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Wow, this one is a challenge. The background buildings are driving me crazy.
It's not just the possible overpass/trainshed that's bugging me, it's also that building off to the side at the rear. It looks kinda' sky-scraperish, which eliminates a LOT of cities and towns along the T&NO (But not San Antonio or Houston). I am trying to remember if the SP's station in Houston was a through station or stub-end. The trouble is that I'm Dallas-raised, I don't know how the SP handled their trains in Houston and what happened once they got there. I'm inclined to say that it's probably San Antonio, judging from the building over to the side, but the overpass/trainshed detail confuses me. Of course that part of town changed a lot. I do think it's 1940's, judging from the womens' hair styles and by the lettering on the tender. The tender says "Southern Pacific." Sometime in the late 1930's/early 1940's, the SP stopped spelling out Southern Pacific Lines and started lettering their steam locomotives SOUTHERN PACIFIC." Sorry I can't do better. --Lee DeGolyer To: ttat-members@aoot.com Subject: Southern Pacific Steam Pic. Where is it? From: rbd1949@aol.com Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:21:55 -0500 Mom and dad found this picture up in Georgetown, TX at an antique shop a few years back. It appears to be Southern Pacific's westbound Train #5 The Argonaut being pulled by Texas & New Orleans GS-1 #707. The Argonaut ran from LA to New Orleans daily and was the slower, all heavyweight counterpart to the Sunset Limited. My question for you guys is where was this picture taken?
Most everyone seems to think it is in San Antonio. Some have said its Phoenix but the The Argonaut ran thru Maricopa and bypassed Phoenix. Problem with that is San Antonio has covers over the platforms. I can't make sense of the possible overpass in the background either. GS-1's never ran east of Houston on the Sunset Route. They only ran west of El Paso after 1952 when the T&NO was dieselized. The 9 GS-1's, #707 included, that went back to the Pacific lines after that and were renumbered into the 4400 series by 1953.
So what do ya'll think?
Ricky
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