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Object Name |
Note |
Title |
Section 7 [Reseach Notes for Book "Texas Electric Railway"] - #300 [Series: 350 thru 399] Notes on #7 / #356 / #613 |
Event |
Writing the Book Texas Electric Railway |
Date |
ca 1949-1963 |
Scope & Content |
This section includes notes about car 7 / 356 / 613 within the 350-399 series. The notes are typed on the back of recycled paper. [Transcription of the typed notes:] Passenger Coach Motor #7 - (1st) #356 Passenger Coach-R.P.O. Combine Motor (1st) #356 Texas Traction Company, in 1907, as part of its original equipment order, purchased ten new 600 volt two-man passenger coach motors from St Louis Car Company, of which #7 was one. In 1913 this car, #7, was renumbered (1st) #356, inaccordance with the combined numbering scheme of Southern Traction Company and Texas Traction Company (integrated with both companies), and was assigned the same tasks as formerly. This car, (1st) #356, was used as a 600 volt two-man passenger coach motor until 1914, at which time it was withdrawn from service, rebuilt with mail handling equipment added, after which it was returned to service, bearing the same number, as a two-man passenger coach-R.P.O. combine motor. In 1917 this car, (1st) #356, was transferred to the then formed Texas Electric Railway, where it continued as the same type, bearing the same number, and was assigned the same tasks as formerly given it by Texas Traction Company. This car, (1st) #356, was used as a 600 volt two-man passenger coach-R.P.O. combine motor until 1925, at which time it was withdrawn from service, rebuilt and renumbered to #613, after which it was returned to service as an express trail car. This car, #613, was used as an express trail car until the final days of Texas Electric Railway Company in 1948, at which time it was withdrawn from service and dismantled. |
Search Terms |
300 Series 600 Volt Car 356 Car 613 Car 7 Express Trail Car 613 Historic Preservation Interurban Motor 7 Passenger Motor 356 Railway Post Office Research Notes RPO St Louis Car Company |
Collection |
Johnnie J. Myers Collection |
Catalog Number |
CP.2006.CL.1-119 J |