There are a LOT of Pacific Electric cars still out there, too.
What is the story of this fine trolley car? Where did it operate? The curtains are interesting. It is a 12-window car which is not common.
Bobby Ogage posted:What is the story of this fine trolley car? Where did it operate? The curtains are interesting. It is a 12-window car which is not common.
Conestoga Traction Co., Lancaster, PA.
Yep, beat me to it. There is a vintage photo on ebay of a Conestoga car (same or similar) with a notation that it's a Brill product.
Conestoga transportation CO John Denney JR. collection
Conestoga Traction Co. trolley car pulling up to the Pennsylvania Railroad station in Lancaster in 1946
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The sole survivor of Conestoga Traction, owned by the Manheim Historical Society. They are calling it a Birney but I believe it's actually a Brill?
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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
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Thanks all for educating me about Conestoga Traction. Here are some more trolley cars.
Interurban car in Sodus, New York
This is 601 in Queensboro Plaza on Long Island before she was painted orange & cream. 601 was the last trolley to run in New York City. Unfortunately it was left to rot at a museum.
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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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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.
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In 1963 Queensboro bridge car 601 was in immaculate condition stored in the St. George railyard. At the time i helped sand down and touch up a few rust spots. Somebody should go to jail for letting it be destroyed.
The same fate as what happened to some other traction-transit cars stored in that "Museum" called TMNY