Interurban Railway

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Interurban Railway

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A photograph of a team laying the interurban tracks on the north side of the 700 block of Main St. Businesses featured are Ballantyne Mercantile, Redway General Store, and Little and Blatchley Drug Store.

A popular means of transportation in the early 1900s, the Interurban Railway system required a bridge to cross the Boise River as shown in this image. As stated in the text above the picture, the bridge is in Caldwell, Idaho, and riders of this…

This image shows what an Interurban Railway Car looked like. The one represented in this photo is a car that would run from Boise to Caldwell on the railroads picking/dropping off patrons as it went. There are two workers (male) within this photo,…

This is another picture of an Interurban Railway Car. Patrons were able to ride this transportation system from Boise to Middleton, though this specific car only went as far as Caldwell.

A ca 1907-1910 picture of railroad tracks; the interurban railroad tracks are the curved ones with the ones going right to left being the Union Pacific main tracks. The building in the background (far left) is Troy Laundry. Additionally, the trees…

An image of four men tearing up the interurban railway track in front of the Saratoga Hotel ca 1950s. The four men in the photo are Harry Froman (kneeling), A.I. Myers (left), Al Sutton (right), and Unknown (on tractor).
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