Re: [CBQ] CB&Q 9909 Silver Bullet at Dallas

["Skip Waters wgcrush@swbell.net [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

I also say this is the T&NO/SP Sunbeam ready for the 5 o'clock pm race departure with the BRI Sam Houston south.  The sun is setting in the west, both these trains are facing south.

The Hustler ran the daily between Dallas and Houston with many stops.  The Sunbeam was basically a non-stop train afternoon evening train.  This is a great photo BTW, I'd love to see a high-res version of it posted to enlarge for more detail.

Thanks for posting!

Skip Waters

Dallas, Texas

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From: "Michael Woodruff mwoodruff54@gmail.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
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Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 4:33 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] CB&Q 9909 Silver Bullet at Dallas

 

The Sunbeam was a 5 PM departure from Dallas southbound, so I think that is the train in the background here.  The Hustler left at 8 AM.  SP's night train between Houston and Dallas was The Owl, which didn't leave until 11 PM and usually didn't rate streamlined power.

Those streamlined T&NO/SP P-14 Pacifics lasted until 1953 on the Sunbeam:

http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth28882/m1/1/

msw

largofl

On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 4:20 PM, BRIAN PAUL EHNI bpehni@gmail.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

[Attachment(s) from BRIAN PAUL EHNI included below]

Note the T&NO steam powered Hustler. (I say Hustler because the shadows appear long, and from the west; this view is towards the north. The Hustler was the night train as opposed to the day Sunbeam). Additionally, the T&NO received PAs in 1948; after that date, the train would have diesel power.

I’d say pre-1948.

Thanks!
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Brian Ehni

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Date: Friday, February 19, 2016 at 3:03 PM
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] CB&Q 9909 Silver Bullet at Dallas

Eelco,

No nose grabs yet, no E-5 plate on the side, and it still has the truck skirts.  Definitely prior to 1950.  

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From: hamfra1977@yahoo.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Fri, Feb 19, 2016 2:51 pm
Subject: [CBQ] CB&Q 9909 Silver Bullet at Dallas [1 Attachment]

 

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Hi,

I am a dutch collector of railway photographs and recently I came across a few American pictures I couldn't resist buying. Eleven snapshots taken in (what I think) 1940's USA for a mere 14 dollars...

These pictures show CB&Q 9909 Silver Bullet at Dallas, but I'm not completely sure when. I say 1940's but if anyone could help me narrow that down...

The pictures can be seen here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/spoorwegarchief/albums/72157664118325919

Any help is much appreciated!

Eelco

 

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