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Title |
Dallas Railway & Terminal City Streetcar 724 |
Date |
1948 |
Description |
DIGITAL PRINT: Dallas Railway and Terminal City Streetcar 724 travels Dallas city streets on the Belmont line. From https://flashbackdallas.com/2018/04/20/ghost-rails-of-the-belmont-streetcar-line/ -- One of the early "suburban" lines was the Belmont Line, which branched off the Bryan Street line and served the Belmont Addition and beyond; it opened in 1913, but these early days appear to have been more of a private "dinky" service. The Belmont line — as well as the Vickery Place and Mount Auburn lines — became part of the city’s official streetcar system in 1922. The Belmont line had reached at least as far as Richmond Avenue by 1914. By 1922 the Belmont line had extended north to Velasco; by 1925 it had gotten to McCommas; by 1936 it had made it up to Penrose; and by 1939 it had finally reached Mockingbird (in time for the opening that year of Stonewall Jackson Elementary School, located at Mockingbird and Matilda). Dallas streetcars began to be phased out in 1955, and the Belmont line was one of the first to go — its last run was March 6, 1955: "The Belmont-Seventh streetcar line will go out of existence Sunday to be replaced by service with new Diesel buses" (Dallas Morning News, March 6, 1955). The new bus route in the Lower Greenville area would, for the most part, be along Greenville Avenue, one block west of unpaved Matilda Street. --end-- See: Map 8 |
Place |
Dallas, TX |
Photographer |
Polinak, Bernard |
Print Size |
8 1/2" x 11" |
Search Terms |
Belmont Line Car 724 Dallas City Streetcar 724 Dallas County Dallas Railway and Terminal Company Icon-Dallas Terminal Railway |
Collection |
Richard A. Krisak Collection |
Copyright |
The City of Plano / Interurban Railway Museum has all rights with minor restrictions. |
Catalog Number |
CP.2012.CL.9-4 |