Object Type: Folder
In Folder: Railroads
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.
undated
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"
circa 1900
2-4-2 steam locomotive built by Rogers Locomotive Works about 1875. An operator stands on the pilot attached to the engine by the front center coupler.
circa 1895
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.
circa 1870
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
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
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.
1928-07-21
