I Like the looks of these. The Texas Special engines.
The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company (M-K-T or Katy).
The Katy has its beginnings dating back to 1865 when the Union Pacific Railway (later changed to the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad in 1870)
The Texas Special was a passenger train. They named their cars after Texas Heroes. The dinning cars name was Sam Houston. The Pullmen sleepers had names like Crockett, Bowie, Fannin, Travis to name a few. Katy
Back in 1896, when more powerful engines coming onto the scene. Rail Roads had a surplus of steam engines. Most were sold for scrap. William George Crush, passenger agent for Katy, came up with an idea to stage a train crash. About 3 miles South or present day West, Texas they built a side track, and the town of Crush for a one day event. The "Crash and Crush". The event was promoted for months. They set up a grand stand. There was booths and a restaurant. The trains were painted, one with green trim the other with red. What was not supposed to happened did, both train boilers exploded. Train parts flew into the air into the audience. I bet that was a spectacular event.
You can read more about it at Texas Co Op Power
You can also read about it at Texas State Historical Association
One on the end and one in the middle has some broken plastic in the front;
The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company (M-K-T or Katy).
The Katy has its beginnings dating back to 1865 when the Union Pacific Railway (later changed to the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad in 1870)
The Texas Special was a passenger train. They named their cars after Texas Heroes. The dinning cars name was Sam Houston. The Pullmen sleepers had names like Crockett, Bowie, Fannin, Travis to name a few. Katy
Back in 1896, when more powerful engines coming onto the scene. Rail Roads had a surplus of steam engines. Most were sold for scrap. William George Crush, passenger agent for Katy, came up with an idea to stage a train crash. About 3 miles South or present day West, Texas they built a side track, and the town of Crush for a one day event. The "Crash and Crush". The event was promoted for months. They set up a grand stand. There was booths and a restaurant. The trains were painted, one with green trim the other with red. What was not supposed to happened did, both train boilers exploded. Train parts flew into the air into the audience. I bet that was a spectacular event.
You can read more about it at Texas Co Op Power
You can also read about it at Texas State Historical Association
One on the end and one in the middle has some broken plastic in the front;
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