General

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.

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.

Group portrait of about 32 men and one woman (right) standing in front of a street car, with a sign on it that reads: "Austin Electric Railway." Three of the men, including at least one street car operator, stand in the trolley's open doorway.

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

Two men standing in a horse-drawn street car. Car is being pulled by two black horses and one white horse. Car is stopped right in front of one of the Moonlight towers. Second car is in the background.

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.

The majority of the rails for the streetcars were removed and scrapped in 1940 following the services marking their last ride. As the rails were pulled, the streets were repaired to conceal the old rail lines.

Smelting crew pouring white hot liquid metal over the rails. Two men grip the bucket handles and tilt them and the bucket so that a third man can push the molten metal out, joining the rails together.

Street rail car for Rio Grande Street

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.

"West 40th Street, looking east from Guadalupe Street, before street railway tracks were removed." A streetcar is in the middle of the road and cars are on each side.

View of streetcar tracks on congress Avenue, with Capitol visible in background. Horse-drawn wagons and crowds visible in street.

View of a streetcar on 6th Street. Mr. Bowman was the conductor. On either side of the street are business. There are horse-drawn carts and an automobile in the street.

View looking down a street with a railroad track with a street car on it. There are buildings and people along the street in a commercial part of town.

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.

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.

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.

View of streetcar track on West Sixth St., under deconstruction, looking east from August Ave. The final stroke of the streetcar era in Austin was struck in Sept 1942 as part of "Carload Day" to collect scrap metal for the war effort.

A view of West 40th Street near Avenue A showing a street car. Tracks go down the middle of the street and cars are on each side of the road. Some houses are visible in the distance.

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.

Men attempting to repair street car on Waller St. with crowd looking on; horse and buggy and streetcar approaching on Sixth street.