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Car Step

Description: Patent for a car step. This invention is designed to be swung down into position from a fixed under the bottom of the rail car. Illustration included.
Date: September 18, 1906
Creator: Davis, George W. & Hicks, Joseph A.
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Car Coupling

Description: Patent for a car coupling. This invention operates as a coupling for rail cars. Illustration included.
Date: July 24, 1906
Creator: Moore, Francis A. & Green, William Edward
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[News Clip: Glass freight car shows load shifts]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a plexiglass freight car used by the Santa Fe railroad company in Dallas to demonstrate to its workers how loads inside rail cars shift.
Date: February 17, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 14 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Bridge is damaged in freak accident]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a railroad bridge collapsing near Denison, sending nine cars off the tracks. The accident was caused by a car crashing into one of the train cars and sending it into the bridge. A man and woman in the car were injured.
Date: August 10, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 17 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Script: Kidnap & Derailments]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Randolph Hearst who is considering the demand of his daughter's kidnappers seriously. About 20 persons who are still in hospital after the explosion of 6 propane filled rail cars.
Date: February 13, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: The week in review]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story of the week's most notable news stories.
Date: July 13, 1957
Duration: 5 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Rail car blocks traffic]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a runaway rail car blocking a Fort Worth road.
Date: September 6, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 41 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Car-Coupling.

Description: Patent for an improved device used to connect rail cars, including illustrations and descriptions of how the new coupling works.
Date: April 15, 1884
Creator: Hathaway, Charles L.
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Folding Car-Step.

Description: Patent for folding steps attached to a railway car or trolley, which are easily operated by the conductor and when folded block the exit of the car to prevent passengers leaving or entering without the steps.
Date: October 29, 1907
Creator: Felkner, William G.
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Car-Coupling.

Description: Patent for an improved car coupling, including illustrations. "This invention relates to an improvement to car coupling, having for its object to effect the coupling of cars with facility and without danger to the operator, the coupling operation being performed automatically, and without requiring the passing of the operator between the cars" (lines 10-15).
Date: November 7, 1882
Creator: Nelson, John B.
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