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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRR-Right2-. a six and a half hour schedule between Houston and Dallas, had been making conditional stops at {College Station could obtain credit and remain open. Cushing's efforts were successful and plans to consolidate Texas A&M with the University of Texas were dropped. The Cushing Memorial Library at Texas A&M is named in his honor. pother Texas A&M graduate with strong ties to the T&.ND was Harold J. McKenzie. While a student at A&M he played the violin and made a series of records in 1926 with A&M student Carl Sprague who was known as "The Singing Cowboy." McKenzie was an honor student at ASM and graduated in 1927. He later served as a councilor on the Texas A&M Research Foundation. McKenzie began his career with Southern Pacific in the engineer- ing dept at Houston. He served as project engineer for the Pecos Bridge undertaking during World War 11 and became chief engineer for the T&NG in 1945. While in that position he 10 Cushing's friends claimed that during his railroad career with Southern Pacific he lobbied the railroad to improve passenger service to College Station to attract more students to the school. College Station's favored status HHarold j McKenzie enzie - Cushing Memorial Libr err y &,47 -chives, Texas A&M University with the railroad was certainly evident when on June .5,1938 SP's streamlined. Sunbeam, train Nos. 13 and 14, began making conditional stops there. The .heavyweight Sunbeam, which had been. inaugurated on September 6, 1925 on was selected. in 1950 by SP President Russell as SP's first candidate to attend the Advanced M-uiagement Program at Harvard. McKenzie was then scant to SP subsidiary Cotton Belt as executive vice president. He became .president of The Cotton Belt in 1951 and remained: in that position until. 1969. He was Ch.airn-ian of the Board of. Southwesteirn. Transportation Co. and from September. 1969 to retire- ment served as executive vice presi- dent of Southern Pacific Company at Houston. Don Hof'soir i er noted in his book The Southern .Pacific 1901- 1985, that McKenzie was loth "popu- lar and respected"when he retired from the Cotton Belt. SP Trainline Winter 2005 14OUSTON,r DALLAS, FOR" WORTH, COLORADO SPRINGS, DENVER ...... LV Ar since Uctober �,4 tX The streamlined Sunbeam was dif- 17 _� r re . had begun service September • ,w � 19 stiff competition h e 9, � � mop on wit 1 37 "n st' th til ,�� ,��� - Burlington -Rock Island on an expedit- 40 Walter........ ed non-stop schedule of four hours 45 can, parlor ear and a diner -observation r; minutes between Houston. and Dallas. .44 49 wVA�p e%:yL�.i Psir�.r .r. .. .t .r .* . The rival run between these two cities 54 Yih1.-......i. r.. was the Burlington -Rock Island's Sana 61 g Lout $y...... ._. a Houston Z'eph_ yr running via North 7 01 Na �. . e A ....... Zilch and Teague. When inaugurated 3 Ndle ...... ....... , W N on October 1, 1936 the Sain Houston �rsN millima . , ... BY 1 rC Welllw a .. » Zephyr- made the run in four hours and u ten minutes. f � v K` r ✓x Zr iri3is.......,...:.r.. le SP spent $650,000 to improve tlNo 2 U Bemohiey.... U. roadbed and safety between Houston 3}I 14m as ..... . r . .. and Dallas before the streamlined @A' Lie Hie:.... _... v . _ - . Ar •3 S 1A.ii 49 cahmcc ............. LV 9 2 Sunbeam was put into service. This on �g�,��Y.#�:4�d. ......... " 64.4r ... ...w a Y 30 H7 d" included elevating curves, 47 miles of Bus �vodum i#Wntrt 3 new 112 -pound rail., fresh ballast and f 19D flasher signals at major highway grade 5 187 ;s 3T�..,..........3i crossings. And because of the higher { �8 � f, i6 Cu.r.. w..r.. r.