Dallas Union Terminal until 1963
Photo Date:	5/16/2009 Upload Date: 10/23/2009 11:56:34 PM
Location:	Dallas, TX
Author:	Marlowe Barnes
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Views:	187 Comments: 0

ex-Dallas Union Terminal Company 7

Title:	ex-Dallas Union Terminal Company 7
Description:
Photo Date:	5/16/2009 Upload Date: 10/23/2009 11:51:55 PM
Location:	Dallas, TX
Author:	Marlowe Barnes
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Views:	156 Comments: 0

Missouri - Kansas -Texas "Katy" Dining Car No. 438

Title:	Missouri - Kansas -Texas "Katy" Dining Car No. 438
Description:	Buil 1937 by ACF
Photo Date:	5/16/2009 Upload Date: 10/23/2009 11:50:54 PM
Location:	Dallas, TX
Author:	Marlowe Barnes
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Views:	1395 Comments: 0

Pullman Sleeper Glen Nevis

Title:	Pullman Sleeper Glen Nevis
Description:	Built: 1925: by the Pullman Company. Gift ot the FreightMaster div of Halliburton
Photo Date:	5/16/2009 Upload Date: 10/24/2009 12:00:31 AM
Location:	Dallas, TX
Author:	Marlowe Barnes
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Views:	1648 Comments: 0

Texas & Pacific Railway Post Office/Railway Express Agency No. 916

Title:	Texas & Pacific Railway Post Office/Railway Express Agency No. 916
Description:
Photo Date:	5/16/2009 Upload Date: 10/24/2009 12:03:43 AM
Location:	Dallas, TX
Author:	Marlowe Barnes
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Views:	155 Comments: 0

UP 4018, 4-8-8-4 'Big Boy'

Title:	UP 4018, 4-8-8-4 'Big Boy'
Description:	Build Date: December, 1941 Builder: ALCO, Schenectady, NY : Union Pacific Configuration: 4-8-8-4
Photo Date:	5/16/2009 Upload Date: 10/23/2009 11:34:16 PM
Location:	Dallas, TX
Author:	Marlowe Barnes
Categories:
Locomotives:	UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:	1267 Comments: 2

St. Louis - San Francisco Ry. "Frisco" 4501, steam locomotive

Title:	St. Louis - San Francisco Ry. "Frisco" 4501, steam locomotive
Description:	Build Date:1942 Builder: Baldwin Locomotive Works
Photo Date:	5/16/2009 Upload Date: 10/23/2009 11:48:19 PM
Location:	Dallas, TX
Author:	Marlowe Barnes
Categories:
Locomotives:	SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:	2346 Comments: 0

UP 4018 4-8-8-4 'Big Boy' running gear

Title:	UP 4018 4-8-8-4 'Big Boy' running gear
Description:
Photo Date:	5/16/2009 Upload Date: 10/23/2009 11:49:41 PM
Location:	Dallas, TX
Author:	Marlowe Barnes
Categories:
Locomotives:	UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:	1099 Comments: 0

Two proud behemoths from a bygone era

Title:	Two proud behemoths from a bygone era
Description:
Photo Date:	5/16/2009 Upload Date: 10/23/2009 10:59:47 PM
Location:	Dallas, TX
Author:	Marlowe Barnes
Categories:
Locomotives:	PRR 4903(GG1) UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:	935 Comments: 0

PRR 4903 was 4620 hp of raw power, representing the Art Decco era at it's zenith

Title:	PRR 4903 was 4620 hp of raw power, representing the Art Decco era at it's zenith
Description:	My grandmother live near the Pennsy in West Baltimore and I used to lie in bed listening to these monsters emitting a whirling growl as they passed by
Photo Date:	5/16/2009 Upload Date: 10/23/2009 11:01:54 PM
Location:	Dallas, TX
Author:	Marlowe Barnes
Categories:
Locomotives:	PRR 4903(GG1)
Views:	486 Comments: 0

PRR 4903 is most famous for pulling Sen. Robert F. Kennedy's funeral train from NY to D.C. in June of 1968

Title:	PRR 4903 is most famous for pulling Sen. Robert F. Kennedy's funeral train from NY to D.C. in June of 1968
Description:	The yellow stripe is inaccurate. The sides were actually graced with five pin stripes in that area.
Photo Date:	5/16/2009 Upload Date: 10/23/2009 11:03:35 PM
Location:	Dallas, TX
Author:	Marlowe Barnes
Categories:
Locomotives:	PRR 4903(GG1)
Views:	873 Comments: 1

PRR 4903, was designed by Raymond Loewry and served with distinction until 1983

Title:	PRR 4903, was designed by Raymond Loewry and served with distinction until 1983
Description:	The GG-1 weighed 477,000 lbs & cranked out 4620 hp(9500 peak). Mfg by the PRR in Altoona, PA.
Photo Date:	5/16/2009 Upload Date: 10/24/2009 12:06:36 AM
Location:	Dallas, TX
Author:	Marlowe Barnes
Categories:
Locomotives:	PRR 4903(GG1)
Views:	566 Comments: 0

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