Historical Markers in Texas

Old Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific Railroad Engine No. 5

Transport·Scurry County·Texas

A Baldwin locomotive of the Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific--the railroad that reached here in 1908 with passenger and freight service, and contributed greatly to growth of city and area. This engine (a coal burner converted later to fuel oil) was built in 1920 in Philadelphia; placed in park in 1956. (1967)

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32.7064, -100.8891

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