Re: Dallas Railway Company
| April 23, 2015 12:39PM |
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Festus Wrote:
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> Apparently the Dallas Railway Company was
> the result of a merger of a number of elec-
> tric street car lines in Dallas in 1917....
Any affiliation with the Texas & Pacific, Festus?
I'm just guessing based on the shape of the DRC's logo on the head of the band's drum in your photo above, and its similarity to the Texas & Pacific's herald:
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/23/2015 01:04PM by Russo Loco.
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> Apparently the Dallas Railway Company was
> the result of a merger of a number of elec-
> tric street car lines in Dallas in 1917....
Any affiliation with the Texas & Pacific, Festus?
I'm just guessing based on the shape of the DRC's logo on the head of the band's drum in your photo above, and its similarity to the Texas & Pacific's herald:
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/23/2015 01:04PM by Russo Loco.
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