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1. Four TER Passenger Motors Converge at Niles Siding - 1948, July 3

   SNAPSHOT: Texas Electric Railway Passenger Motors northbound at Niles Siding; view looking south. Here, four Passenger Motors have converged. Three of the cars are northbound; cars 314 and 316 are on the left or east track while 328 is on the west track. A fourth car, unidentified, is southbound on the main (middle) track. Several CERA Railfan members can be seen taking photographs of the four cars from various locations. Niles Siding was j...

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2. TER 'Extra' Passenger Motor 328 - 1948, July 4

   Texas Electric Railway Company 'Extra' Passenger Motor 328, a Dallas Special, at an unidentified location on the Dallas-Waco Line. Date and event are assumed based on other photographs within the Griffith Collection.

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3. TER 'Extra' Passenger Motor 328 - 1948, July 4

   Texas Electric Railway Company 'Extra' Passenger Motor 328 at an unidentified location. This photograph was most likely taken as part of the 1948 CERA Fan Trip. Date and event are assumed based on other photographs within the Griffith Collection.

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. TER 'Extra' Passenger Motor 328 at Castle Siding - 1948, July 3

   Texas Electric Railway Company 'Extra' Passenger Motor 328 northbound at Castle Siding. On the siding are several freight trailcars; 2002 is the first freight trail car visible between the siding and passenger motor. Note the white flags on the Passenger Motor and the destination sign that reads 'Dallas Special'. Date and event are assumed based on other photographs within the Griffith Collection. See: Map 7, Detail 66

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. TER 'Extra' Passenger Motor 328 at Foot of Waxahachie Viaduct - 1948, July 3

   SNAPSHOT: Texas Electric Railway Company Passenger Motor 328 at the foot (north end) of the Waxahachie viaduct. See: Map 4, Detail 38

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. TER 'Extra' Passenger Motor 328 at Niles Siding - 1948, July 3

   SNAPSHOT: Northbound Texas Electric Railway Passenger Motor 328 stopped at Niles Siding. This car was a Dallas Special for CERA Fantrip participants, one of which can barely be seen in the left of the photograph. See: Map 3, Detail 26

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. TER 'Extra' Passenger Motor 328 at Niles Siding - 1948, July 3

   SNAPSHOT: Northbound Texas Electric Railway Passenger Motor 328 stopped at Niles Siding. This car was a Dallas Special for CERA Fantrip participants See: Map 3, Detail 26

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. TER 'Extra' Passenger Motor 328 at Waxahachie Station - 1948, July 3

   SNAPSHOT: Texas Electric Railway Passenger Motor 328 at the Waxahachie Station, located at North College and Water Streets. It's unknown if the unidentified men outside the Dallas Special car were part of the CERA Railfans Trip. See: Map 4, Detail 38; Waxahachie Station Detail

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. TER 'Extra' Passenger Motor 328 Crossing Brazos River - 1948, July 3

   Texas Electric Railway Company 'Extra' Passenger Motor 328 heading north, crossing the Waco Interurban bridge; view is looking south. To the left of the Interurban Bridge is the Waco Suspension Bridge, also known as the Waco Trolley Bridge. Date and event are assumed based on other photographs within the Griffith Collection. See: Map 7, Detail 71

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. TER 'Extra' Passenger Motor 328 Descending Waxahachie Viaduct - 1948, July 3

    SNAPSHOT: Northbound Texas Electric Railway Passenger Motor 328 descends the viaduct into downtown Waxahachie. Also known as the Waxahachie Creek trestle, this structure was built in 1913 by Southern Traction Company and continued in use under Texas Electric Railway after the merger of January 1917. The trestle design was pony plate girder and it's total length was 1,454 ft. It is no longer in existence. See: Map 4, Detail 38

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. TER 'Extra' Passenger Motor 328 Entering Lancaster - 1948, July 3

    SNAPSHOT: Texas Electric Railway Passenger Motor 328 entering Lancaster. The car is on the fill curve that crossed over Burlington-Rock Island Railroad (BRI) trackage, just south of town, near South Lancaster Siding. The BRI tracks, over which the interurban traversed in this location, had a long history. Lancaster obtained rail service in 1888 but it wasn't the Lancaster Tap Railroad they wanted. Dallas & Waco (D&W) Railway built south out...

