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Map of valley of Red River in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas between meridian 96°30′ and 98° west longitude: From topographic maps of the U.S. Geological Survey

Map of the Red River in Clay and Montague Counties, showing flood plains, cut banks, and sandy beaches along the river. The map also includes creeks, towns, and railroads (Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad and Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad). Scale [ca. 1:63,360] (1 mile to the inch).

Date: 1920

Item Type: Map

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Dining Car on the "Twin Star Rocket"]

Lunch is now being served aboard the Rock Island's "Twin Star Rocket" train No. 17, southbound, enroute from Minneapolis to Houston in 1951.

Date: 1951

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Twin Star Rocket" departing from Dallas]

Rock Island's " Twin Star Rocket" train No. 17, southbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 677, enroute from Minneapolis, Minnesota to Houston, leaves Dallas on the last portion of its run in 1951. This was one of the finest streamliners operating in the nation. Its route from the Twin Cities of the north to the Texas' metropolis adjacent to the Gulf covered a rail distance of 1,363 miles.

Date: 1951

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Firefly" entering Kansas City]

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad's "The Firefly" train No. 14-32, northbound, headed by a mountain type 4-8-2 locomotive, entering the Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, circa 1925.

Date: 1925~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[The "Texas Rocket" arriving in Dallas]

Photograph of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad's "Texas Rocket" train arriving in Dallas in 1949. In addition to the engine, a number of cars are visible, on curved tracks.

Date: 1949

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

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[News Clip: Texas railway]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Date: December 18, 1981, 10:00 p.m.

Duration: 1 minute 32 seconds

Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections