Roster Cars 596-625

CRP&L Co. Cars 596-625

A builder's photo of car #503 at the G.C. Kuhlman Car Co. plant in Cleveland. Photo from BJK collection.

#596-625 - Thirty closed P.A.Y.E. cars built by the G.C. Kuhlman Car Co. in 1909.

Number	In service	Body	Length	Length over bumpers
596-625	5/13/1909	Closed	28’ 8 5/16“	45’ 5/16“
Width	Height	Seats	Seats capacity	Weight
8’	12’ 1/2 “	2 long, center aisle	34	44,025
Builder	Trucks	Wheel base	Wheel diameter	Motors
G.C. Kuhlman Car Co.	Brill D22A Spec.	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	1	OOS 1932-1940

Remarks: All cars were builder’s order #418 and cost $4006.92 each. Car #596 was equipped with Brill 77E-1 trucks, GE 265A motors and K35JJ controller August, 1927. Its trucks and motors were used on car #754. Car 602 was destroyed by fire at Milo 8/22/1930. Cars #611 and 625 were sold to Columbus Pipe and Equipment in 1940.

Cars #596 OOS 8/7/1935; 597, 600, 605, 614-616, 619-621, 624 OOS 8/5/1938; 622 OOS 12/29/1938; 598-599, 602-604, 606-609, 613, 617, 623 OOS 9/11/1939; 610, 612, 618 OOS 12-29-1939; 611, 625 OOS 3/13/1940; 618 OOS 3/14/1940.

A brand new car #625 with smartly dressed crew. Photo from the Columbus Metropolitan Library collection

A well used #618 at the Kelton Avenue storage yard. Photo from BJK collection.

Car #600 being scrapped at the Kelton Avenue shops in 1938. Photo from BJK collection.