One of Texas State Railroad's prized possessions is its Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway 4-6-2 No. 1316, aka, Texas State Railroad No. 500. This is a "new" boiler that was manufactur... (more)

One of Texas State Railroad's prized possessions is its Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. 4-6-2 No. 1316. This is the original running gear of that locomotive, built by Baldwin Locomotive W... (more)

One of Texas State Railroad's prized possessions is its Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. 4-6-2 No. 1316. This is the original boiler of that locomotive, built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, ... (more)

Looking rather incomplete, AT&SF Pacific #1316 waits quietly in the yard at Rusk. Her new boiler is on site, but an engineering oversight means it will need rebuilt before it even has its first fi... (more)

Mother to slug 123. Ohhhhhhh I got so tired of these things around north and south Texas during those days. They were like flies, always wanting to swat them away...those were the days :-)