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traildriver:

I had forgotten that TRAILWAYS had their HQ in Dallas; that, indeed, could have very well been one of the deciding figures here, that, and, as you said, the company night have had strong ties with Texas politicians..............

"NYO"

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Regarding Dallas and SGL:

".....effective January 1, 1932, SOUTHWESTERN abandoned it service west of Dallas, turning passenger over to SOUTHLAND instead, and listed the Missouri Pacific's exiting Memphis-Brinkley run in its timetable as connections instead of stating through trips at Memphis. Through St. Louis-Memphis-Dallas service was still operated......."

"........according to a January, 1939, SWG system timetable showed both SWG and LEE WAY running over the Amarillo-Raton route (SWG had purchased this route from LEE WAY in May, 1940) TRAILWAYS timetables also showed LEE WAY's Amarillo-Albuquerque trips at that time, linking BOWEN MOTOR COACHES (Dallas-Wichita-Amarillo) with SANTA FE TRAIL TRANSPORTATION CO........"

(info from an old issue of MOTOR COACH AGE, dealing with the history of SGL)

"NYO"

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Recall, also, that, by the early 1970's, EAGLE production had moved to Brownsville, Texas, where CONTINENTAL TRAILWAYS had opened its new bus building factory.

In the late 1950's, a new TRAILWAYS terminal opened in Houston, covering a half-block........

"NYO"

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Quick inquiry:

In November, 1963, did GREYHOUND and/or TRAILWAYS offer direct through service between Dallas and Washington DC, or was a change of buses required at some point, en route?

"NYO"

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Further on GREYHOUND (to Dallas)......

From my archives, I was just consulting a January, 1957 "EASTERN GREYHOUND (Transcontinental TT) and also came across a page (with route diagram) for "THE OLD HICKORY ROUTE" (East Coast-Memphis-Los Angeles)

Cities served:

NEW YORK

WASHINGTON

RICHMOND

NORFOLK

ROANOKE

KNOXVILLE

BIRMINGHAM

ATLANTA

NASHVILLE

MEMPHIS

DALLAS

EL PASO

LO ANGELES

SAN DIEGO

The way the line map is shown, there was a "loop", if you will, branching off the "main line", serving Richmond and Norfolk.

Between Knoxville and Memphis, there was a "cut off" which served Nashville.

At El Paso, one line went to Los Angeles, while the other continued on to San Diego.

The cover of this 1957 TT shows a SCENICRUISER; the cover also informs us that the buses ran via:

NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE

PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE

OHIO TURNPIKE

INDIANA TURNPIKE

NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY

OKLAHOMA'S TURNER TURNPIKE

"NYO"

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.....in a 1952 "TECHE GREYHOUND" tt, one "line map" for "THE MISSION TRAIL ROUTE" (Miami-Los Angeles/San Diego) lists the following cities:

MIAMI

JACKSONVILLE

LAKE CITY

TALLAHASSEE

MARIANNA

PENSACOLA

MOBILE

NEW ORLEANS

LAKE CHARLES

HOUSTON

SAN ANTONIO

DALLAS

FORT WORTH

EL PASO

PHOENIX

SAN DIEGO

LOS ANGELES

On the "line map", there is a "split" between Houston and El Paso; one line serves Dallas and Fort Worth, while the other line serves San Antonio......

"NYO"

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......the following is from a SOUTHERN KANSAS GREYHOUND LINES tt (1950); an ACF-BRILL IC-41 on the cover......

"MINNEAPOLIS-KANSAS CITY-LAWRENCE-INDEPENDENCE-TULSA-DALLAS-MEXICO CITY"

(SWG and DMC [CONTINENTAL DIXIE LINES] connections at Dallas)

"NYO"

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Historic intercity bus routes in Texas (maps/links).......

www.chicagorailfan.com/greyhrtx.html

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TMN&O maps........

www.chicagorailfan.com/greyitno.html

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CENTRAL TEXAS BUS LINES maps (1948/1976).........

www.chicagorailfan.com/greyictb.html

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