%- ++19197 Houston & Texas Central 4-4_0 266 powers an 11 -car special operating speeds of the Sunbeam, 52 semaphore u R'"t4.............. � p as 2-17, which took the Texas A&M A.ggies to Waco for a game. The masts had to be relocated to space b iyW final score was Texas AMM 3, Baylor 0.-C'ushingMemorial Libraiy & there out at -neater intervals. - y _ .!Archives Texas A& University y Where were two sets of streamlined 5' Over 2,500 cadets crowd the platform at College Sunbeam equipment, each consisting k Em1e........ tv . a Station as the prepare to depart for a 1930 foot- y ` of a streamlined Pacific locomotive, tv _ ball game in Lincoln, Nebraska. - Cushing Memorial baggage car, separated chair car, four It g7Mil��d :........... r .r ... 2+5 of Fermi, ....r..., ..... �f Library &Archives, TexasA&IVT University articulated chair cars, a parlor car and could obtain credit and remain open. Cushing's efforts were successful and plans to consolidate Texas A&M with the University of Texas were dropped. The Cushing Memorial Library at Texas A&M is named in his honor. pother Texas A&M graduate with strong ties to the T&.ND was Harold J. McKenzie. While a student at A&M he played the violin and made a series of records in 1926 with A&M student Carl Sprague who was known as "The Singing Cowboy." McKenzie was an honor student at ASM and graduated in 1927. He later served as a councilor on the Texas A&M Research Foundation. McKenzie began his career with Southern Pacific in the engineer- ing dept at Houston. He served as project engineer for the Pecos Bridge undertaking during World War 11 and became chief engineer for the T&NG in 1945. While in that position he 10 Cushing's friends claimed that during his railroad career with Southern Pacific he lobbied the railroad to improve passenger service to College Station to attract more students to the school. College Station's favored status HHarold j McKenzie enzie - Cushing Memorial Libr err y &,47 -chives, Texas A&M University with the railroad was certainly evident when on June .5,1938 SP's streamlined. Sunbeam, train Nos. 13 and 14, began making conditional stops there. The .heavyweight Sunbeam, which had been. inaugurated on September 6, 1925 on was selected. in 1950 by SP President Russell as SP's first candidate to attend the Advanced M-uiagement Program at Harvard. McKenzie was then scant to SP subsidiary Cotton Belt as executive vice president. He became .president of The Cotton Belt in 1951 and remained: in that position until. 1969. He was Ch.airn-ian of the Board of. Southwesteirn. Transportation Co. and from September. 1969 to retire- ment served as executive vice presi- dent of Southern Pacific Company at Houston. Don Hof'soir i er noted in his book The Southern .Pacific 1901- 1985, that McKenzie was loth "popu- lar and respected"when he retired from the Cotton Belt. SP Trainline Winter 2005 14OUSTON,r DALLAS, FOR" WORTH, COLORADO SPRINGS, DENVER ...... LV 1114 s�44.. .................. Ar r15SUNBEAM �,4 uT1s.,... _....tv x 17 t ... ..... .. Y 25 �{ +. . i ` yixyi. �.{{��".�y[ /��..r. LV gnue G. . A-. r.. r... 34 . R . w . • �..r R custom-buUt StwGAnH a with ObOr 40 Walter........ ..... can, parlor ear and a diner -observation r; Y .44 49 wVA�p e%:yL�.i Psir�.r .r. .. .t .r .* . �y 54 Yih1.-......i. r.. 61 g Lout $y...... ._. a 7 01 Na �. . e A ....... � t 75 Ndle ...... ....... , W N y[ d 79 millima . , ... BY 1 rC Welllw a .. » 2 98 Zr iri3is.......,...:.r.. car ­ stops at intermediate s#,atiaaaL Fast# 2 U Bemohiey.... U. y 34 3}I 14m as ..... . r . .. @A' Lie Hie:.... _... v . _ - . Ar •3 S 1A.ii 49 cahmcc ............. LV 9 2 �36; 1413a on �g�,��Y.#�:4�d. ......... " 64.4r ... ...w a Y 30 H7 d" ll i Bus �vodum i#Wntrt 3 aJ..&}.