Springer, Fred M., Collection of East Texas Railroad Photographs
Fred M. Springer was an engineer for Mobil Pipe Line Company and a lifelong railroad and photography enthusiast. This collection consists of 53 8x10 black and white prints created from Springer's original negatives, showing steam locomotives, diesel locomotives, and freight cars of the Southern Pine Lumber Company and Texas South-Eastern Railroad Company, as well as railroad stations in Diboll, Burke, and Palestine.
Texas South Eastern Railroad Depot, 1948
Texas South Eastern Railroad Depot, 1948
A photograph of the Texas South-Eastern Railroad Company Depot, Diboll, TX 1948. The building was constructed c. 1909 and expanded in 1927. The TSE ceased passenger service in 1942, and the depot was torn down c. 1949 after a new TSE office was built adjacent to the south that same year.