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[T&P Trains #227 & #310 Wrecked]

Description: Copy photo of a head on collision between trains #227 and #310 with men standing near it. Written below the image is "Wreck near Aroya (Now Wickett) Texas Ward County 1908 with Locos #227 & 310 R. L. Schwarzenbach was the engineer of the eastbound train, working with him were Henry Mason - Fireman and Sam Mimms Conductor. Schwarzenbach was at the controls of #320 *with the caved in cab) W. R. Bill Marlin was the engineer of Loco 227, Jake Bishop was the fireman and Gordon Phillips the conductor… more
Date: 1908
Creator: Frame, Paul
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: The Grace Museum

[T&P Head-On Collision]

Description: Copy photo of the aftermath of a head-on collision between two T&P trains. There are men posing in front of the wreckage. Printed on the image is "[sic] Head on collision, 1908, just east of east switch Aroya (now Wickett) Endr. Schwarzenbach, (now retired Big Spring) and Condr Sam Mimms on eastbound train (Eno with cab caved in) Condr. Gordon Phillips was riding in cab of the 227. All jumped, no on injured except one Bo-Bo..." Below the image is written "Paul Frame Collection."
Date: unknown
Creator: Frame, Paul
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Grace Museum
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[News Clip: Texas news review]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a weekly news review of local stories including a B-29 plane crashing while coming in for a landing at Carswell Air Force Base, the only black mayor in Texas, and a convention of model railroad enthusiasts in Fort Worth.
Date: September 30, 1951
Duration: 3 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Transmission-Gearing.

Description: Patent for a transmission gearing for a traction system for trains, which can be used on all types of curves without ill effects.
Date: August 25, 1908
Creator: Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Electric Track-Brake.

Description: Patent for an electric train brake, which allows trains to not slow down on curves without derailing and allows faster emergency braking.
Date: August 25, 1908
Creator: Mayo, William C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sleeping-Car

Description: Patent for a railroad sleeping car with an improved mechanism for folding the seats into beds.
Date: February 7, 1911
Creator: Anson, Warren J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-Truck.

Description: Patent for a car truck for use on trains, which can withstand heavy loads and high speeds.
Date: August 25, 1908
Creator: Mayo, William C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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