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CRP&L Co. Cars 637-648

Car #638 at the Kelton Avenue storage yard.  Photo from  BJK collection.

#637-648 - Ten closed P.A.Y.E. cars built by the G.C. Kuhlman Car Co. in 1911.   

Number

In service

Body

Length

Length over bumpers

637-648

10/11/1911

Closed

28’ 8 5/16”

45’ 5/16”

Width

Height

Seats

Seats capacity

Weight

12’ ½ ”

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- GE88A

Motor HP

Compressor

Controllers

Trolleys

Date scrapped or out of service

 

1-GE

CP-27

2-GE

K-36B

1

OOS

1938-1940

Remarks:  All cars were builder’s order #508 at a cost of $3903.31 per car.  Car #638 sold to Columbus Pipe & Equipment and #641 to Summer & Co.  Cars #644 OOS 8/5/1938; 645-648 OOS 10/13/1938; 637, 639-640, 642-643 OOS 9/11/1939;  and 638, 641 OOS 3/13/1940.