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Some museums lacking the funding to build overhead wire have converted trolley cars to run with a diesel engine. Another technique is to have a diesel powered push-pull slug to move the cars.

Johnstown No. 358 was acquired by Stone Mountain, Georgia, to run a tourist ride around the mountain. The Stone Mountain shop modified the car by removing the electric motors and controls, and installed a Detroit 453 diesel engine with an Allison transmission. Stone Mt. renumbered the car 1910 and ran it until the 1980's. The Trolley Museum of New York has since acquired the car.

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Johnstown 358 as it looks today, diesel powered.

 

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