CRP&L Co. Cars 659-668
Builder's photo of Car 662 taken in 1918. Photo from BJK collection.
659-668 - Ten closed cars built by the G.C. Kuhlman Car Co. in 1918.
|
Number |
In service |
Body |
Length |
Length over bumpers |
|
659-668 |
1918 |
Closed |
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Width |
Height |
Seats |
Seats capacity |
Weight |
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Builder |
Trucks |
Wheel
base |
Wheel
diameter |
Motors |
|
G.C. Kuhlman
Car Co. |
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2- GE88A |
|
Motor
HP |
Compressor |
Controllers |
Trolleys |
Date
scrapped or out of service |
|
|
1-GE
CP-27 |
2-GE
K-36 |
2 |
OOS
1940&1947 |
Remarks:
All cars were
builder’s order 652. Converted to one man operation 7/19/1933. Cars
659-664 OOS
3/17/1947; and 665-668 OOS 4/29/1940. Cars 665-668 were
destroyed at the Grandview pole yard 5/9/1940.
Car 662 on Kelton Avenue in front of the Kelton Avenue
car house.
Car 663 entering
the Kelton Avenue car house. This was the first all steel car and
six of the ten cars in this series would last to 1947 almost the end of
streetcar service in Columbus.