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1908 CRP&L Co. Streetcar #590

CRP&L Co. Cars 586-595       

A builder's photo of car #588 at the G.C. Kuhlman Car Co. plant in Cleveland. Photo from the BJK Collection.

#586-595 - Ten closed P.A.Y.E. cars built by the G.C. Kuhlman Car Co. in 1908.  They were used on the State and Oak Streets line per the December 1908 Brill Magazine.      

Number

In service

Body

Length

Length over bumpers

586-595

8/10/1908

Closed

28’ 8 5/16“

45’ 5/16“

Width

Height

Seats

Seats capacity

Weight

12’ 1/2 “

2 long, center aisle

34

41,588

Builder

Trucks

Wheel base

Wheel diameter

Motors

G.C. Kuhlman

Car Co.

Brill D22A

4’ 6”

33”/24”

2-GE-88A

Motor HP

Compressor

Controllers

Trolleys

Date scrapped or

out of service

 

1-GE

CP-21

2-GE

K-36B

2

OOS

1938-1939

Remarks:  All cars were builder’s order #393 and they cost $4283.84 each.  Cars #586-589, 591-593 were OOS 9/11/1939; 590 and 595 OOS 8/5/1938; and 594 OOS 12/29/1939.

A brand new Car #591 ready to start its thirty years service for the CRP&L Co.  Photo from the DAK collection.