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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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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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Bearing - Ball Bearing from Vickery Crash

Interurban Accident [April 10, 1948]

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Brief - Legal Case: Allen v. Texas Traction Co., 149 S.W. 195 (1912)

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Brief - Legal Case: Blalack v. Texas Traction Co., 149 S.W. 1086 (1912)

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Brief - Legal Case: Texas Traction Co. v. George, 149 S.W. 438 (1912)

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Damaged Passenger Motor 350 at Monroe Shops Yard - 1946

Insurance photograph showing damage to the left side of Passenger Motor 350 after an accident. Photograph taken on the south side of the Monroe Shops Carbarn. See: Map 3; Map 8, Detail A

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Damaged TER Passenger Motor 303 at Monroe Shops Yard, 1933 - 1933

Texas Electric Railway Passenger Motor 303 on the east side of the Monroe Shops Carbarn after a slight accident. The original car 303 was rebuilt and renumbered to 309. This is the second car 303, which was made into a one-man car by removing the rear entrance. Note the arch windows. See: Map 3; Map 8, Detail A

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Damaged TER Passenger Motor 366 at Monroe Shops - 1948, November 25

SNAPSHOT: Texas Electric Railway Company Passenger Motor 366 sitting in a damaged state at Monroe Shops Yard; front right 3/4 view. This car was wrecked on 10 April 1948 when it collided with Passenger Motor 365 near Kirkland Siding. An unidentified locomotive sits at the rear of the car. See: Map 3; Map 8, Detail A

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Damaged TER Passenger Motor 366 at Monroe Shops - 1948, November 25

SNAPSHOT: Texas Electric Railway Company Passenger Motor 366 sits in a damaged state in the Monroe Shops Yard; partial side view. This car was wrecked on 10 April 1948 when it collided with Passenger Motor 365. It sat at Monroe Shops, unfixed, through abandonment of the company. See: Map 3; Map 8, Detail A

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Detail of 1946 Texas Electric Head-On Collision Wreckage - 1946, September 29

Detail of wrecked Texas Electric car [unidentified]. From Myers book 'Texas Electric Railway..."Later, on September 29, 1946, between Woodlake and Denison in a heavily wooded area where the track had several blind curves, 317 (again) and 308 met in a head-on. This happened despite the fact that the accident occured on the section between Mills siding (Denison) and Woodlake which was equipped with block signals. Both cars were badly damaged...

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Detail of 1946 Texas Electric Head-On Collision Wreckage - 1946, September 29

Detail of wrecked Texas Electric car [unidentified]. From Myers book 'Texas Electric Railway..."Later, on September 29, 1946, between Woodlake and Denison in a heavily wooded area where the track had several blind curves, 317 (again) and 308 met in a head-on. This happened despite the fact that the accident occured on the section between Mills siding (Denison) and Woodlake which was equipped with block signals. Both cars were badly damaged...

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Detail of 1946 Texas Electric Head-On Collision Wreckage - 1946, September 29

Detail of wrecked Texas Electric car [unidentified]. From Myers book 'Texas Electric Railway..."Later, on September 29, 1946, between Woodlake and Denison in a heavily wooded area where the track had several blind curves, 317 (again) and 308 met in a head-on. This happened despite the fact that the accident occured on the section between Mills siding (Denison) and Woodlake which was equipped with block signals. Both cars were badly damaged...

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Form - Form 205-A Accident Eye-Witness Input Form

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Lisbon Crossing Accident - 1919

GLASS-PLATE NEGATIVE PRINT: An accident at a railway crossing left a demolished Model T truck at Lisbon crossing, just south of Monroe Shops on the Waco Line. This photograph location, with a view looking south, was at Overton Rd, now Ann Arbor Street at Frio Drive in Oak Cliff, Dallas. Note a man standing just to the left of the structure in the middle of the picture; possibly Frank Rogers. Frank Rogers was the photographer called whenever...

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Lisbon Crossing Accident - ca 1919

GLASS-PLATE NEGATIVE PRINT: An accident at a railway crossing left a demolished Model T truck at Lisbon crossing, just south of Monroe Shops on the Waco Line. This photograph location, with a view looking south, was at Overton Rd, now Ann Arbor Street at Frio Drive in Oak Cliff, Dallas. Frank Rogers was the photographer called whenever there was an accident on Texas Electric Railway. In this instance, it seems a Model T truck tried to outr...

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