CCSR Co. Cars 193-209
These cars may be from the first order of electric powered streetcars.
Earlier electric streetcars were most likely conversions from horsecars.
Car 199 is pulling an unpowered trailer. - Photo from the Galen Gonser Collection.
193-209 - Seventeen single truck open cars
built by the J.G. Brill Co. in 1891.
|
Number |
In service |
Body |
Length |
Length over bumpers |
|
193-209 |
1891 |
Open |
25' |
26' |
|
Width |
Height |
Seats |
Seats capacity |
Weight |
|
7' 6" |
10' 10" |
8 reversible seats, no aisle |
40 |
19,404 |
|
Builder |
Trucks |
Wheel
base |
Wheel
diameter |
Motors |
|
J.G. Brill |
Brill 13 |
6' 6" |
33" |
2-GE SRG |
|
Motor
HP |
Controllers |
Trolleys |
Date scrapped or
out of service |
|
|
50 |
2 GE E |
1 Nuttall #5 |
|
|
Remarks: There is no data for car 205, it is likely there was a car 205 in the series. Cars 194, 201, 204, and 209 used Dupont Typ C trucks with a 6' wheelbase.
Electric streetcars would have been a novelty when this 1890s view of High Street was taken.
Horses still rule. - Photo from the BJ Kern Collection.
CCSR Co. Cars 193-209
Car 208 on Long Street.
These cars did not have a bulk head behind the motorman. Construction was simple and light.
Later streetcars employed more substantial construction. - Photo from the Donald A. Kaiser Collection.
