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| • | 323 is a 13-window Stone & Webster "turtleback" type street car built in 1915 as part of an order for 26 such cars for the Northern Texas Traction Company of Ft. Worth. |
| • | 323 is longer and heavier than our #186. It sports 13 windows per side rather than the 10 commonly found on Stone and Webster streetcars. |
| • | N.T.T. operated local streetcar service between Oak Cliff and Dallas using the "300" class cars. |
| • | In 1934, N.T.T. sold the Oak Cliff lines and all rolling stock to the Dallas Railway Company, which continued to operate the "300" class cars until 1952 when they were retired and "all" were scrapped. |
| • | 323 survived as a ticket office and souvenir shop at the now defunct "Old Abilene Town" in Abilene, Texas. |
| • | 323 is the only known example of the Stone and Webster "stretch" streetcar still in existence in the world today. |
| • | Because of 323's size and weight, we must outfit it with a pair of so-called "maximum traction" trucks. Maximum traction trucks carried as much as three-quarters of their car's weight on their rear powered axle, which was fitted with large diameter wheels; the truck's lead axle was fitted with small 17"diameter wheels. |
| • | Such trucks must be manufactured or purchased. |
| • | 323 does not yet have a corporate sponsor. |
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The
car is currently in storage at our East Dallas storage lot, awaiting restoration. |