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View of street car facing camera, with railroad operator seated behind its driving wheel. Another railroad operator, wearing the same uniform as the driver, is walking on the street near the back of the train and headed forward.

circa 1880

Two horses pulling a street car. A man stands at the front of the streetcar holding the reins.

undated

Austin Rapid Transit Railway Company became the first operator of an electric streetcar in Austin on Feb. 26, 1891, igniting a fierce competition with the Austin City Railroad Company and their mule drawn streetcars. The two companies merged within months.

undated

Aft-facing view of streetcar interior, showing its center aisle from one-point perspective. There are seven rows of seats (14 two-seater booths, in total) with booths on each side of the aisle.

1940

View of street car facing camera, with railroad operator seated behind its driving wheel. Another railroad operator, wearing the same uniform as the driver, is walking on the street near the back of the train and headed forward.

circa 1880

Aft-facing view of streetcar interior, showing its center aisle from one-point perspective. There are seven rows of seats (14 two-seater booths, in total) with booths on each side of the aisle.

circa 1940

Low-angle, exterior view of Amtrack train pilot car (front of train) on railroad tracks, near a sign that reads, "Colorado Bridge." Signage on the train reads, "Amtrak" and "419."

circa 1970

Front view of a steam train paused on the Waller Creek bridge in Austin. Buildings can be seen on both the right and the left side of the bridge. There are passengers visible on the platform to the left of the train.

1871-12-25

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.

1949-08

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.

1890

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.

circa 1920

People on platform ready to board a passenger train.

undated

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.

1908

View of the Montopolis Bridge across the Colorado River. It is a steel truss bridge. Though dated 1886 in the photo, the bridge was not built until 1937-1938.

circa 1938

Oblique view of the Montopolis Bridge. A road curves around underneath the bridge.

1971-02

View of a ferryboat (possibly the Webberville Ferry) on the Colorado River. It is at the riverbank, and four people on horseback are riding up to it. Houses and other wooden buildings are on the higher ground above the river.

undated

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