![Chesapeake and Ohio](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503021-1.jpg)
San Antonio/Houston–St. Louis Texas Special on outskirts of Dallas, 1949.
Philip H. Leroy
![Chesapeake and Ohio](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503021-1-100x80.jpg)
![a diesel pulling passenger cars](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503022-1.jpg)
St. Louis–San Antonio/Houston Texas Special at Greenville, Texas, 1951.
R. S. Plummer
![a diesel pulling passenger cars](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503022-1-100x80.jpg)
![a steam engine pulling passenger cars in a rail yard](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503023-1.jpg)
San Antonio/Houston–St. Louis Katy Flyer at St. Louis, 1949.
Harold Williams
![a steam engine pulling passenger cars in a rail yard](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503023-1-100x80.jpg)
![a passenger car](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503024-1.jpg)
Coach J. Pinckney Henderson, Pullman-Standard’s first all-stainless-steel car; entered Texas Special service, 1954.
Classic Trains coll.
![a passenger car](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503024-1-100x80.jpg)
![a diesel and passenger cars by a passenger depot](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503025-1.jpg)
Denison–Fort Worth train 23 at Denton, Texas, 1952.
Charles M. Mizell Jr.
![a diesel and passenger cars by a passenger depot](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503025-1-100x80.jpg)
![a steam engine pulling passenger cars](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503091-1.jpg)
Waco–Kansas City local train 26 on outskirts of Oklahoma City, March 1946.
Preston George
![a steam engine pulling passenger cars](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503091-1-100x80.jpg)
![a passenger train at a depot](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503092-1.jpg)
Kansas City–San Antonio/Houston Bluebonnet at San Marcos, Texas, circa 1951.
William J. Husa Jr.
![a passenger train at a depot](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503092-1-100x80.jpg)
![a steam engine and passenger cars](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503093-1.jpg)
Kansas City–San Antonio/Houston Katy Limited south of Dallas, February 1948.
C. W. Whitbeck
![a steam engine and passenger cars](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503093-1-100x80.jpg)
![an observation car at the end of a passenger train](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503094-1.jpg)
St. Louis–San Antonio/Houston Texas Special at Dallas.
Classic Trains coll.
![an observation car at the end of a passenger train](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503094-1-100x80.jpg)
![a steam engine pulling passenger cars](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503095-1.jpg)
San Antonio/Houston–St. Louis Texas Special on outskirts of Dallas, December 1946.
Robert W. Richardson
![a steam engine pulling passenger cars](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503095-1-100x80.jpg)
![a dining car](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503161-1.jpg)
Dining car Sam Houston, built by Pullman-Standard for the Texas Special.
Classic Trains coll.
![a dining car](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503161-1-100x80.jpg)
![a steam engine pulling passenger cars](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503162-1.jpg)
Kansas City–San Antonio/Houston Bluebonnet at Dallas, 1950.
R. S. Plummer
![a steam engine pulling passenger cars](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503162-1-100x80.jpg)
![a diesel pulling passenger cars through a town](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503163-1.jpg)
Kansas City–San Antonio train 5, formerly named Katy Flyer, at Denison, Texas, April 1960.
David A. Strassman
![a diesel pulling passenger cars through a town](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503163-1-100x80.jpg)
![people cleaning the interior of a couch lounge car](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503164-1.jpg)
Car cleaners in coach-lounge of the Texas Special at San Antonio, August 1948.
Philip R. Hastings
![people cleaning the interior of a couch lounge car](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503164-1-100x80.jpg)
![A steam engine pulling passenger cars](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503165-1.jpg)
Woodward (Okla.)–Wichita Falls (Texas) train 53 at Altus, Okla., Feb. 10, 1946.
Preston George
![A steam engine pulling passenger cars](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503165-1-100x80.jpg)
![a steam engine pulling passenger cars by a field](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503231-1.jpg)
St. Louis–San Antonio Texas Special approaching San Antonio in July 1948, before E7 diesels took over from Pacifics.
Philip R. Hastings
![a steam engine pulling passenger cars by a field](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503231-1-100x80.jpg)
![a diesel pulling passenger cars past a depot](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503232-1.jpg)
St. Louis–San Antonio Katy Flyer at Parsons, Kans., November 1952.
M. Fred Lyon coll.
![a diesel pulling passenger cars past a depot](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503232-1-100x80.jpg)
![a rail diesel car](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503233-1.jpg)
RDC3 No. 20, Katy’s only RDC, on rear of train 6 at Denison, Texas, Aug. 11, 1959.
Charles M. Mizell Jr.
![a rail diesel car](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503233-1-100x80.jpg)
![a diesel pulling passenger cars](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503234-1.jpg)
St. Louis–San Antonio/Houston Texas Special at Dallas Union Terminal, 1949.
R. S. Plummer
![a diesel pulling passenger cars](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503234-1-100x80.jpg)
![an observation-lounge car](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503235-1.jpg)
Observation-lounge Stephen F. Austin on Texas Special at Dallas Union Terminal, 1950s.
Classic Trains coll.
![an observation-lounge car](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gp1503235-1-100x80.jpg)