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Object Name |
Note |
Title |
Section 10 [Reseach Notes for Book "Texas Electric Railway"] - #600 [Series: 600] Notes on #621 |
Event |
Writing the Book Texas Electric Railway |
Date |
ca 1949-1963 |
Scope & Content |
This section includes notes about car 621 within the 600 series. The notes are handwritten on the back of recycled paper. [Transcription of the handwritten notes:] Express Trail Car #621 Express Motor #500 became Express Trail Car #621 O.K. W.E.Sturges W.Silvus CT.Dickerson _______________________ Date A few years after Corsicana division folded up. (1941) C.T.Dickerson #601 to express motor in 1915 with elect. eqpt. from #500 #500 body then converted to #621 (immediately or later?) W. Silvus _________________________ Elect Eqpt car #500 To freight motor 1938 W.E. Sturges Never used - was in storage at abandonment for a possible freight motor. C.T. Dickerson Placed on #601 which then became an express motor (1915) W.Silvus Elect Eqpt from #500 Not used in #906 #311 was used to build #906 (1938) C.T. Dickerson |
Associated People |
Dickenson, Charles Thornton Silvus, Walter Sturges, William Edward |
Search Terms |
600 Series Car 500 Car 601 Car 621 Class B Locomotive Express Motor 500 Express Trail Car 601 Express Trail Car 621 Historic Preservation Locomotive 906 Research Notes |
Collection |
Johnnie J. Myers Collection |
Catalog Number |
CP.2006.CL.1-122 Z |