T&P Train Moving Through Van Horn, Texas

Van Horn, TX
T&P Train Moving Through Van Horn, Texas

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Specifications

T&P T&P # 600
Class P-1
Builder Baldwin
Build Date 4-1919
Wheel Type 4-6-2
Cylinders 26 X 28
Drivewheel Dia. 73 in.
Boiler Pressure 200 psi
Grate Area 59.60 in²
Weight 275,080 lbs.
Tractive Force 44,200 lbs.
Service Passenger
Photo Credit The Grace Museum - The Portal to Texas History
Category Steam Engine

  Remarks

To T&P 700

Description

Photograph of a T&P 600 train moving through Van Horn, Texas. A large plume of dark smoke is rising from the engine. A car is visible on the right side of the image, and the ground is covered in snow. Written below the image are "Last '600' to pass thru Van Horn, Texas" and "Rosa Lee Wylie Collection."

Wylie, Rosa Lee. [T&P Train Moving Through Van Horn, Texas], photograph, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853108/: accessed March 5, 2020), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Grace Museum.