"The Westerner" departing from Texarkana

Texarkana, TX
"The Westerner" departing from Texarkana

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Specifications

T&P T&P # 2003
MoPac MoPac # 4
Model E7-A
Builder GM-EMD
Build Date 1947
Horsepower 2000
Photo Credit Museum of the American Railroad - The Portal to Texas History
Date January 1, 1950
Category Diesel Engine

  Notes

  • Steam Generator
  • Description

    Texas and Pacific's "the Westerner" train No. 7, westbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 2003, departing from the Union Station in Texarkana, Arkansas-Texas.

    Plummer, R.S. ["The Westerner" departing from Texarkana], photograph, 1950; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth34876/: accessed March 5, 2020), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Museum of the American Railroad.