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1. "Serving the Heart of Texas" TER Express Motor 508 - ca 1928

   Billboard advertising was applied to two express motors for a short time in 1928; 501 and 508. Here is 508 beside the Electric Express Company warehouse at the Dallas freight terminal. The box motor had a blue body with red lettering. This paint scheme applied only to these two express motors and only in 1928 and 1929. The motor advertising, painted on the side of the car, reads: 'Ride the Interurban, Safe, Sure, Saving' and 'Serving the Hea...

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2. 1909 Sherman Local City Car - 1909

   Sherman local city car prior to the take over of Denison and Sherman Railway by Texas Traction Company in 1909. The car is dark red in color with a tan roof and built by the American Car Company of Saint Louis. Here it is numbered 8; later the number became 71. Photo taken on Travis Street in Sherman. See: Map 1, Detail 4

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3. 1925 Studebaker Buses 5 and 6 at Monroe Shops - 1925

   Two 1925 Studebaker Buses (numbered 5 and 6) sit in front of the Monroe Shops, in the yard. These were bought by Texas Electric Railway Company to replace electric street cars. Use of buses, with varied routes, slowed competition from jitneys and automobiles by providing increased flexibility for riders. Texas Electric Railway began purchases in 1925 of five Studebaker motor buses to replace city streetcars in Sherman and Denison. These bu...

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4. 1938 Wreck of Passenger Motor 306 - 15 Oct 1938

   Although labeled as Passenger Motor 306, wrecked near Elm Mott Siding just north of Waco, research of Dallas Morning News articles in 1938 indicate this car was more likely the wreck that occurred on Saturday, 15 October 1938 at 1 p.m. Bluebonnet 306, southbound on the Dallas-Waco line, hit what was reported to be an open switch and "hurtled" into a gasoline car parked on a siding near Fernwood Avenue crossing at Lisbon, in the south Oak Cliff o...

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5. AT&SF 1916 Travels Under Zangs Line Overpass - 1941, April 19

   SNAPSHOT: In this Saturday scene, AT&SF train #1916 moves under an overpass on the Zangs Line; view looking north. See: Map 3, 8

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6. Abandoned St Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt) Passenger Station - 1949, January 9

   SNAPSHOT: Abandoned St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt) Passenger station, later taken over by Texas Electric Railway. The station is in the Hillsboro Freight Yards, the view looking northeast. See: Map 6, Detail 62

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7. Abandoned Water Spout at TER Hillsboro Freight Yard - 1949, January 9

   SNAPSHOT: Abandoned Cotton Belt (SSW) waterspout/water column at the Hillsboro Freight Yard. This property was bought by Texas Electric Railway Company in 1940. See: Map 6, Detail 62; Hillsboro Warehouse Track Detail

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8. Accident at Kirkland Siding - 1948, April 10

   Two Texas Electric Interurban Railway Company Passenger Motors have collided with each other on the tracks as a group of on-lookers and rescuers mill about. At about 7:40 AM on April 10, 1948, southbound train 3 (car 365) met northbound train 6 (car 366) north of Kirkland siding, near the present day Royal Lane in north Dallas, with the result of a crash between the two cars. There were no fatalities, but thirty passengers and the 365's moto...

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9. Advance Warning Sign at MKT Crossing in Italy - 1949, January 9

   SNAPSHOT: Texas Electric Railway advance warning sign at the MKT crossing in Italy; view looking south. The warning sign reads: STOP R.R.-X-ING. 1000 *FT. See: Map 6, Detail 55

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10. African American Workers Beside TER Passenger Motor 327 - 1948, January 31

    SNAPSHOT: Two African American rail workers stand beside Texas Electric Railway Company Passenger Motor 327. The man on the right may be Walter Robinson, who worked for Texas Electric in the Main building in downtown Dallas; he drove and turned the cars around to put them in position for their runs. The man on the left is Rodney Johnson. See: Map 3; Map 8, Detail C

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11. African-American TER Employees Stand in Car Door - 1948

    Walter Robinson (right), cousin of T-Bone Walker, and Rodney Johnson, stand in the door of one of the 325-328 series Texas Electric Railway Company cars. They pose for final pictures as the system that had been one of the pillars of transportation in North Texas was prepared for shutdown and abandonment. Robinson worked for Texas Electric in the Main building in downtown Dallas; he drove and turned the cars around to put them in position for th...

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12. Aldredge Stop South of Plano - ca 1917

    View of grade crossing at Aldredge Stop, south of Richardson. A former Dallas Southern Traction Company car is moving into the photo from the mid-left side of the photo. Note to the right of the road, as it curves to the left, is a crossing sign that appears to be in need of repair. See: Map 3, Detail 23

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13. Allen Interurban Depot - 2002, March 15

    SNAPSHOT: Front view of Allen Interurban Depot.

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14. Allen Interurban Depot - 2002, March 15

    Front view of the Allen Interurban Depot

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15. Approach to Abbott - 1949, January 9

    SNAPSHOT: Texas Electric Railway south (looking north) approach to Abbott. See: Map 6, Detail 64

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16. Approach to Abbott - 1949, January 9

    SNAPSHOT: Texas Electric Railway north approach to Abbott. An advance warning sign notifies of arrival. The sign reads: OPEN END SIDING 1000 FT AHEAD See: Map 6, Detail 64

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17. Basement Storage Area at Dallas Interurban Station

    Basement storage area in the downtown Dallas Interurban Station. Shop cables, used on milling machines at Monroe Shops and the Dallas streetcar shop. The cable stretcher is to the right in the photo. See: Map 3; Map 8, Detail C

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18. Beckley Bus & 700-Type DR&T Car on Trinity River Viaduct - 1941, June 14

    SNAPSHOT: This Saturday scene is looking east to Dallas across the Trinity River from Oak Cliff. A Beckley Bus is on the Houston Street Viaduct (left), while a 700-Type Dallas Railway & Terminal Company Street Car is on the Oak Cliff Street Car Viaduct. See: Map 3, 8

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19. Belton-Temple Traction 1 in Temple

    Belton and Temple Traction 1 in Temple later Southwestern Traction (as typed on the back). Belton-Temple Traction Company operated from 1904-1918 and was 13 miles long. It was reorganized as Southwestern Traction Company and terminated in 1926. The picture was in an envelope from Charles V. Hess to W. P. Donalson (CP.2025.CL.5-088). Unsure of who is the photographer. Stamped on the picture in purple ink - Charles V. Hess, 413 So. Seventh S...

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20. Big Boy 2-8-8-4

    Written on the back of picture "One of the Big Boys type 2-8-8-4, I took this pix in Silver Springs, MD. I sent it to Von Blon. I live just over the line from Wash. D. C." Embossed on the front of picture "A. F. Von Blon, Rare Book Dealer, Waco, Texas". The picture was in an envelope from Geo. H. Wilcox to W. P. Donalson (CP.2025.CL.5-070 a-c). The photographer is probably Geo. H. Wilcox because his address is from Maryland.

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