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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. 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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3. 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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4. Dallas Southern Traction Express Motor 1 Cab - 1911

   Cab view of Dallas Southern Traction Company Express Motor 1, built in 1911 by Osgood Bradley Car Company. The car went to Texas Traction Company and renumbered to 50 in 1912.

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5. Dallas Southern Traction Express Motor 1 Interior - 1911

   Interior view toward the cab of Dallas Southern Traction Copany Express Motor 1, built in 1911 by Osgood Bradley Car Company. The car went to Texas Traction Company and renumbered to 50 in 1912.

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6. Freshly Repainted TER Passenger Motor 360 at Dallas Interurban Station - 1938

   Texas Electric Railway Company Postal Car 360 stands at the Dallas Interurban Station over a work pit. The rail car appears to be freshly repainted and perhaps just out of the repair shop. This photo was taken before some cars were rebuilt and the arched windows changed to rectangular. In 1932, Passenger Motors 360 and 362 became one-man Railway Post Office cars. In the case of RPO cars, the term "one-man", refers to car operation and not...

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7. Interior of Texas Traction Interurban Motor 11 - 1911

   Interior of Texas Traction Interurban Motor 11, manufactured by American Car Company, Saint Louis, MO. This car later became Texas Electric Railway Passenger Motor 360.

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8. Interior of Texas Traction Interurban Motor 53 - 1908

   Interior view, looking toward the Motorman's seat, of Texas Traction Interurban Motor 53, manufactured by St. Louis Car Company, Saint Louis, MO. In 1913, this car was renumbered and became Express Motor 553. In 1918, it became Express Trail Car 602.

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9. Interior View of TER Bluebonnet Limited 327 - ca 1927

   Interior rear-facing view of all steel TER Passenger Motor 327. This particular photo was used in an advertisement about the "Bluebonnet" Limiteds. Part of the ad read 'Amazing comfort! The newest and finest individual-type seats with genuine leather and full double cushons! More leg room! Lean back in solid comfort as in your easy chair at home; read and ride restfully as you speed to your destination! Ride a Bluebonnet and SEE!'

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10. Interior View of TER Bluebonnet Special, Passenger Motor 307 - 1935, September 19

    Interior view of Texas Electric Railway Passenger Motor 307, a Bluebonnet Special. The white covers on the back of the seats, pictured here, gave Bluebonnet coaches a special touch. Note the sewn cursive 'TERY' in the rear middle of the white covers. In this view, facing the rear of the car, two signs can be seen; one reads 'No Smoking', the other reads: YOUR PATRONAGE IS APPRECIATED Tell your friends about the Economy....Safety ...

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11. Interior View of TER Bluebonnet Special - Passenger Motor 313 - 1939

    Interior view of Texas Electric Railway Passenger Motor 313, a Bluebonnet Special. The white covers on the back of the seats, pictured here, gave Bluebonnet coaches a special touch. In this view, facing the rear of the car, two signs can be seen; one reads 'No Smoking', the other reads: We will Appreciate it if You will Route Your Car-Load & Less-Car-Load Freight via TEXAS ELECTRIC RAILWAY See: Map 5, Detail 53

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12. New Seats for Bluebonnet Passenger Motors - ca 1927

    This promotional photograph was for a new type of seat tried out on the Bluebonnet passenger cars. This seat type was selected as the most comfortable by contest. Seats pictured are on Passenger Motor 328.

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13. Postcard - Postcard: Image of Scene on the Interurban Between Dallas-Waco-Corsicana-Sherman-Denison

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14. Southern Traction Dallas Limited Interurban Motor 302 - ca 1913

    Southern Traction Company Interurban Motor 302 somewhere along the Waco Line. In what is likely a publicity/promotional photo, the car is running as a Dallas Limited. This car was built by St. Louis Car Company in 1913 and rebuilt in 1917 by Texas Electric. Individuals seen through the front window are unidentified.

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15. Southern Traction Interurban Motor 319 - 1914

    Southern Traction Company Interurban Motor 319. This photograph was taken just south of Monroe Shops, about a year after the car was built. The car body was painted 'pullman green' and had a brown roof; window frames were painted 'tile red'. The car Destination sign reads 'Corsicana'. Motorman and passenger are unidentified.

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16. Stockholder's Inspection Trip: Sherman-Dallas Interurban at McKinney - 1908, June 30

    Six Interurban cars are lined up on the tracks as a group of men, women and children stand before the linked cars posing for the camera. Some stockholders are aboard the cars and look out from the windows. "...Texas Traction's inaugural trip on June 30, 1908. The first car with J. F. Strickland and several guests aboard reached Sherman about noon. There after picking up members of the Sherman city council, the Grayson County commissioners c...

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17. TER Class A Locomotive 800 - 1928

    Texas Electric Railway Company Class "A" Locomotive 800. Location is not known but it's likely near Monroe Shops. Built in 1928, in the Company shops, this was a 600/1200 volt car that pulled 400 tons. The trucks and electrical equipment came from car 321. 800 was used as 1200 volt freight motor until the final days of Texas Electric Railway Company in 1948, at which time 800 was dismantled.

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18. TER Parlor Car Interior - 1917

    Interior view of Texas Electric Parlor Car B shows interurban luxury, Texas Electric style. Note the decorated ceiling, leather chairs, and lights with globes. Texas Electric shopmen, at the Monroe Shops, created three stately parlor cars -- A, B, and C, from three of the six Dallas Southern motors in 1917. The front of the original car became the rear of the parlor car. Credit: E. L. DeGolyer, Jr. Collection See: Map 3; Map 8, Detai...

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19. TER Parlor Car Interior - 1918

    Promotional photograph of unidentified men and women seated in a Texas Electric Railway Parlour Car. The promotional campaign was launched to persuade passengers to leave their automobiles at home and ride the Texas Electric Railway and included advertisements showing affluent and fashionably dressed passengers riding in ease and comfort aboard luxuriouly appointed jitney cars, which became fashionable beginning in 1915. Texas Electric Parlor Ca...

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20. TER Passenger Motor 325 Waco Limited - ca 1921

    Substantial and good looking, Texas Electric Railway Passenger Motor 325 was one of four all-steel cars purchased from St. Louis in 1920. The four cars were the only new interurbans bought by Texas Electric. Equipped for 600 / 1200 V operation, they spent their life in the Waco Division. Passenger Motor 325, burned in early 1928. Members of the Dallas Bonehead Club, which rented a car every year to go to Waco, were aboard when an electric c...

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