Equipment Roster
These venerable old trains exist today because of the hard work and dedication of a relatively small number of people. It all began in 1961 when the founders of our museum realized that not only had the era of luxurious steam powered passenger trains come to a close, but little even remained of their existence. Over the next several years, they set out to save what precious few pieces of equipment were left. Some were graciously donated by the railroads upon retirement; others were literally pulled from the scrap lines. These are the survivors – the lucky ones – perhaps a little rough but they are tangible evidence of our heritage.
Pullman Sleeping Car "Goliad" arrives at the Age of Steam, 1965.A new generation of committed individuals is working to steward this museum into the next century. But such an endeavor is not an easy one. Historic preservation often faces challenging circumstances. We’re constantly seeking additional sources of support as we carry out our mission. We do our best to maintain the collection and minimize the effects of time and exposure. We do this in an effort to preserve an important part of history along with a sense of pride in our community.
There are many stories behind the iron and steel artifacts that are gathered here. They have undoubtedly touched many lives. We hope you enjoy your visit. While some of you will relive the past, others will discover it for the first time. This collection is part of your heritage. If you leave here more enlightened and enriched, then we consider our efforts to have been a success.
STEAM LOCOMOTIVES:
St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco) Railway
No. 4501
4-8-4 “Northern” type
Baldwin Locomotive Works, Eddystone, PA
C/N 64450 Nov. 1942
Last operated 1952, Retired 1964, Donated 1964
Dallas Union Terminal Company
0-6-0, S-13 type (upgraded) switcher
Baldwin Locomotive Works, Eddystone, PA
C/N 57208 Oct. 1923
Retired 1962, Donated 1963
Union Pacific Railroad Company
No. 4018
4-8-8-4 “Big Boy” type, simple articulated
American Locomotive Company (Alco), Schenectady Works, NY, 1942
C/N 69589 Dec. 1941
Last operated 1957, Retired 1962, Donated 1965
Eagle-Picher Mining Company, Cardin Mine, Picher, Oklahoma
(Ex St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco) Railway, ex USRA)
No. 1625
2-10-0 “Decapod” type
American Locomotive Company (Alco), Schenectady Works, NY
C/N 58903 March. 1918
Built to 5 ft. Gauge for Imperial Russian Railways, never delivered and was subsequently regauged and sold to USRA, then resold to SLSF Railway after WW1. Sold to Eagle-Picher Mining Co. in October of 1951.
Last operated 1957, Retired 1964, Donated 1964
DIESEL-ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES:
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
No. M-160
Gas-Electric Motorcar (RPO - Baggage), Dieselized 1946, repowered again in 1952 with 600 HP EMD 6-567B Diesel
J.G. Brill Company, Philadelphia, PA, June 1931
Retired 1966, Donated 1969, Serviceable
Union Pacific Railroad Company
No. 6913
DDA-40-X “Centennial”, 6600 HP. Diesel-Electric, (Two 16-645 E3A engines)
Electro-Motive Division of General Motors, LaGrange, IL
B/N 34539 Oct. 1969
Retired 1985, Donated 1986
Western Railroad Company, New Braunfels, TX (Parker-Lafarge Corporation)
(Ex Great Plains Railway, ex Colorado & Wyoming Railway, Pueblo, CO)
No. 1107
VO-1000, 1000 HP Diesel-Electric Switcher, (In-line 8 cylinder De La Vergne NA engine)
Baldwin Locomotive Works, Eddystone, PA
B/N 69654 Sept. 1943
Retired 1987, Donated 1990, Serviceable
Southwestern Portland Cement, Odessa, Texas Plant
