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CRP&L Co. Cars 497-506       

Car #502 on the transfer table at the Kuhlman Co. ready for delivery to the CRP&L Co.

#497-506 - Ten closed cars built  by the G.C. Kuhlman Car Co. in 1905.   

Number

In service

Body

Length

Length over bumpers

497-506

1905

Closed

28’ 8 ˝”

43’ 4 3/8”

Width

Height

Seats

Seats capacity

Weight

 

 

 

 

 

Builder

Trucks

Wheel base

Wheel diameter

Motors

G.C. Kuhlman

Car Co.

Eureka

4’

33”/20”

2-

Motor HP

Controllers

Trolleys

Date scrapped or

out of service

 

40

 

1

OOS

1936 & 1938

 

Remarks:  Car #502 was Multiple Unit equipped, had two trolley poles and air brakes.  Car #506 was OOS 9/8/1938.  Cars #497-505 were disposed of 12/31/1936.  Cars #498-500 and 502 were MU equipped.  Car #498 was in the 1913 flood.  All cars were builder’s order #299

Car #505 on High Street crossing Broad Street.  The camera is looking west. 

Photos from the BJK Collection.