Texas Mexican Railway

The Tex-Mex was an original owner, it acquired two DS4-4-750s new from Baldwin:
Other models were acquired from other sources.

$Texas-Mexican 501$
Baldwin Locomotives Magazine

501

In 1939 the Tex-Mex acquired Baldwin VO powered Whitcomb boxcabs #501-507

- for roster details see: Extra 2200 South Issue 42

- see Diesels for the Texas Mexican Railway , Second Quarter 1939 Baldwin Locomotives Magazine page 26

photo by: Mel Lawrence
- collection of Mark Laundry
June 5, 1971

511

VO1000
c/n 644275 b/d 10/1942

- built as St. Louis Southwestern(Cotton Belt) #1001
- acquired 1964, scrapped 1972

photo by: Ken Douglas
- collection of Mark Laundry
Laredo TX. - 6/11/1964

509

DS4-4-750
c/n 74594 b/d 7/1949

- bought new from Baldwin
- may have ended up at Georgetown RR for parts [14]

photo by: Ed Chapman
- collection of Mark Laundry
Houston TX. - Feb. 27, 1977

510

DS4-4-750
c/n 74595 b/d 7/1949

- bought new from Baldwin
- to Texas Crushed Stone, 1979
- now at the Gulf Coast Railroad Museum

data source: [14] bibliography

The copyrights for all photos are assumed to rest with the photographers.

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