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The Tommy G. Robertson Railroad is a heritage railroad and amusement park attraction located in the Six Flags St. Louis amusement park in Eureka, Missouri. It opened with the park on June 5, 1971, when it was then known as the "Six Flags Railroad". [1] Years later, it was renamed the "Tommy G. Robertson Railroad".
The North American Aviation T-6 Texan is an American single-engined advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), United States Air Force (USAF), United States Navy, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and other air forces of the British Commonwealth during World War II and into the 1970s.
The Model 3000/T-6 is a low-wing cantilever monoplane with enclosed tandem seating for two. It is powered by a single Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-68 turboprop engine in tractor configuration with an aluminum, 97-inch (8.1 ft; 2.5 m), four-blade, constant-speed, variable pitch, non-reversing, feathering propeller assembly and has retractable tricycle landing gear.
The only other Six Flags park still operating steam locomotives is Six Flags St. Louis, with the Tommy G. Robertson Railroad. The two locomotives at sister park Six Flags Over Georgia, the Texas and the General, had diesel engines mounted in their tenders in 2005 and were no longer run as steam locomotives. [3]
It operates T-1 Jayhawk, T-6 Texan II, and T-38 Talon aircraft conducting flight training. The 96th flew combat in the European Theater of Operations and the Mediterranean Theater of Operations between 25 December 1942 and 3 May 1945. It flew fighter escort and air defense from 1947 to 1949 and air defense from 1951 to 1957.
Navy T-6B Texan IIs belonging to Training Air Wing 5 out of NAS Whiting Field. In 1988, the United States Navy (USN) and the United States Air Force (USAF) were at a unique moment in history; they reached a point where they could work together, and provide a cost-effective solution to pilot production, specifically primary training.
The California State Fair kicked off at Cal Expo on Friday, offering almost 50 carnival rides. The carnival, where games and rides are located, is open from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
Sunshine Special - St. Louis - El Paso and Laredo, Texas; Texan - St. Louis - San Antonio and Houston; Texas Eagle — St. Louis–various Texas points - western section going to El Paso, with connecting Southern Pacific service to Los Angeles; southwestern section to Laredo, with car change for Mexico City; southern section going to Houston