Train Engine #2 and Cars

New Orleans, LA
Train Engine #2 and Cars

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Specifications

T&P T&P # 2
Builder Rogers
Build Date 9-1869
Wheel Type 4-4-0
Photo Credit The Grace Museum - The Portal to Texas History
Date July 19, 1949
Category Steam Engine

  Remarks

Orig. Memphis El Paso & Pac. #2 "Paris"

Description

Photograph of a train engine and attached cars on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. The number "2" and letters "T.P.-M.P.T.R.R. OF N.O." are visible on the car. Buildings can be seen in the distant right background. Handwritten text below the image says, "New Orleans, LA. July 19th 1949 (Annunciation Street Station)."

Phillips, Frank. [Train Engine #2 and Cars], photograph, July 19, 1949; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth822617/: accessed March 5, 2020), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Grace Museum.