�v---t:�em" i( mA TbmmL sad. Ggl--Texas �.w/W/!�4 ,1��. floe. 19D a &I ............... f" 5 187 ;s 3T�..,..........3i i[.1� �1 3 { �8 � f, i6 Cu.r.. w..r.. r.%- ++19197 � 11o=6= wd Dafln c. beyo6 r' b i[ liW W- u R'"t4.............. � p 1� r tr, orr�fiva " �. �� p� Aim .............. aT 134! iyW ti 0` 10r�.r..4...... i�R s; km 2M... tvJ Urn* .,..r.._...... �1 230 k Em1e........ tv . 2§0 tv °e vfF It g7Mil��d :........... r .r ... 2+5 of Fermi, ....r..., ..... �f ... 249 14 Witmer........... � ... 253 i v Hutchin.......... . 00 "sFE d- on Oft to 0120SIa PSY PMWW" far PdRt@ VWt 1 1114 s�44.. .................. r15SUNBEAM �,4 f; . y.,E14.[1.....-...... 4, i t i .......,.a.s33 *9 a......." rrr_A yixyi. �.{{��".�y[ /��..r. LV gnue G. . A-. r.. r... " is r.W da.Tew " :'.. , : k At K. .&S;tY Air-Covd.Maoa Service Between UOUS ON-nAr LAS graZANUMM a Miner -lounge --observation. Three streamlined Pacifies numbered 6:50-- 6.52 were assigned to Sunbeam service. The colors of the streamlined Sunbeam were the same as Southern Pacific's Los Angeles to San Francisco stream- lined .Daylight. On June 5, 1938, despite the com-- petition with the Sam Houston Gepbyr, Southern Pacific changed its schedules and added College Station and Ennis as conditional steps at the same time reducing the running time to four hours and twenty five minutes. (On the same day, the Scare Houston Zephyr cut its run to an even four hours. The Texas A&M graduate and World War 11 hero Audie Murphy detraining from either the Sunbeam or Hustler at College Station and being greeted by the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets in 1949. -Cushing Memorial Library &Archives, Texas A&M University 12 exas A&M's contributions to the war Ffort were highlighted in the 1943 iniversal Pictures movie "We've Never ,een Licked," filmed mostly on the exas A&M Campus. The cast included dchard Quine, Anne Gwynne, Martha Mr scoll, Noah Berry, Jr., William 'rawley and Bob Mitchum. The movie as scenes of the SunbeamlHustler passing trough the countryside, inside the train rid at the College Station depot. This )bby card depicts Richard Quine, Anne Twynne and William Frawley aboard the mnbeam en route College Station from in an early scene in the movie. The Texas A&M Class of 1960 has obtained exclu- sive rights to the film and converted it to DVD. Copies of the black and white film can be obtained from bookstores in College Station or ordering information can be obtained from The Association of Former Students at Texas A&M. All profits go to the new corps visitors center at Texas A&M and project sixty. -Collection of Tons Wisdoin `60 3 e�hyr's route however was fourteen miles shorter than the Sunbeam's.) When the Sunbeam reduced its running time in June 1938, schedules were revised so each train would make one round trip. Each set would make a local run in the morning with Sunbeam streamlined equipment making local stops as the Hustler. Each set would then depart Dallas and Houston in the early evening running express as the Sunbeam. This schedule provided double daily streamliner service and provided smaller towns along the route with luxury ser- vice. SP also operated a night train called the Owl over the same route. - The Sunbeams, Hustlers and Awls brought a much-needed commodity to 'Texas A&M _ pretty Texas Girls. Texas A&M was all male at the time these trains were operating so these trains brought an influx of women to the campus for special events or to just see their sweethearts. (Texas A&M gradually went co-ed in 19+63 becom- ing fully co-ed by 1.971.) World War II brought an increase in passenger rail traffic to the Bryant' College Station area. Bryan Army Air Field (later Bryan Air Force Base) was activated in 1943 six miles west of Bryan. The instrument training SP Trainline Winter 2005 r15SUNBEAM �,4 125 gra • ♦.. rrr_A 24MIL96--m IMU}S . 