    Record Type: Photo

    
12. TER 'Extra' Passenger Motor 328 in Downtown Hillsboro - 1948, July 3

    Texas Electric Railway Company 'Extra' Passenger Motor 328 runs in front of the Hill County Courthouse in Hillsboro. Date and event are assumed based on other photographs within the Griffith Collection. The car is running on Franklin Street. See: Map 6, Detail 62

    Record Type: Photo

    
13. TER 'Extra' Passenger Motor 328 in Front of Hillsboro Station - 1948, July 3

    SNAPSHOT: Northbound Texas Electric Railway Passenger Motor 328 nears the front of Hillsboro station on Franklin Street. The Hill County Courthouse can be seen in the background. See: Map 6, Detail 62

    Record Type: Photo

    
14. TER 'Extra' Passenger Motor 328 in West - 1948, July 3

    Southbound Texas Electric Railway Company 'Extra' Passenger Motor 328 [Train 328] on Regan Street in West. This 'extra' car was reserved for the CERA Fantrip on this date. See: Map 7 Detail 67

    Record Type: Photo

    
15. TER 'Extra' Passenger Motor 328 in West Texas - 1948, July 3

    Texas Electric Railway Company 'Extra' Passenger Motor 328 in West, Texas. Note the prominent white flags on each side of the car. These indicated a car was a 'Special', in this case a 'Dallas Special' as noted on the front sign by the passenger entry. Another term for this type car was an 'extra'; in this case, 'extra 328'. The flags were also used to indicate a car was not on a schedule; it was running between scheduled trains. The perfec...

    Record Type: Photo

    
16. TER 'Extra' Passenger Motor 328 Leaving Italy Depot - 1948, July 3

    SNAPSHOT: CERA Railfan members, aboard Dallas Special Texas Electric Railway Passenger Motor 328, pull out of the Italy Passenger Station loop heading south. Main Street is filled with cars and a church can be seen in the background. See: Map 6, Detail 55

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17. TER 'Extra' Passenger Motor 328 Meets Passenger Motor 308 at Italy Station - 1948, July 3

    SNAPSHOT: Texas Electric Railway 'Extra' Passenger Motor 328 meets Car 308 at Italy Station. Standing in front of 328 is H. G. Floyd (far left), General Superintendent, who was in charge of the CERA Railfan trip for Texas Electric and for most of the trip, he operated the car. He enlisted Frank Krejcik MCERA, who was a Chicago, Aurora & Elgin conductor, as unofficial conductor of this trip. [ref: pg 106, Texas Electric Railway, by Johnnie J. ...

    Record Type: Photo

    
18. TER 'Extra' Passenger Motor 328 on Dallas-Waco Line - 1948, July 3

    Texas Electric Railway Company Passenger Motor 328 [Train 328] along the Dallas-Waco Line. Note the prominent white flags on each side of the car. These indicated a car was a 'Special', in this case a 'Dallas Special' as noted on the front sign by the passenger entry. Another term for this type car was an 'extra'; in this case, 'extra 328'. The flags were also used to indicate a car was not on a schedule; it was running between scheduled tr...

    Record Type: Photo

    
19. TER 'Extra' Passenger Motor 328 on Fill After Crossing MKT Tracks - 1948, July 3

    SNAPSHOT: Texas Electric Railway Passenger Motor 328 northbound to Waxahachine on the fill [section] after crossing the Missouri Kansas and Texas (MKT) railroad. Fill sections are elevated sections of a roadway or trackbed. See: Map 4

    Record Type: Photo

    
20. TER 'Extra' Passenger Motor 328 on Waxahachie Station Wye - 1948, July 3

    SNAPSHOT: Texas Electric Railway Passenger Motor 328 at the Waxahachie Station yard on the wye. Note the prominent white flags on each side of the car. These indicated a car was a 'Special', in this case a 'Dallas Special' as noted on the front sign by the passenger entry. Another term for this type car was an 'extra'; in this case, 'extra 328'. The flags were also used to indicate a car was not on a schedule; it was running between sched...

    Record Type: Photo