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Texas Electric Railway by Johnny J Myers Bulletin 121 Central Electric Railfans’
Texas Electric Railway by Johnny J Myers Bulletin 121 Central Electric Railfans Association
Hard Cover w/DJ
256 pages
Copyright 1982
CONTENTS
1. Denison & Sherman Railway 8
2. Texas Traction Company 14
3. Dallas Southern Traction Company28
4. Southern Traction Company 34
5. Texas Electric Railway 52
6. Express and Freight Service 68
7. Receivership, Rebirth and Abandonment84
8. The Local Lines 114
9. A Brief Look at Northern Texas Traction Interurban Lines140
10. Texas Interurban Railway Company160
11. Riding the Texas Electric170
12. The Interurban Cars of Dallas220
DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION:
In North Texas, the memory of "The Interurban" lingers on. In the not-too-distant past, extensive travel from Dallas was practical and convenient on the speedy and majestic interurban cars of the Texas Electric Railway. The Texas Electric had a mystique all its own. Perhaps this was because it was in fabled Texas, but it also fascinated because of its sheer length.
On the eve of World War II, most of the "typical" interurbans had succumbed to the competition of the bus which turned out to be surrogate for the automobile. Imagine, if you will, the wonderment of an interurban line extant in 1946 which ran all the way from Denison to Waco by way of Dallas!
The story of Texas Electric includes examples of virtually all kinds of electric railway operation. Its beginnings were in the streetcar lines of Denison and Sherman. Later, there was a variety of streetcar operations ranging from a single-car system in McKinney to a rather large system in Waco-with others in between.
Then, there were the Interurban cars. In the early days, there were impressive limiteds with classic parlor cars manned with porters. There were interurban locals, typical interurban express trains and locomotives hauling interline freight trains-the latter probably the savior of the line, at least until 1948.
Author Johnnie Myers, motivated by a lifelong fascination with the subject, has amassed a wealth of information on the Texas Electric and has woven it into the complete story of this interesting operation. He has had access to materials from the finest collections of Texas Electric memorabilia.
There are additional chapters on the neighboring Northern Texas Traction, which ran from Dallas to Fort Worth and south to Cleburne and on the ill-fated Texas Interurban which had lines to both Terrell and Denton. In addition to the story, there are, of course, a multitude of fine photographs, &tailed maps, and complete rolling stock rosters. Here, then, is nothing less than a complete account of the Interurban Age in North Texas.
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