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Metadata
Object Name |
Map |
Title |
Hand-drawn Texas Electric Railway Waco Division Map 23 |
Event |
Writing the Book Texas Electric Railway |
Date |
1957, July 3 |
Scope & Content |
Hand-drawn Texas Electric Railway Waco Division map. Map 23 shows Texas Electric Railway track around Forreston in Ellis County. Noteable features are Carroll Stop, Yale Siding, Coleman Stop and Shelter, Hamlin Stop, Highway US 77, FM 329, Forreston Passenger Station, Lumpkins Stop, Tander Siding, Cooper Stop, and the Missouri-Kansas-Texas (MKT) Railroad. Created by Johnnie J. Myers and Walter Donaldson, while riding in the rear of a Texas Electric Railway car on the Denison and Waco lines. The number of the map is indicated by a circled number in the bottom right corner. This detailed map was later redrawn by Steve Scalzo from the Central Electric Railfans Association (CERA) for Johnnie J. Myers' book, Texas Electric Railway. This section can be seen on Map 4, detail 42, 43, and 44. |
Associated People |
Donalson, Walter P., Jr. Myers, Johnnie J. |
Search Terms |
Carroll Stop Coleman Shelter Coleman Stop Cooper Stop Ellis County FM 329 Forreston Forreston Passenger Station Hamlin Stop Highway US 77 Icon-Waco Division Maps Lumpkins Stop Map Map 4 Map 4 Detail 42 Map 4 Detail 43 Map 4 Detail 44 Missouri Kansas and Texas Railroad Tander Siding Waco Division Yale Siding |
Collection |
Johnnie J. Myers Collection |
Catalog Number |
CP.2006.CL.1-130-47 |