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If memory serves me correctly, the Birney patents were assigned to a holding company (National Safety Car Co.??), and Birney's were built by many of the car builders of the time...Brill, American, St. Louis Car, and Cincinnati (not to be confused with their own 4-wheel lightweight) and maybe others.   So unless I'm mistaken, it's entirely possible for a car to be both a Brill...and a Birney...which I believe is the case with this one.  There's a lot more info on Birneys on the web, including a site devoted exclusively to them

                                                                                                     Logan

RailKing Pittsburgh PCC car.  I recall going to the big city in college and always thought these cars looked neat.  As a country boy, I found some of the strange angles intersections in downtown Pittsburgh to be a challenge to know when to cross the street.  One day I thought I was looking at the correct light and started across then realized I picked the wrong light as one of these cars came by.  It was a close call!   

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Bobby Ogage posted:

It looks like 601 is still in her attractive New Bedford paint scheme in that photo.  She lives on as her remaining parts are being used in the restoration of Scranton Transit #505, the last surviving electromobile.  

https://twitter.com/Trolley505

https://www.gofundme.com/new-d...scranton-trolley-505

http://www.ectma.org

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Keystone posted:

Some Brill interiors

Brill Trolley 46-50II series interiorBrill Trolley 62-80 series interior

I knew what line that was from the instant I saw the photos - Lehigh Traction Co. (NOT Transit!).  One half of the car was outfitted with stationary benches so the coal miners wouldn't ruin the rattan walk overs on their way home from work.  One of those cars still exists, built into a cabin at an "undisclosed location."  Maybe someday.

Montclaire posted:
Keystone posted:

Some Brill interiors

Brill Trolley 46-50II series interiorBrill Trolley 62-80 series interior

I knew what line that was from the instant I saw the photos - Lehigh Traction Co. (NOT Transit!).  One half of the car was outfitted with stationary benches so the coal miners wouldn't ruin the rattan walk overs on their way home from work.  One of those cars still exists, built into a cabin at an "undisclosed location."  Maybe someday.

Good eye Montclaire.

briansilvermustang posted:

Wow!  I had heard that there was a double ended traction rotary snow plow, but this is the first time I've seen a picture of it.

Years ago I tried to kitbash one in HO scale, using two Athearn rotary snowplow "blowers", and an express reefer for the body.  Lack of information killed off my enthusiasm for the project.

Stuart

 

Stuart posted:
briansilvermustang posted:

Wow!  I had heard that there was a double ended traction rotary snow plow, but this is the first time I've seen a picture of it.

Years ago I tried to kitbash one in HO scale, using two Athearn rotary snowplow "blowers", and an express reefer for the body.  Lack of information killed off my enthusiasm for the project.

Stuart

 

The Shore Line Trolley Museum in East Haven, CT owns what is believed to be the only surviving one or only one that still functions. I've seen it moving about the yard area, although it is missing it's exterior carbody sheathing, no doubt a long-ago restoration project that ran out of steam.

---PCJ

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