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CRP&L Co. Cars 871-876

Car #873.  Photo from BJK collection.

#871-876 - Six double-end, light weight interurbans built by the St. Louis Car Co. in 1922 for the Wisconsin Public Service as #51-56.  They were sold to the CRP&L in 1937.  They did not work out and were sold to the Utilities Equipment Co. and resold to the Virginia Electric & Power Co., Norfolk, VA., in 1940.  

Number

In service

Built

Length

Length over bumpers

871-876

9/17/1936

9/5/1922

   

Width

Height

Seats

Seats capacity

Weight

        36,000

Builder

Trucks

Wheel base

Wheel diameter

Motors

St. Louis Car Co.

St. Louis CM-66     4-WH508A

Motor HP

Compressor

Controllers

Purchased from

Date scrapped or out of service

    K-35

Green Bay, WI

OOS

4/29/1940

Remarks:  Builder's order #1284. 

Cars #875. These cars where used in Columbus for only two or three years making it difficult to find their pictures.  Photo from BJK collection.