TransphotoUrban Electric Transit

Boston, car # 1573

City:Boston   United States
Operator/Facility:Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Model:Newburyport 3-axle motor car
Built:04.1891
Current state: Withdrawn 
Purpose:Passenger vehicle
Scrapped:1921
Closed 25' body. Experimental car with Robinson Radial truck.
The Robinson Radial was replaced by West End Swivel Truck in 1898 (27 cars), 1900 (1 car) and 1908 (20 cars), and then reverted to a double-truck car. The body of this car is the same that of the Newburyport-built type 1 cars.
Scrapped in 1921.

  Withdrawn


  April 1891    Arrived at the facility


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