Texas Electric Railway/with Maps

Fascinating history of the Texas Electric Railway which ran majestic interurbans from Denison to Waco by way of Dallas. Covers the growth of the line, which arose from the street railways of Sherman and Denison, and gradually took over other cities's lines, and the beautiful interurban cars whose classic parlor car were manned by porters. There are also chapters on the neighboring Northern Texas Traction (Dallas to rot Worth) and the Texas Interurban (Terrell and Denton). Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. Includes complete rolling stock rosters. With 4 oversized foldout sheets showing 8 detailed maps of the TER. 208 pages.