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Metadata
Object Name |
Note |
Title |
Section 6 [Reseach Notes for Book "Texas Electric Railway"] - #300 [Series: 300 thru 349] Notes on #317 / #311 |
Event |
Writing the Book Texas Electric Railway |
Date |
ca 1949-1963 |
Scope & Content |
This section includes notes about car 317 / 311 within the 300-349 series. The notes are typed on the back of recycled paper. [Transcription of the typed notes:] Passenger Coach Motor (1st)#317 - (2nd)#311 Southern Traction Company, in 1913, as part of its original equipment order, purchased ten new 1200 volt "Limited Type" two-man passenger coach motors from St. Louis Car Company, of which (1st)#317 was one. In 1917 this car, (1st)#317, 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 Southern Traction Company. This car, (1st)#317, was used as a 1200 volt two-man passenger coach motor by Texas Electric Railway until 1918, at which time it exchanged numbers with car (1st)#311, thus becoming (2nd)#311, and was continued in use as a 1200 volt two-man passenger coach motor, and was assigned the same tasks as formerly. This car, (2nd)#311, was used as a 1200 volt two-man passenger coach motor by Texas Electric Railway until approximately 1932, at which time it was converted to a 1200 volt one-man passenger coach motor bearing the same number, and was assigned the same tasks as formerly. This car, (2nd) #311, was used as a 1200 volt one-man passenger coach motor by Texas Electric Railway until 1938, at which time the electrical controls were removed and others installed (both 1200 volt), it was rebuilt into a 1200 volt freight motor, and was renumbered #906. This car #906, was used as a 1200 volt freight motor until the final days of Texas Electric Railway Company in 1948, at which time it was dismantled. |
Search Terms |
1200 Volt 300 Series Car 311 Car 317 Class B Locomotive Historic Preservation Limited Cars Locomotive 906 Passenger Motor 311 Passenger Motor 317 Research Notes St Louis Car Company |
Collection |
Johnnie J. Myers Collection |
Catalog Number |
CP.2006.CL.1-118 ZC |