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Metadata
Object Name |
Note |
Title |
Section 9 [Reseach Notes for Book "Texas Electric Railway"] - #500 [Series: 500] Notes on #51 / # 551 / # 508 and #52 / # 552 / # 507 |
Event |
Writing the Book Texas Electric Railway |
Date |
ca 1949-1963 |
Scope & Content |
This section includes notes about cars 51 / 551 / 508 and 52 / 552 / 507 within the 500 series. The notes are typed on the back of recycled paper. [Transcription of the typed notes:] Express Motor #52 - #552 - #507 Express Motor #51 - #551 - #508 Texas Traction Company, in 1907, as part of its original equipment order, purchased two new 600 volt express motors from the St Louis Car Company, numbered #51 and #52. In 1913, these two cars, #51 and #52, were renumbered #551 and #552 respectively, in accordance with the combined numbering scheme of Southern Traction Company and Texas Traction Company (integrated with both companies). In 1917, these two cars, #551 and #552, were transferred to the then formed Texas Electric Railway, where they continued as the same type, bearing the same numbers, and were assigned the same tasks as formerly given them by Texas Traction Company. These two cars, #551 and #552, were used as 600 volt express motors until some unknown date (approximately 1932), at which time they were continued as the same type, but were renumbered #505 and #507 respectively (note the reversed order), and were assigned the same tasks as formerly. These two cars #507 and #508, were used as 600 volt express motors until 1934, at which time the electrical controls were removed and others installed (both 600 volts) and they were then continued as 600 volt express motors bearing the same numbers. These two cars #507 and #508, were used as 600 volt express motors until the final days of Texas Electric Railway Company in 1948, at which time they were dismantled. |
Search Terms |
500 Series 600 Volt Car 507 Car 508 Car 51 Car 52 Car 551 Car 552 Express Motor 507 Express Motor 508 Express Motor 51 Express Motor 52 Express Motor 551 Express Motor 552 Historic Preservation Research Notes St Louis Car Company |
Collection |
Johnnie J. Myers Collection |
Catalog Number |
CP.2006.CL.1-121 M |