Roster Cars 253-272

CR&L Co. Cars 253-272

Car 258 being unloaded from a Barney & Smith Car Co. flat car. This was one of the first 20 double truck cars purchased by the Columbus Railway & Light Co. Photo from the DAK collection.

253-272 - Twenty open cars built by the Barney & Smith Co. in 1895

Number	In service	Body	Length	Length over bumpers
253-272	May-July 1895	Open	33'	34' 7"
Width	Height	Seats	Seats capacity	Weight
7' 6"	10' 9"	10 cross, no aisle	50	22,076 - 22,628
Builder	Trucks	Wheel base	Wheel diameter	Motors
Barney & Smith Car Co.	Barney & Smith C	4'	33"/18"	2 GE-52 or 2 GE 800
Motor HP	Controllers	Brakes	Trolleys	Date scrapped or out of service
54	2 GE-K2 or 2 GE-K10		1	OOS 7-30-1920

Remarks: Car 271 had chairs, 246 lights and was named the "Electra". It was used for special parties.

Street Railway Review, 1895, from the Dennis Lamont Collection.