No. 115 (Ex Southern Pacific No. 2379, ex 1581)
H12-44, 1200 HP. Diesel-Electric Switcher, (In-line 6 cylinder 38D8 1/8 engine)
Fairbanks-Morse & Company, Beloit, WI
B/N 12L1066 Oct. 1956
Retired 1993, Purchased 1993, Serviceable
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
No. 97 (Ex Santa Fe 5997, ex 105, ex 5997, ex 5947, ex 107)
SDFP-45 (FP-45), 3600 HP Diesel-Electric, (20-645 E3 engine),
Electro-Motive Division of General Motors, LaGrange, IL
B/N 33196 Dec. 1967
Retired 1999, Donated 1999
Canadian National Railways
No. 9167
F-7AU (F-7A) 1750 HP Diesel-Electric Road Switcher
(Remanufactured July 1973 to F-9A specifications with 16-567 C engine)
General Motors Limited of Canada, Toronto, ON
B/N A-386 Oct. 1952
Retired 1989, Purchased 2000, Serviceable
TXI Cement & Aggregates
No. 8000 (Ex USA 8000, ex NYS&W 231)
RSD-1 (RS-1), 1000 HP Diesel-Electric Road Switcher (In-line 6 cylinder turbo charged 539T engine)
Rebuilt Nov. 1942 to U.S. military specifications including three axle, three motor fabricated trucks and re-profiled cab for use on Trans-Iranian Railway (US Army 762nd Railroad Battalion) during WWII.
Repatriated July 1945
American Locomotive Company (Alco), Schenectady Works, NY
B/N 69992 June 1942
Retired 1999, Donated 2000, Serviceable
National Railway of Mexico/FNM del Pacifico
No. DH-16 (Ex Delaware & Hudson 16 "M.A. Davis," ex Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 59L)
PA-4 (PA-1), 2400 (2000) HP A-1-A A-1-A Diesel-Electric
American Locomotive Company, Schenectady, NY
B/N 76535 Oct. 1948
Sold by Santa Fe to D&H 1967, Remanufactured 1975 with 12-251F engine by Morrison Knudsen, Sold to NdeM/FNM 1978
Retired (wrecked) 1981, Repatriated 2000, Donated by Smithsonian Institution 2010
ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE:
National Railroad Passenger Corp. (Amtrak)
(Ex Pennsylvania Railroad Company)
No. 4906 (Ex AMTK 906, ex PRR 4903)
GG1 type, 2-C-C-2 Electric, 11,000 VAC, 25 cycles
Westinghouse Electric Company (Assembled at PRR’s Juniata Shops, Altoona, PA)
B/N 4372 June, 1940
Repainted back to PRR No. 4903 in 1996
Retired 1980, Acquired in trade 1984
PASSENGER CARS:
Fort Worth & Denver Railway (Ex Colorado & Southern Railway)
“Texland” (Second) (Ex FW&DC 922, ex C&S 901, ex USRA 90, ex C&S 901, ex 627, ex 82),
Lot #2569
Business Car, 3-stateroom, 3-bath, dining room, office, salon
(Built as all-wood, truss-rods cafe-observation car, rebuilt to business car 1910, steel under frame and side sheeting 1925)
Pullman Car Works, Chicago, IL, 1900
Stored 1960, Retired 1966, Donated 1966
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Parlor Club 3231, Lot #4255
Lounge Car, 14 parlor seats, club section, dorm space
(Built as parlor observation car 3218, rebuilt 1935)
Pullman Car Works, Chicago, IL, 1914
Retired 1964, Donated 1966
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
“San Bartolo” 1363, Lot #4807
Lounge-Barber Shop-Dormitory Car
Pullman Car & Manufacturing Company, Chicago, IL, 1926
Donated 1966
The Pullman Company (General Service)
“Glengyle”, Lot #3867 Plan #2522
Sleeping Car, 7 compartments, 2 drawing rooms
Pullman Car Works, Chicago, IL, Dec. 1910
Donated 1964
The Pullman Company (General Service)
“McQuaig”, Lot #4845 Plan #3410
Sleeping Car, 12 open-sections, 1 drawing room
Pullman Car & Manufacturing Company, Chicago, IL, April 1925
Donated 1964
The Pullman Company (Southern Pacific Lines)
“Goliad”, Lot 4945 Plan #3410A
Sleeping Car, 12 open-sections, 1 drawing room
Pullman Car & Manufacturing Company, Chicago, IL, Sept. 1926
Donated 1964
FreightMaster Industries (Haliburton), Ft. Worth Plant