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VUtW1& on be to detesln f+47► @� ice, { lad i1B s as it fait fs..... f_Jkg owp its tatvdn ag detmin pey Pwom*n- I 1,0 t-- us d Om mks at eremmzi with bra M I J aw 91 .y _a ..... - ... h-4kop Iq to 604wa Pq POOLOOM rot Wit. ,tet I P •r .ea �• form posenmu ftm Nuvswta wersi. .... , ... _ ir—'#til ea#.mW or detrain pay era to a!r rom Z=i5 to WIS .. .:, s ow Howtan Or�• Np be �rnn .....:... sash (wM he hs"id pn VWMtrate � � , X— Z mei► aht bre�cfa;t� (daily awmppt &udsy) s►t CW M" ?A6 for 8r<rwssvi a oz . . , 700 near ata wa4 and Iwo a. m, ..+.! ,.... ;�,to v � fpm potato as Fig W SW , ivWm a Miner -lounge --observation. Three streamlined Pacifies numbered 6:50-- 6.52 were assigned to Sunbeam service. The colors of the streamlined Sunbeam were the same as Southern Pacific's Los Angeles to San Francisco stream- lined .Daylight. On June 5, 1938, despite the com-- petition with the Sam Houston Gepbyr, Southern Pacific changed its schedules and added College Station and Ennis as conditional steps at the same time reducing the running time to four hours and twenty five minutes. (On the same day, the Scare Houston Zephyr cut its run to an even four hours. The Texas A&M graduate and World War 11 hero Audie Murphy detraining from either the Sunbeam or Hustler at College Station and being greeted by the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets in 1949. -Cushing Memorial Library &Archives, Texas A&M University 12 exas A&M's contributions to the war Ffort were highlighted in the 1943 iniversal Pictures movie "We've Never ,een Licked," filmed mostly on the exas A&M Campus. The cast included dchard Quine, Anne Gwynne, Martha Mr scoll, Noah Berry, Jr., William 'rawley and Bob Mitchum. The movie as scenes of the SunbeamlHustler passing trough the countryside, inside the train rid at the College Station depot. This )bby card depicts Richard Quine, Anne Twynne and William Frawley aboard the mnbeam en route College Station from in an early scene in the movie. The Texas A&M Class of 1960 has obtained exclu- sive rights to the film and converted it to DVD. Copies of the black and white film can be obtained from bookstores in College Station or ordering information can be obtained from The Association of Former Students at Texas A&M. All profits go to the new corps visitors center at Texas A&M and project sixty. -Collection of Tons Wisdoin `60 3 e�hyr's route however was fourteen miles shorter than the Sunbeam's.) When the Sunbeam reduced its running time in June 1938, schedules were revised so each train would make one round trip. Each set would make a local run in the morning with Sunbeam streamlined equipment making local stops as the Hustler. Each set would then depart Dallas and Houston in the early evening running express as the Sunbeam. This schedule provided double daily streamliner service and provided smaller towns along the route with luxury ser- vice. SP also operated a night train called the Owl over the same route. - The Sunbeams, Hustlers and Awls brought a much-needed commodity to 'Texas A&M _ pretty Texas Girls. Texas A&M was all male at the time these trains were operating so these trains brought an influx of women to the campus for special events or to just see their sweethearts. (Texas A&M gradually went co-ed in 19+63 becom- ing fully co-ed by 1.971.) World War II brought an increase in passenger rail traffic to the Bryant' College Station area. Bryan Army Air Field (later Bryan Air Force Base) was activated in 1943 six miles west of Bryan. The instrument training SP Trainline Winter 2005