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The artist Tony Bryant was working on this mural. It is pretty amazing depicting a lot of Waco,Texas history. Have a great new week. View large and you can read what is on it.
There is a lot of Waco history in this mural. Come visit us. It is supposed to be 107 degrees today. Have a great weekend.
I will post my last one tomorrow and not wear you out on Barrel racing.
Be sure and check tomorrows out. It is amazing.
A pair of KCS SD70ACe's catch the last vestiges of light leading Norfolk Southern train #187 (Macon, GA - Birmingham, AL) rolling through the small town of Waco in west Georgia.
Waco Mill old grist mill out in the country and close to me, shot in black and white. Found in North Carolina.
Lake Waco filled up Saturday night. It has been at a historic low all summer. There was flooding on the Bosque river that feeds Lake Waco. This is wonderful news. We have had about 7 inches of rain at our house . Have a great day.
NS 26A, the former 220, runs up the hill from Waco and toward Bremen proper with a former ATSF C44-9W still wearing the Warbonnet paint scheme.
NS 244 heads east for Atlanta through Waco with one of the Canadian Pacific heritage ACUs on the point. 12-11-23
"The historic Suspension Bridge was completed in 1870 and remains a legendary icon of downtown Waco. For years, the bridge served as a Chisholm Trail crossing, and at the time of its completion, it was the longest single-span suspension bridge west of the Mississippi. The bridge was built with cable supplied by the John Roebling Co., who built the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City." REF www.waco-texas.com/cms-parksandrecreation/page.aspx?id=50
Amtrak 19, the southbound Crescent, runs through Waco, GA with GE P42DC 160 on the point. In commemoration of the companies 50th anniversary last year, several engines were painted in heritage paint schemes, with this one getting the Phase 3 scheme that was fitted to their Dash-8 GE’s that were delivered in 1990. This became known as the Pepsi Can scheme due to its similarity to the product during the same time period of the 80’s & 90’s. 3-11-22
NS 24E makes their way to Atlanta past Pilgrim's Pride in Waco with the KCS "Salute Our Soldiers" unit on the point. 6-26-22
This is an old Victorian home in Waco, Texas built about the turn of the last century but being restored now. Inside are a number of period pieces of furniture sitting in rooms with 10' high ceilings, wonderful old creaky stairs, etc. Many such houses are in various states of repair/dispair in the city of Waco.
Dr Pepper is a carbonated soft drink marketed as having a unique flavor. The drink was created in the 1880s by Charles Alderton in Waco, Texas and first served around 1885.
Baylor University (Source of Baylor Medical School and of Women's Basketball Championship fame) was founded in 1845 in Waco. The home shown above might have been a professors or administrators residence at one time.
Denise spent some time looking for fossils last year. These were found in the north Texas Caleche near Waco. A fun way to spend the weekend.
January 7th, 1870 -- Big Brazos bridge opens in Waco
On this day in 1870, the Waco Suspension Bridge, a 475-foot structure that crosses the Brazos River in downtown Waco, was opened to traffic. At the time, it was one of the longest suspension bridges in the world. Civil engineer Thomas Griffin teamed with John A. Roebling and Son of New York to build it, at a cost estimated between $135,000 and $141,000. Initially, the Waco Bridge Company operated it as a toll bridge. The county purchased it in mid-1889 and in turn sold it to the city for $1. The bridge was closed to vehicle traffic in 1971. It is in the National Register of Historic Places and received a state historic marker in 1976.
It also has a historical marker for the Chisholm trail. Trail drives drove cattle across this bridge because the river is too deep.
The Waco F series of civil biplanes were one of the most popular aircraft in their class during the 1930s and 1940s. They featured good performance and carrying capacity while being relatively inexpensive to operate. The first of the F series were introduced in 1930 with the Warner Scarab powered RNF. Over 600 F series aircraft were built between 1930 and 1942. Waco was one of the leading aircraft manufacturers leading up to World War II, but the company disappeared shortly after the end of the war. However, the F series remained popular with owners through the next several decades and many remain in service today.