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1. Waco Transit Company Car Travels Across Brazos River Bridge - 1948, December 12

   SNAPSHOT: A Waco Transit Company car travels over the Texas Electric Interurban Bridge. The Washington Avenue Bridge can be seen to the left. View looking northwest. See: Map 7, Detail 71

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. Waco Transit Company Car at Municipal Building - 1948, July 3

   A Waco Transit Company car, northbound on Third Street and filled with passengers, passes Waco City Hall. The tracks ran northeast up Austin Ave, turned almost north on 3rd St and then back northeast going around the Municipal Building (City Hall) on an unnamed street, no longer in existence. The photo catalogued as CP.2007.CL.1-1108, shows a car on Austin Avenue approaching Third Street and the Municipal Building. See: Map 7, Detail 71

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. Waco Transit Company City Car 250 - 1947, July 8

   SNAPSHOT: Waco Transit Company City Car 250 at the Waco Carbarn. This steel car was red, orange and cream in color. Waco Transit Company was formerly Texas Electric Railway.

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. Waco Transit Company City Car 250 at Waco Car Barn - 1947, July 8

   SNAPSHOT: Waco Transit Company steel City Car 250, formerly Texas Electric Railway at the Waco Car Barn. The car was described as Red-Orange and Cream in color. It was a D.T. (double truck - two trucks, each having two axles allowing the truck pivits under the body of the car to go around curves). It was also a D.E. (double end - equipment that did not require loops at the end of the line -- it could be operated from either end of the car)...

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. Waco Transit Company City Car 251 on the East Waco Line - aft 1945

   Waco Transit Company City Car 251 travels through a residential area on the East Waco Line. Waco Transit took over the East Waco Line in 1946. Note the squared-off side windows - a detail applied to a few Waco City Cars by Texas Electric. See: Map 7, Detail 71

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. Walker Substation looking South - ca 1928

   Two tracks on the Dallas-Corsicana line converge into the horizon at the Walker Substation; view looking south. Note what appears to be two men sitting in the south window opening. See: Map 5, Detail 46

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. Waxahachie Local Car 95 - ca 1920-1929

   Waxahachie local car 95, after a mishap, in the Waxahachie Station Yard. This single-truck city car, an ex-Citizens Railway (Waco) car rewired for 1200v operation, would soon be replaced by home-made safety cars. See: Map 4, Detail 38

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. Waxahachie T&NO Level Crossing - 1949, January 9

   SNAPSHOT: Texas Electric Railway Level Crossing with Texas & New Orleans Railroad (T&NO); view looking east. A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level. See: Map 4, Detail 38

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. Waxahachie T&NO Level Crossing - 1949, January 9

   SNAPSHOT: Texas Electric Railway Level Crossing - Texas and New Orleans Railroad (T&NO); view looking north. A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level. See: Map 4, Detail 38

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. West Passenger and Transformer Stations - 1949, January 9

    SNAPSHOT: Texas Electric Railway Passenger and Transformer stations at West, TX. See: Map 7, Detail 67

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. West Passenger and Transformer Stations - 1949, January 9

    SNAPSHOT: Texas Electric Railway Passenger and Transformer stations at West, TX. See: Map 7, Detail 67

    Record Type: Photo

    
12. West Toward Dallas Railway & Terminal Company Shops - 1949, June

    SNAPSHOT: Looking west toward the Dallas Railway and Terminal Company shops in Oak Cliff. The city streetcar is unidentified.

    Record Type: Photo

    
13. White Siding and Substation - 1948, December 19

    SNAPSHOT: Texas Electric Railway White Siding and substation; view looking south. See: Map 2, Detail 17

    Record Type: Photo

    
14. Woodlake Casino Program

    SNAPSHOT: Woodlake Casino entertainment program for the week of 21 May. The casino was a 20,000 square-foot Victorian, which accommodated 900 people and offered Vaudeville-type shows and plays.

    Record Type: Photo

    
15. Woodlake Siding and Substation - 1948, December 19

    SNAPSHOT: Texas Electric Railway Woodlake siding; view looking south to the south switch. The Woodlake Substation sits to the right. See: Map 1, Detail 2

    Record Type: Photo

    
16. Woodlake Stop - 1948, August 8

    SNAPSHOT: Texas Electric Railway Woodlake Stop. Note the manual control block signal in the distance. See: Map 1, Detail 2

    Record Type: Photo

    
17. Woodlake Substation - 2024, March 16

    Photoshopped digital file of the former Texas Electric Railway Woodlake Transformer Station (substation). When Strickland interests gained control of the Denison and Sherman in 1909, one of the first moves was to construct this substation at Woodlake, which lay between the two cities. This building was still standing in early 2024. The transformer station lies on private property. See: Map 1, Detail 2

    Record Type: Photo

    
18. Woodlake Transformer Station - 1948, December 19

    SNAPSHOT: Texas Electric Railway Woodlake Transformer Station (substation). When Strickland interests gained control of the Denison and Sherman in 1909, one of the first moves was to construct this substation at Woodlake, which lay between the two cities. This building was still standing in late 2021. To reach the Woodlake area, take Woodlake Road east off of Texoma Parkway [Hwy 91], north of Sherman. The lake and the transformer station l...

    Record Type: Photo

    
19. Wrecked Auto Beside TER Track - ca 1920-1929

    GLASS-PLATE NEGATIVE PRINT: View of wrecked auto alongside a Texas Electric Railway track. The wreck appears to be upside down(license plate 71927_) in a shallow ravine, over which the elevated railroad tracks run. In the background, you can see what is most likely the photographers car.

    Record Type: Photo

    
20. Wrecked Automobile on Corsicana Line-Rice - ca 1920-1929

    GLASS-PLATE NEGATIVE PRINT: A wrecked automobile on the Texas Electric Railway Corsicana Line. This photo, taken looking west, is of a wrecked automobile on the Corsicana Line at Rice, Texas. Any time an accident occurred involving Texas Electric Railway cars, the staff photographer was required to document the wreckage, which was what occurred here. The track and bed in this photograph was subject to deferred maintenance. There were ...

    Record Type: Photo