“Engineer Dies, Fireman Shot, In Mysterious Train Tragedy.” This was the sensational headline on the front page of the Bisbee, Arizona Daily Review on Saturday July 9, 1921.
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How the Interurban Worked
With apologies in advance to electrical engineers who may read this, the Interurban ran on electricity. More specifically, it ran on direct current.
Col. John F. Strickland, 1860-1921
From The Courier-Gazette, McKinney, TX 21 May 1921:
“J. F. Strickland Drops Dead in Dallas Home:
J. F. Strickland, long prominent in business circles in this city and State, dropped dead at his home, 3705 Rawlins street, Oak Lawn, this morning shortly before 10 o’clock.
The Interurban
If you were living in Waco in 1913, you could have read an article in the Waco Morning News on October 29, 1913 announcing a new rail line, the Interurban. It was the final extension in one large system, part of the Texas Electric Railway.
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