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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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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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Map - Hand-drawn Texas Electric Railway Waco Division Map 38

Writing the Book Texas Electric Railway

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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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TER Cars Inside Waco Terminal Yard - 1948, July 3

SNAPSHOT: Texas Electric Railway Company Passenger Motor sit in the Waco Terminal yard, near the 4th Street entrance. Through the car entrance into the yard you can see part of the McClennan County Courthouse, which sat at Washington Ave and 5th Street. See: Map 7 Detail 71, Map 7 Waco Downtown Detail

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TER Class B Work Motor 905 and Express Trail Car 619 at the Waco Terminal - 1948

DIGITAL PRINT: Texas Electric Railway Class B Work Motor 905 at the Waco Terminal. Express (box) Trail Car 619 is behind the locomotive. A slightly different view of this same scene is found in photo CP.2012.CL.9-44. See: Map 7, Waco Downtown Detail

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TER Class B Work Motor 905 and Express Trail Car 619 at the Waco Terminal - 1948

DIGITAL PRINT: Texas Electric Railway Class B Work Motor 905 at the Waco Terminal. Express (box) Trail Car 619 is behind the locomotive. A slightly different view of this same scene is found in photo CP.2012.CL.9-54. See: Map 7, Waco Downtown Detail

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TER Passenger Motor 302 at Waco Terminal - 1946, June 16

Texas Electric Railway Passenger Motor 302 at Waco Terminal

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TER Passenger Motor 308 at the Waco Terminal - 1946, March 16

Texas Electric Railway Passenger Motor 308 at the Waco Terminal

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TER Passenger Motor 314 at Waco Terminal - 1947, September

Texas Electric Railway Passenger Motor 314 at Waco Terminal in September 1947 with unidentified cars on either side

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TER Passenger Motor 315 at the Waco Terminal

Texas Electric Railway Passenger Motor 315 at the Waco Terminal

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TER Passenger Motor 317 at Waco Terminal - 1948

DIGITAL PRINT: Texas Electric Railway Passenger Motor 317 at the Waco Terminal. An unidentified freight car is to the right, beside the Passenger Station; the Electric Express Company Building is to the rear. See: Map 7, Waco Downtown Detail

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TER Passenger Motor 319 - 1930-1948

Texas Electric Railway Passenger Motor 319 at the Waco Terminal Reference: "Texas Electric Railway", by Johnnie J. Myers, Bulletin 121 (Central Electric Railfans' Association), pages 110

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TER Passenger Motor 328 - 1927

Texas Electric Railway Passenger Motor 328 at the Waco Terminal TER cars 325-328 were bought new from St. Louis Car Company in 1920. They were all steel passenger cars equpped to fun on either 600 or 1200 volts and would be mainly on the Waco division. In 1932, there was a major blind side alteration to the car for one-man service. The front side window was revised for better visibility for the motorman, whose position moved to the left. ...

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TER Passenger Motors 314, 327, and Locomotive 801 in Waco Terminal Yard - 1948, July 3

DIGITAL PRINT: Texas Electric Railway Company Passenger Motors 314 and 327 stand in the Waco Terminal Yard along with Class A Locomotive 801. Express Motor 504 sits almost out of sight to the right. This is a similar view of photographs catalogued as CP.2007.CL.1-762 and CP.2007.CL.1-768. Date and event are assumed based on other photographs within the Griffith Collection. See: Map 7, Waco Downtown Detail

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