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1. Trip Down Dallas-Waco Line - Waxahachie Depot - 2009

   Trip Down Dallas-Waco Line - Waxahachie Depot; Located at 501 S. Rogers St.; Close up of an entrance to the depot in 2009 Serving the community as a stop on the Missouri-Kansas-Texas rail line for many years, hauling locally grown cotton to markets and local soldiers to and from several wars. Passenger service was discontinued in 1964 but the depot continued to service freight trains on their way through Waxahachie until 1988. In 2007 the land...

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2. Trip Down Dallas-Waco Line - West Lumber Company Trip Down Dallas-Waco Line - Hillsboro Depot - 2009

   Trip Down Dallas-Waco Line - West Lumber Company; This was a TER depot in West, Texas located at the corner of Oak and Reagan Street; In 2024 it is a West Rentals See CP.2007.CL.1-1777 and CP.2007.CL.1-1778 for early views A 13 railway historians took a trip from Red Oak - Waxahachie - Milford - Hillsboro - West - Waco to see the Interurban Railway buildings on July 24, 2009

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3. Trucks on TER Class A Locomotive 801 - 1948, November 25

   SNAPSHOT: Texas Electric Railway Company Class A Locomotive 801 trucks detail. The trucks are Brill 27mcb-3x trucks, 36" wheels. The photo was taken in the Monroe Shops Yard. See: Map 3; Map 8, Detail A

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4. Tulsa-Sapula Union (TSU) Railway Car 1004

   Tulsa-Sapula Union (TSU) Railway Car 1004 ran between Tulsa and Sapula, Oklahoma; This car was a Class B-1 50 ton built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in 1928 and retired in 1960. (information from the Internet) The picture was from a Bank One envelope dated 1995. Walter P. Donalson III collected photographs of Cars from various Railways across the United States and countries.

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5. Two African-American Men in Dallas Passenger Terminal - 1948, December 31

   SNAPSHOT: Two African-American men stand in the Texas Electric Railway Company Passenger Terminal beside one of the cars. The man on the right may be Walter Robinson, who worked for Texas Electric in the Main building in downtown Dallas; he drove and turned the cars around to put them in position for their runs. The man on the left is Rodney Johnson.

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6. U.S. Mail RPO Logo - 1941

   SNAPSHOT: The U.S. Mail Railroad Post Office (RPO) logo on a car at the Dallas Terminal. See: Map 8, Detail C

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7. Underside of TER Trestle between Cooper and Watson Stops - 1949, January 9

   SNAPSHOT: Underside of long Texas Electric Railway trestle between Cooper and Watson Stops, north of Italy. See: Map 4, Map 6

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8. Unidentified Motorman Beside Waco City Car - ca 1912-1913

   Unidentified motorman beside Waco City Car on the north 9th Line at 13th and Colcord (end of the line).

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9. Unidentified TER Express (Box) Trail Car - 1946, February 24

   Texas Electric Railway unidentified Express (Box) Trailer at the Denison Shops. See: Map 1 Detail 1; Denison Station Detail

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10. Unidentified TER Express Trail Car at Monroe Shops - 1948, November 25

    SNAPSHOT: Unidentified Texas Electric Railway Company Express Trail car on the back lot in the Monroe Shops Yard; side view. See: Map 3; Map 8, Detail A

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11. Unidentified TER Passenger Motor Approaches Lisbon Siding - 1948

    SNAPSHOT: An unidentified Texas Electric Railway Company passenger motor approaches Lisbon Siding, inbound to Dallas. See: Map 3, 8

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12. Unidentified TER Passenger Motor at Woodlake Siding - 1948, December 19

    SNAPSHOT: Unidentified Texas Electric Railway Company passenger motor at Woodlake Siding, between Denison and Sherman; view looking north. Woodlake Siding tracks are to the left. See: Map 1, Detail 2

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13. Unidentified TER Passenger Motor in Downtown Dallas - 1948, January 31

    SNAPSHOT: Unidentified Texas Electric Railway Company passenger motor in downtown Dallas. See: Map 3, 8

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14. Union Tank Car Company Transformer Oil Car - UTLX 69017 - 1948, August 8

    SNAPSHOT: A Union Tank Car Company transformer oil car, UTLX 69017, sits in the Texas Electric Railway Express & Freight Yards in Sherman. A history of the Union Tank Car Company is found at: http://www.utlx.com/history.html. Some notes are found following: In 1891, the nation fought a war over oil. The battlegrounds were not overseas deserts, but the halls of the U.S. Congress. The government, armed with the newly created Interstate Comm...

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15. Unknown Residential Area - ca 1920-1929

    Unknown residential area.

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16. Vestibule of Texas Traction Interurban Trail Car 39 - 1911, September 29

    Rear vestibule of Texas Traction Interurban Trail Car 39. This car was built by American Car & Foundry Company in 1911. The vestibule was the area that separated the passenger seating area and the exit. In this case, it also had a hand brake, which when rotated, applied the brake. This was done when laying up a car at the end of a trip. This was a two-man car, as delivered, so the vestibule would have had the steps from car floor height do...

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17. Vickery Crash: Passenger Motor 365 Interior Damage - ca 1948, April 10

    SNAPSHOT: Interior of Texas Electric Railway Passenger Motor 365 wrecked in an April 10, 1948 accident. It shows the chaos created by the impact of the wreck. At about 7:40 A.M. on April 10, 1948, southbound train 3 (Car 365) met northbound train 6 (Car 366) north of Kirkland siding, near the present day Royal Lane in north Dallas, with the result of a crash between the two cars. There were no fatalities, but thirty passengers and the 365...

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18. Vickery Crash: Passenger Motors 365, 366 - 1948, April 10

    SNAPSHOT: This photograph, taken from the east side of the line, is of the Vickery crash which involved Texas Electric Railway Company Passenger Motors 365 and 366. A group of on-lookers and rescuers, to include a mounted individual, mill about. An engine is backed up to Car 366. At about 7:40 A.M. on April 10, 1948, southbound train 3 (Car 365) met northbound train 6 (Car 366) north of Kirkland siding, near the present day Royal Lane in nor...

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19. Vickery Crash: Passenger Motors 365, 366 - 1948, April 10

    SNAPSHOT: This photograph is of the Vickery crash which involved Texas Electric Railway Company Passenger Motors 365 and 366. A group of on-lookers and rescuers mill about. Engine 953 is backed up to Car 365. At about 7:40 A.M. on April 10, 1948, southbound train 3 (Car 365) met northbound train 6 (Car 366) north of Kirkland siding, near the present day Royal Lane in north Dallas, with the result of a crash between the two cars. There we...

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20. Vickery Siding - 1948, December 19

    SNAPSHOT: Texas Electric Railway Vickery Siding; view looking south. Vickery, located just south of what is now Walnut Hill Lane in Dallas, only had a siding with a telephone. Just north of Vickery was Jenkins Substation. See: Map 3, Map 8

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