HWCR-1 Research Car, (Ex Pullman Company “Glen Nevis”), Lot #4922 Plan #3523A
Self-contained car for field testing of draft gear cushioning devices having:
3 compartments, 2 drawing rooms, shower, kitchen, and instrument room
Built as sleeping car with 6 compartments, 3 drawing rooms
Pullman Car & Manufacturing Company, Chicago, IL, Dec, 1925
Purchased by FMI and converted to research car 1966, Donated 1997
Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy) Lines
No. 3 (Ex “Fort Worth”, ex “Goliad” 438), Lot #1671
Dining Car, 36-seat, full-service kitchen
American Car & Foundry Company, St. Louis, MO, 1937
Purchased 1964
St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco) Railway
No. 759, Lot #6336
Chair Car, 56 reclining seats, (Rebuilt with streamlined roof 1944)
American Car & Foundry Company, St. Louis, MO, 1912
Donated 1966
Texas & Pacific Railway
No. 1143 (Ex 1677, ex 1560, ex 1506, ex 12??), Lot #4569
Chair Car, 56 reclining seats, (Modernized 1953)
Pullman Car Works, Chicago, IL, August, 1920
Donated 1967
Texas & Pacific Railway
No. 1038* (Ex 916, ex 816, ex 64), Lot #4502
Railway Post Office-Baggage Car (Built as coach-baggage car, rebuilt to coach-mail 1925, rebuilt to railway post office-baggage car 1941, modernized 1954)
Pullman Car Works, Chicago, IL, February, 1918
* This car never saw service as 1038, the number was assigned during a 1963 shopping during which the car was condemned upon discovery of a cracked frame and subsequently retired.
Donated 1964
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
No. 3197, Lot #6601 Plan #7428
Coach Observation Car, 36 deluxe reclining leg-rest seats
Lightweight, streamlined, stainless-steel over carbon steel construction
Pullman-Standard, Chicago, IL, March 1940
Donated 1969
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
“Loch Tarbet” No. 2090, ex 2028 (Ex Burlington Northern / Northern Pacific “Loch Tarbet” 329,
ex Missouri Pacific “Southland” 699 leased from Budd)
Job #9691-090 (Spec.) Pullman Plan #9540
Sleeping Car, 24 single room, 8 double room Slumbercoach
The Budd Company, Red Lion Plant, Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 1959
Retired 1996, Purchased 2005
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
“Pine Ring” No. 2997 ex 2731 (Ex Santa Fe “Pine Ring” 1642) Job #9660-038, Pullman Plan #9521
Sleeping Car, 10 roomette, 6 double bedroom
The Budd Company, Red Lion Plant, Philadelphia, PA, Mar. 1950
Retired 1995, Donated 2005
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
No. 2532 ex 2012, (Ex SCL 6702, ex B&O “Gull” 7102) Job #9658-137, Pullman Plan #9536
Sleeping Car, 16 duplex-roomette, 4 double bedroom
The Budd Company, Red Lion Plant, Philadelphia, PA, June 1954
Retired 1982, Purchased 2005
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
No. 1550 Job #9627-013
Dining Car, 14-seat lunch counter, 20-seat dining section, full-service kitchen
The Budd Company, Red Lion Plant, Philadelphia, PA, Mar. 1948
Retired 1969, Purchased 2005
Algoma Central Railway
No. 504 (Ex Cadillac & Lake City Ry. “Emerald Lake”, ex Santa Fe 1554) Job #9627-013
Dining Car, 14-seat lunch counter, 20-seat dining section, full-service kitchen
The Budd Company, Red Lion Plant, Philadelphia, PA, Mar. 1948
Retired ??, Donated 2005
FREIGHT CARS:
Kansas City Southern Lines
No. 7460
Box Car, 40 ft., Outside braced, wood side, steel underframe
Builder unknown, 1924
Donated 1967
Lone Star Gas Company (Lone Star Producing Company)
No. L.S.G.X. 1817 (Ex Lone Star Producing Company LSPX 1817)
Tank Car, Petroleum products (“Ranger Era” tank car built for Chestnut & Smith Corp.)
