Images of passenger service on "The Katy"
San Antonio/Houston–St. Louis Texas Special on outskirts of Dallas, 1949.
Philip H. Leroy
St. Louis–San Antonio/Houston Texas Special at Greenville, Texas, 1951.
R. S. Plummer
San Antonio/Houston–St. Louis Katy Flyer at St. Louis, 1949.
Harold Williams
Coach J. Pinckney Henderson, Pullman-Standard’s first all-stainless-steel car; entered Texas Special service, 1954.
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Denison–Fort Worth train 23 at Denton, Texas, 1952.
Charles M. Mizell Jr.
Waco–Kansas City local train 26 on outskirts of Oklahoma City, March 1946.
Preston George
Kansas City–San Antonio/Houston Bluebonnet at San Marcos, Texas, circa 1951.
William J. Husa Jr.
Kansas City–San Antonio/Houston Katy Limited south of Dallas, February 1948.
C. W. Whitbeck
St. Louis–San Antonio/Houston Texas Special at Dallas.
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San Antonio/Houston–St. Louis Texas Special on outskirts of Dallas, December 1946.
Robert W. Richardson
Dining car Sam Houston, built by Pullman-Standard for the Texas Special.
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Kansas City–San Antonio/Houston Bluebonnet at Dallas, 1950.
R. S. Plummer
Kansas City–San Antonio train 5, formerly named Katy Flyer, at Denison, Texas, April 1960.
David A. Strassman
Car cleaners in coach-lounge of the Texas Special at San Antonio, August 1948.
Philip R. Hastings
Woodward (Okla.)–Wichita Falls (Texas) train 53 at Altus, Okla., Feb. 10, 1946.
Preston George
St. Louis–San Antonio Texas Special approaching San Antonio in July 1948, before E7 diesels took over from Pacifics.
Philip R. Hastings
St. Louis–San Antonio Katy Flyer at Parsons, Kans., November 1952.
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RDC3 No. 20, Katy’s only RDC, on rear of train 6 at Denison, Texas, Aug. 11, 1959.
Charles M. Mizell Jr.
St. Louis–San Antonio/Houston Texas Special at Dallas Union Terminal, 1949.
R. S. Plummer
Observation-lounge Stephen F. Austin on Texas Special at Dallas Union Terminal, 1950s.
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