Texas & Pacific Railway

"The Westerner" crossing the Trinity River Bridge

Dallas, TX
"The Westerner" crossing the Trinity River Bridge

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Specifications

T&P T&P # 2001
MoPac MoPac # 2
Model E7-A
Builder GM-EMD
Build Date 1947
Horsepower 2000
Photo Credit Museum of the American Railroad - The Portal to Texas History
Date June 18, 1953
Category Diesel Engine

  Notes

  • Steam Generator
    • All images of Diesel #2001 (E7-A)

    Description

    Texas and Pacific Railway's train No. 6, "The Westerner" headed by a 2000HP electro-motive diesel crosses the Trinity River Bridge near Dallas on June 18, 1953.

    Plummer, Roger S. ["The Westerner" crossing the Trinity River Bridge], photograph, June 18, 1953; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth28844/: accessed March 5, 2020), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Museum of the American Railroad.