CRP&L Co. Cars 649-658
Builder's photo of Car 658 taken in 1912. Photo from BJK collection.
649-658 - Ten closed P.A.Y.E.
cars built by the G.C. Kuhlman Car Co. in 1912.
|
Number |
In service |
Body |
Length |
Length over bumpers |
|
649-658 |
1912 |
Closed |
28 8 5/16 |
45 5/16 |
|
Width |
Height |
Seats |
Seats capacity |
Weight |
|
8 |
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:
Cars were used
as both wide gauge and standard gauge (not at the same time). All cars
were builders order 545. Car 649 destroyed by fire caused by a trolley
break 6/13/1933. Car #653 damaged by fire 3/7/1938, burnt at Merritt St.
5/4/1938. Car 655 sold to Columbus Pipe & Equipment. Cars
657-658 OOS 8/5/1938; 650-652, 654 OOS 10/13/1938; 656 OOS 9/11/1939; and
655 OOS 3/13/1940.
Car 650 at the south end of the standard gauge
Steelton-Summit line. Buckeye Steel Castings Co. is in the
background. Parsons Avenue is the street and the track in the
foreground is for the Scioto Valley Traction Interurban line.
Steelton-Summit
line car 654 headed for the Buckeye Steel Castings Co. plant.