Car
186 /"The Green Dragon"
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| • | 186 was built by the St. Louis Car Co. for Dallas Consolidated Electric Street Railway in 1913. |
| • | She served for 43 years in Dallas before being retired in 1956 when the streetcar system was abandoned. |
| • | She was stripped of her running gear and electrical wiring and sold to a private individual who used her for a hay barn in far North Dallas. |
| • | Ed Landrum, one of MATA's founders, acquired the car in 1979 and cosmetically restored her. |
| • | 186 was originally displayed in the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in Grand Prairie, Texas. |
| • | When the museum closed, Ed removed 186 and donated it to MATA. |
| • | MATA restored the Green Dragon to running order in 1989. |
| • | Since the original style Stone & Webster "maximum traction" trucks were not available, to provide adequate operational clearance, MATA outfitted 186 with Melbourne "Type B" trucks that have downward slanted end-frames. |
| • | Car 186 is 42-feet' long, 8-feet wide, weighs 21 tons and uses General Electric K35JJ controllers. |
| • | The Green Dragon has four MV101 40-horsepower 600-volt DC motors driving 27-inch diameter solid wheels. |
| • | 186 once
actually ran on McKinney Avenue on the SMU line. Since SMU students fondly called
her "The Green Dragon," it seemed appropriate to restore that nickname
to the car. |