General American Tank Car Company, 1917
Donated 1966
Genesee & Wyoming Railroad
No. GNWR 1032
Refrigerator Car, 65 ft. Sub-zero, mechanical, diesel
Pacific Car & Foundry, 1968
Donated 1991
Western Pacific Railroad
No. 68652
Box Car, 55 ft., double plug door, all-steel
American Car & Foundry Company, 1966
Donated 1997
Kansas City Southern Lines
No. 107859
Box Car, 50-ft. plug door, all-steel
1970
Donated 2010
St. Louis-Southwestern (Cotton Belt) Railway
No. 2332 (Ex 49028 on AFE 4206)
Caboose, Combination coach-baggage-crew car, wood with steel underframe, plan 624-E
StLSW, Oct. 1920
Donated 1966
Texas & Northern Railway (Lone Star Steel Company, Lone Star, TX)
(Ex Malakoff Fuel & Iron Co., ex Port Bolivar and Iron Ore Railroad, ex Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway)
Number unknown
Caboose, 4-wheel “Bobber” type, all-wood
BR&P Lincoln Park Car Shops, Rochester, NY 1895
Donated 1964
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
No. 999311
Caboose, Class CE-1, all steel
Santa Fe Railway, Topeka Shops, 1949, rebuilt 1968
Donated 2001
OTHER EQUIPMENT:
American Smelting & Refining Company (Asarco), Baltimore MD Plant
Ex Revere Copper & Brass, Incorporated
No. 10
Class 8-DM-67, Diesel-mechanical locomotive, 8 ½ ton, 21 ½ inch (Hunt) gauge
Geo. D. Whitcomb Locomotive Company, Rochelle, IL, 1945
Purchased 2006
Union Pacific Railroad Company
No. MT14444M
Track “Speeder” Inspection Car, Motorized (Onan 2 cyl.), Model M-14, closed body
Fairmont, Railway Motors Inc., ca. 1977
Donated 1990
Track-Work Incorporated (Ex Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad)
No. RIMC 915
Track “Speeder” Inspection Car, Motorized (Fairmont 1 cyl.), Model S2E, open body
Fairmont Railway Motors Inc., ca. 1955
Donated 1991
Gifford-Hill & Company
No. H109
Handcar, wood
Donated 1964
Railway Express Agency
VIN No. IGY-34280
Delivery Truck, Box Type, 1-Ton Chassis
Ford Motor Company, 1941
Retired 1955, Purchased 2004
Santa Fe Railway, Cleburne Shops
Freight Car Truck, arch-bar type with hollow cast wheels
ca. 1900
Donated 1988
Santa Fe Railway, Cleburne Shops
Freight Car Truck, Andrews type
ca. 1920
Donated 1988
STRUCTURES:
Houston & Texas Central Railroad (Southern Pacific Lines)
Dallas Depot, (Eakin St. Yard Office), wood frame construction
Southern Pacific standard plan, ca. 1900
Original Location: South Lead to SP Yard & Eakin Street, Dallas, Texas
Purchased 1963
Houston & Texas Central Railroad (Southern Pacific Lines)
Handcar Shed, wood frame construction (Originally located adjacent to depot)
Southern Pacific standard plan, ca. 1905
Donated 1963
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines
Railroad Crossing Guard’s Shanty, all-wood construction
Original Location: MKT Line & Knox Street, Highland Park, Texas
Donated 1963
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway
Interlocking Tower Building (Tower 19), wood frame construction, Craftsman style
Santa Fe standard plan (modified), ca. 1903
Equipped with General Railway Signal 103-function electric interlocker machine, 1952
Originally located at intersection of GC&SF and M-K-T Railways in South Dallas
Retired 1993, Donated 1996
DEACCESSIONED EQUIPMENT:
Steam Locomotives
Texas & Pacific Railway
No. 638
2-10-4, L-1b class, “Texas” type
Lima Locomotive Works, Lima, OH
C/N 7310 February, 1928
Donated to the State Fair of Texas December, 1949 and placed on static display at Fair Park.
