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1. 1925 Studebaker Buses 5 and 6 at Monroe Shops - 1925

   Two 1925 Studebaker Buses (numbered 5 and 6) sit in front of the Monroe Shops, in the yard. These were bought by Texas Electric Railway Company to replace electric street cars. Use of buses, with varied routes, slowed competition from jitneys and automobiles by providing increased flexibility for riders. Texas Electric Railway began purchases in 1925 of five Studebaker motor buses to replace city streetcars in Sherman and Denison. These bu...

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2. 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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3. 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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4. African-American TER Employees Stand in Car Door - 1948

   Walter Robinson (right), cousin of T-Bone Walker, and Rodney Johnson, stand in the door of one of the 325-328 series Texas Electric Railway Company cars. They pose for final pictures as the system that had been one of the pillars of transportation in North Texas was prepared for shutdown and abandonment. Robinson worked for Texas Electric in the Main building in downtown Dallas; he drove and turned the cars around to put them in position for th...

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5. African American Workers Beside TER Passenger Motor 327 - 1948, January 31

   SNAPSHOT: Two African American rail workers stand beside Texas Electric Railway Company Passenger Motor 327. The man on the right may be Walter Robinson, who worked for Texas Electric in the Main building in downtown Dallas; he drove and turned the cars around to put them in position for their runs. The man on the left is Rodney Johnson. See: Map 3; Map 8, Detail C

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6. Application, Financial - TER Finance Docket 16092 [pg 1]

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7. AT&SF 1916 Travels Under Zangs Line Overpass - 1941, April 19

   SNAPSHOT: In this Saturday scene, AT&SF train #1916 moves under an overpass on the Zangs Line; view looking north. See: Map 3, 8

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8. Basement Storage Area at Dallas Interurban Station

   Basement storage area in the downtown Dallas Interurban Station. Shop cables, used on milling machines at Monroe Shops and the Dallas streetcar shop. The cable stretcher is to the right in the photo. See: Map 3; Map 8, Detail C

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9. Bearing - Ball Bearing from Vickery Crash

   Interurban Accident [April 10, 1948]

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10. Beckley Bus & 700-Type DR&T Car on Trinity River Viaduct - 1941, June 14

    SNAPSHOT: This Saturday scene is looking east to Dallas across the Trinity River from Oak Cliff. A Beckley Bus is on the Houston Street Viaduct (left), while a 700-Type Dallas Railway & Terminal Company Street Car is on the Oak Cliff Street Car Viaduct. See: Map 3, 8

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11. Bird's Eye View of Business Section, Dallas - 1904

    STUDY PRINT: Bird's Eye View of Business Section - Taken Fro.[m] Oriental Hotel, Looking West This winter street scene, of the Dallas city center, reflects development of electricity and the electric rail system. Two sets of snow-covered trolley tracks run down the center of the street; one set traversed by a snow-covered trolley car. The street is lined with utility poles. Buildings in this business district are signed with: E. Eppstein...

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12. Boarding TER Passenger Motor 308 - 1946, May 14

    SNAPSHOT: An unidentified African-American soldier boards Texas Electric Railway Company Passenger Motor 308, a double-truck, single-end, arch roof, steel car. The car is red and cream in color. See: Map 8, Detail C

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13. Charter - Original Charter of Texas Electric Railway, File C579 [Pg 2]

    Organization of Texas Electric Railway

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14. Crimson Limited Last Run - 1934, December 24

    Two Northern Texas Traction motors prepare for their last run as they stand in the Dallas Terminal behind a Texas Motorcoach model 30A Twin Coach, which would substitute for the elegant, now one-car trains. The bus to the right is an unusual Bender-bodied White of the Sunshine Bus lines. The interurban systems continued to add buses to their fleets. On December 24, 1934, Northern Texas Traction discontinued its "Crimson Limited" service b...

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15. Dallas: Bird's Eye View of Commerce Street Looking East, 1904 - 1904

    STUDY PRINT: Bird's Eye View of Commerce Street Looking East, 1904 Birds-eye view of Dallas business section taken from the Oriental Hotel looking east and showing the Post Office. Scene shows brick and stone buildings: Dallas Electric Light and Power Company, General Arthur Cigar, Jones Book Co.,Texas Property Association, and other business signs. Utility Lines on both sides of street.

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16. Dallas City Hall and Adjoining Police Station - 1904

    STUDY PRINT: Dallas City Hall and Adjoining Police Station The Renaissance Revival style Dallas City Hall building and adjoining Police Station was built in 1888-1889 at a cost of $80,000 and was located at the northwest corner of Commerce and Akard. It was replaced by the Adolphus Hotel in 1913. The seat of Dallas city government had already moved twice, when once again, on June 29, 1889, the Commerce and Akard Street location opened. Thi...

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17. Dallas, Ervay Street Looking North, 1905 - 1905

    STUDY PRINT: Dallas. Ervay Street Looking North, 1905 Ervay street scene looking north, Dallas, Texas. The Dallas Post Office is on the right side of the street with trolley car rails running in both directions. Horses, wagons and horses and buggies traffic the street. The Post Office Exchange building across from the Post Office and utility poles line both sides of the street. Urban population is on both sides of the street.

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18. Dallas Golf and Country Club - ca 1911

    Dallas Country Club is a country club located in the town of Highland Park in Dallas County, Texas. Located on the northern end of Exall Lake across from Highland Park Village, its borders are Preston Road on the west, Beverly Drive on the south, Golf Drive on the east, and McFarlin Boulevard on the north. It was established in 1896, purportedly by several men playing golf in a field in Oak Lawn. Tom Bendelow designed the golf course with the ...

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19. Dallas Interurban Building, 1916 - 1916

    The train yard of the Dallas Interurban Terminal when new in 1916. Northern Texas Traction (Fort Worth interurban) 18 is at the right, Southern Traction Interurban Motor 313 and another of the same series can also be seen, while at the far left is one of the Texas Traction 452-454 series, which were ex-Louisville and New Albany cars. An East Wing was added at a later date. See: Map 8, Detail C

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20. Dallas Interurban Station - 1916 - 1916

    Texas Electric Railway Dallas Interurban Station, 1916. The station, built in 1916, served as Dallas' first electric train station. It was converted to a bus station in the 1960s by the Continental Bus Co. and closed in 1987 after Greyhound bought out Continental Trailways. In 2000, the 84-year-old electric rail and bus station was given a new lease on life when the Courtland Group began conversion of the eight-story, historic building at ...

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