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1. Application, Financial - TER Finance Docket 16092 [pg 1]

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2. Brazos River Bridge at Car Barn Switch - 1947

   SNAPSHOT: A Texas Electric Railway Company passenger motor exits the Waco Interurban Bridge at the car barn switch. To the right is the Waco Suspension Bridge, also known as the Waco Trolley Bridge. The photo is taken looking northeast. See: Map 7, Waco Downtown Detail

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3. Charter - Original Charter of Texas Electric Railway, File C579 [Pg 2]

   Organization of Texas Electric Railway

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4. Citizens Railway Company Car 42 - ca 1905

   SNAPSHOT: Citizens Railway Car 42, signed for the North Fifth Street line, is posed here with the operator and passengers. The car was painted Pullman Green with gold trim. See: Map 7, Citizens Railway Company Waco 1891 Detail

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5. Closeup of TER Passenger Motor 317 and Box Trailer 619 - 1948

   DIGITAL PRINT: Here, a closeup of front end of Texas Electric Railway Passenger Motor 317 beside partially visible box trailer 619 is framed. The two cars are at the Waco Terminal. See: Map 7, Waco Downtown Detail

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6. Early Huaco Heights Trolley - ca 1913

   Early Huaco Heights trolley, ca 1913. Like many small car lines during the trolley era, Waco's Huaco Heights Line was built to serve a real estate development. The line was merely a short shuttle at the end of Citizens Railway's Sanger Avenue line. The line's lone car, shown in this blurred, ca 1913 photograph, might have been bought from Citizens Railway. (ref: Texas Electric Railway, by J. Myers; p.129). See: Map 7, Detail 71

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7. Employees at Citizen's Railway Car Barn - 1907

   SNAPSHOT: Citizen's Railway Car Barn, located at 4th Street and Washington Avenue. Mr. Caple, son Boss Caple and other unidentified employees stand in front of cars 81, 43, and 41. Car 43, the center car, appears to be a homemade double-truck center door car. See: Map 7, Citizens Railway Company Waco 1891 Detail

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8. End of PRW (Private Right-of-Way) in West Texas - 1949, January 9

   SNAPSHOT: The end of Texas Electric Railway PRW (private right-of-way) at the south edge of West, Texas; view looking north. See: Map 7, Detail 67

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9. Huaco Heights Trolley - ca 1913

   SNAPSHOT: Early Huaco Heights trolley, ca. 1913. Like many small car lines during the trolley era, Waco's Huaco Heights Line was built to a real estate development. The line was merely a short shuttle at the end of Citizens Railway's Sanger Avenue line. The line's lone car, shown in this blurred photograph, might have been bought from Citizens Railway. (ref: Myers p.129). See: Map 7, Detail 71

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10. Last TER Car Leaving Waco for Dallas - 1948, December 31

    The last Texas Electric Railway Company car, Passenger Motor 316, to leave Waco for Dallas on December 31, 1948. The train actually left the station at 9 pm. Among those posing for the photo are C. T. Dickinson and Mrs. Myrtle Mathis, wife of Motorman Sam Mathis. Note the train number (# 238) on the front of the car, which can be verified by the train schedule for that date. See: Map 7, Detail 71

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11. Lester Sirkel standing in entrance to TER car - 1948, October

    Lester Sirkel standing in the entrance to an unidentified Texas Electric Railway box motor. This photo was taken just months before the line in Waco took its last run, likely at the Waco Terminal. It was noted by Johnnie J. Myers: Johnnie J. "Sirkel would not have worn one of the [Operator] hats [which his family later donated] on the box car on which he was standing since he was not performing the duties of an Operator at the time." It seems...

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12. Map - Hand-drawn Texas Electric Railway 1922 Proposal Map

    Writing the Book Texas Electric Railway

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13. Map - Map of Waco, Texas and Additions

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14. Ruby Siding - 1949, January 9

    SNAPSHOT: Texas Electric Railway Ruby Siding. There is a crossing sign, left after the road was moved. A switch stand with marker lantern top stands mid-scene. View is looking southwest. See: Map 7, Detail 68

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15. Ruby Siding - 1949, January 9

    SNAPSHOT: Texas Electric Railway Ruby Siding; view looking northwest. To the left of the siding building is a switch stand with lantern top. See: Map 7, Detail 68

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16. Single Truck Citizens Railway Car 9 - ca 1895-1896

    SNAPSHOT: Mr. [John] Caple and son Boss [Benjamin], aged 3 years stand with two unidentified men next to single truck Citizens Railway car 9, one of the earliest electric cars in Waco. Location is at 4th Street and Washington Avenue, near the carbarn. A note on the back of the photo reads: 'Boss would be 56 in August 1952 if he had not died'. See: Map 7, Citizens Railway Company Waco 1891 Detail

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17. Soldier Boarding TER Passenger Motor 327 at Waco Station - ca 1943

    Unidentified soldier in a U.S. Army uniform is posed about to board Texas Electric Railway Passenger Motor 327 at what appears to be the Waco terminal. The car appears to be Dallas bound. Wartime restrictions on travel and gasoline rationing increased the use of Texas Electric and other interurban systems. See: Map 7, Waco Downtown Detail

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18. Southern Traction Company, Waco City Car 2 - ca 1914

    SNAPSHOT: Southern Traction Company, Waco City Car 2. Unidentified trainmen pose in the door of the car, which is stopped in front of Sanger Bros. Wholesale and Kelley-Fitzhugh enroute to North Fifth Street. Early Waco history places Sanger Bros. Wholesale on Austin Avenue between 4th and 5th Streets. Car 2 was built in 1912 and delivered in 1913. It, along with the other cars numbered from 1 to 4, were later changed to 100 series. From C...

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19. TER Bluebonnet Passenger Motor 310 in Downtown Waco - 1938, September 15

    Texas Electric Railway Company Bluebonnet Passenger Motor 310 in front of Fuller Garage on Washington Avenue in Waco. In the background, portions of the Waco Terminal can be seen. See: Map 7, Waco Downtown Detail

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20. TER 'Bluebonnet' Passenger Motor 316 at Waco Terminal - 1938, September 15

    Texas Electric Railway Company Passenger Motor 316 [Train 232], a Bluebonnet, stands at the Waco Terminal. See: Map 7, Waco Downtown Detail

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