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Emilio Carranza was a Mexican "Ace" who was killed in an accident in New Jersey. Officials from city and state governments as well as the Austin Chamber of Commerce met the train.

Newly concreted railroad tracks on Congress Avenue looking south. The concrete crew is working on the tracks in the distance. Horses and carts are visible near in front of the shops, including Condit Davis and Fink and a bakery in the foreground

The concrete team works on the east railroad track toward the capitol. The crews are working hard in the background while horses and carts line up to visit the clothing and shoe shops that line the road. A trolley car is visible in the distance.

A crew of African-Americans digs a ditch where the second railroad line will lie. They use shovels and pickaxes in front of a row of shops including C.B. Moreland Wall Paper store and the Postal Telegraph service.

A crew of African-American workers hard at work on the railroad intersections at Sixth Street and Congress Avenue looking north while foremen and others look on. Shops along the west side of the street are visible including a dentist and book store.

An African-American railroad crew working on the second line in front of a line of hardware and home goods shops. The trenches have been dug and the brick stripped out from the roads where the rail lines will lie.

African-American workers lay down rail line on one side of East Sixth Street. Pedestrians look on from beneath the shop awnings. Shop signs for a candy store, millinery and a druggist are visible.

Railroad crew laying bricks on West Sixth street looking west in front of the Phoenix Saloon. Trolley and telegraph wires cross heavily overhead. A penciled caption in the lower left reads "Some Texas / sunshine."

People gathering near the circus elephants getting off of rail cars, 1905

People gathering near the circus elephants getting off of rail cars, 1905

Exterior view of Austin’s newly built depot for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. A worker in overalls walks with a wheelbarrow near the tracks. A group of suited men stand under the portico. Two construction vehicles and a pickup truck are at the station.

Exterior view of Union Depot on Congress Avenue. Property of I. and G.N Railroad. The depot was built on December 28, 1976 and eventually demolished in 1950.

The last Eagle passenger train to pass through Austin. The train stops at the Austin International and Great Northern Railroad depot in Austin. There are no passengers waiting on the platform.

Stationary "Old 786" locomotive with three boys climbing on it. The locomotive is stopped outside of the Hotel Triou on 306 Congress Ave.

Postcard shows the Enfield Special passenger car that ran on the Southern Pacific Railroad Line from Austin, Texas to Washington D.C. at the Southern Pacific terminal at 301 Congress Ave.

Photograph of wrecked railroad train cars, with a small boy in a hat in the foreground looking at the camera. The elevated end of the locomotive and a damaged stock car are visible.

A train is arriving at a platform where a man stands near it. Smoke billows from the smokestack. No other people or passengers are visible. Houses are visible on the left parallel to the rail line.

Two men hammering spikes into the railroad. A draisine with materials sits off the rails to the right of the tracks. Telegraph wires stretch on poles overhead.

View of a railroad train either pulling in or leaving the city. The roads around the train are full of pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages all facing the train. A building in the back has signs reading "A. Ganss and Co Furniture and Musical Instruments"