Fell into disrepair and was subsequently scrapped February, 1955. Pre-dates museum.
New York Central Railroad Company
No. 3001
4 -8 -2, L-3A class, “Mohawk” type
The American Locomotive Company (Alco), Schenectady Works, NY
C/N 69338 Oct, 1940
Retired by New York Central January, 1957. Sold January, 1957 to Texas & Pacific Railway. Re-worked at Marshall shops to T&P M-2 class appearance, re-numbered to No. 909 (second), then donated to State Fair of Texas April, 1957. Traded by the museum in May, 1984 to Lake Shore Railroad Historical Foundation, Elkhart, IN for Amtrak GG1 No.4906 (ex-PRR 4903).
(Note: The above two steam locomotives were gifts of the Texas & Pacific Railway and were displayed on the grounds of what would later become the “Age of Steam” exhibit of the State Fair of Texas. The collection was subsequently conveyed to the Southwest Railroad Historical Society, a not-for-profit Texas corporation which currently owns and operates what is now known as the Museum of the American Railroad. The New York Central “Mohawk” No. 3001 was a replacement for the T&P “Texas” type No.638 following public outcry over the 638’s scrapping.)
Diesel Locomotives
Econo-Rail Inc., Houston, TX, (Ex-Armco Steel, Houston Works)
No. E-R 10, (Ex Armco 1202)
S-6, 900 HP Diesel-Electric Switcher
American Locomotive Company (Alco), Schenectady Works, NY, 1956
Retired 1990, Donated Sept. 1991, Sold for scrap Sept. 1994
Econo-Rail Inc., Houston, TX
No. PG 13
S-2 Diesel-Electric Switcher, (Rebuilt to cabless booster unit and repowered with 6 cyl.
Cummins Diesel for remote control service with E-R 10, heritage unknown)
American Locomotive Company (Alco), Schenectady Works, NY, ca. 1941
Retired 1990, Donated Sept. 1991, Sold for scrap Sept. 1994
(Note: Econo-Rail Nos. E-R 10 and PG 13 were last used at Proctor & Gamble’s south Dallas plant until the Trinity River flood of 1990. These locomotives were seriously damaged by high water and subsequently retired by Econo-Rail Inc. Both units served as a parts source for the museum and were later sold as scrap to Venture Metals Company of Dallas to raise revenue for other restoration projects.)
Streetcars (Electric)
New Orleans Public Service, Incorporated
No. 919
52 seat streetcar built to 5’2" gauge for use on Canal Street Line, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Perley A. Thomas Car Company, Highpoint, North Carolina, 1923
Last operated May, 1964. Purchased by the museum June, 1964 from New Orleans scrap
dealer. Sold to New Orleans Regional Transit Authority, September, 1985. Rebuilt to
standard gauge, renumbered to 451 for operation on the Waterfront Line.
Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority
No. 3329 (Ex Dallas Railway & Terminal Company 624)
PCC type streetcar, all-steel carbody, double ended with front and rear entry/exit doors.
Pullman-Standard, 1945
Originally owned by DR&T. Last operated in Dallas January, 1956. Purchased by MTA of Boston 1958. Retired 1979. Acquired by the museum April, 1980. Sold for scrap 1990.