Headquarters of the Northern Texas Traction Company still stands at the SW
corner of 3rd and Main in Fort Worth. At the Far right on the NW Corner
is the old Western Union Building. Photo by Cy Martin.

One of the "Crimson Limited" trains on the service pit. Location was next to sidewalk on west side of Calhoun Street in the block east of the Tarrant County Courthouse. Note the Slot in the coupler knuckle. Photo courtesy of Johnny Myers.

Same car when donated to the group for restoration. Photo by Cy Martin.

Displayed in one of the NTTC Interurbans are two advertising cards now owned by Vernie Barber. Below can be seen some of the original inlaid Mahogony paneling in the car found after several coats of paint were removed. - Photo by Cy Martin.

The old Dallas Pike used this bridge to pass over the NTTC's double track just as they
ducked under the Texas & Pacific RR in Handley, TX. Photo by Cy Martin.

One of two trolleypans beneth the old Dallas Pike bridge that spanned NTTC's double track in
Handley, TX. Most of the insulators are still attached. Photo by Cy Martin.

The old Waples Mansion in Village Creek Bottom had its own station on the NTTC Interurban.
Mr. Waples had a sidewalk and steps built down to the tracks.
The base for a signal can be seen in the grass.
In dry weather, you can still see where the crossties are hidden beneath the dry grass. Photo by C. Martin.

West bound NTTC Interurban on Abram Street in Arlington. The line was double track between Fielder Road and Bagdad Road. This photo of the NTTC Interurban is the property of Mr. J.W. Dunlop, retired Arlington fire marshall, and is used with his gracious permission. It may not be reproduced or copied without Mr. Dunlop's consent. For more information his collection of over 900 photographs, please contact him at (817) 265-1000.

This overturned bridge pier in Johnson Creek a few feet south of Abrams Street in Arlington, was part of a gravel spur off the main line of the North Texas Traction Company. Photo by Cy Martin.

Looking under the Union Pacific Rush Creek Bridge west of Arlington you can see this pier that supported the NTTC's Track to Handley and Fort Worth. Photo by Cy Martin

A shelter for passengers for the NTTC at Dalworth rested on these concrete foundation. Photo by Cy Martin.

This concrete viaduct carried the NTTC Interurbans over the SantaFe tracks west of the town of Cockrell Hill. At this point, looking straight up, it about 40 feet high. It can be seen today on the north side of Jefferson Street. The steel span over the railroad was removed when the NTTC was abandoned in the late 1930s . Photo by Cy Martin.

Stories about Fort Worth Streetcar Lines

The scars are still in the West 7th Street at University Drive, where the Arlington Heights Streetcar Line's rails were jerked from the pavement in the late 1930s. Photo by Cy Martin.

Folks with metal detectors ocasionally find streetcar tokens here at the Packers' Avenue Station
on Exchange Avenue in the Historic Stockyards. Note the flange marks in the bricks
made when slick rails caused a car to run off the end of the track. Photo by Cy Martin.

These tracks lead from the old Texas & Pacific's East Yard lead into "The T". Unused now,
at one time this was the interchange between the NTTC's streetcar barn and the steam railroads.
In later years it was used by Fort Worth Transit for receiving fuel and other supplies Photo by Cy Martin.