Dallas streetcar at McDonald's *PIC*

Frank Hicks · **Posted:** Tue Sep 09, 2003 4:33 pm

I just found the photo below on a photo website, www.joelance.com. It shows what appears to be a Dallas Railway & Terminal (700-series?) streetcar in front of a McDonald's in Coppell, Texas. Does anyone know anything about this car - what it is, when it was built or how it came to be plinthed at a McDonald's?

Frank Hicks

Preserved North American Electric Railway Cars

F-Hicks@wiu.edu

Andy Nold · **Posted:** Tue Sep 09, 2003 6:56 pm

> Does anyone
> know anything about this car - what it is,
> when it was built or how it came to be
> plinthed at a McDonald's?

> Frank Hicks

Yep.

tnold@northtexastransport.org

Andy Nold · **Posted:** Tue Sep 09, 2003 11:50 pm

Sorry about the earlier post... Got busy and was walking out the door.

Ahem...

The car at the McDonalds is a Dallas Railway & Terminal 700 series car. The 3rd hand info I have was that it was some kind of deal brokered by Harry Nicholls when he was E.D. of McKinney Avenue Transit Authority when they were working towards startup. Apparently, it was a car that was in moderately rough shape not suited for operating restoration and it was fixed up for the McDonalds. It used to be painted the same creme and burgundy color that MATA still uses and somehow McDonalds was even using MATA's logo for advertising purposes (although I don't think MATA was very happy about their oval logo getting out). I will ask Harry about it when I see him later this week and send you more details in email.

tnold@northtexastransport.org