"The Texas Eagle" in Arlington, Texas

Arlington, TX
"The Texas Eagle" in Arlington, Texas

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Specifications

T&P T&P # 2004
MoPac MoPac # 5
Model E7-A
Builder GM-EMD
Build Date 1947
Horsepower 2000
Photo Credit Museum of the American Railroad - The Portal to Texas History
Category Diesel Engine

  Notes

  • Steam Generator
  • Description

    Texas and Pacific's " The Texas Eagle", train No. 2, eastbound, a modern streamliner powered by diesel electric locomotives with a consist of fifteen cars, rolls over the high-iron near Arlington, Texas, enroute from Fort Worth to Dallas and St. Louis.

    ["The Texas Eagle" in Arlington, Texas], photograph, 1955~; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth28765/: accessed March 5, 2020), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Museum of the American Railroad.