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| Current Photo, Date and Credit (Photo © PTM) | In Service, Date and Credit (Photo © PTM) |
| Car Number | 3000 | Car Builder | Baldwin-Westinghouse |
| Year Built | 1920 | Year Acquired | 1968 |
| Type | Steeplecab Locomotive | Seats | 0 |
| Length | XX'X" | Width | X'XX" |
| Height | XX'X" | Weight | 107,000 lbs (53.5 tons) |
| Max Speed | XX mph | Status | Stored inoperable, Trolley Display Building |
West Virginia's Monongahela Valley Traction Company ran not only interurban electric passenger service between cities, but also a full-fledged freight operation on the same track. This joint service continued until 1947, when the streetcars were discontinued. (Interestingly, competitor Baltimore & Ohio then acquired part of the trolley line south of Clarksburg because its grades were better than their own.)
Locomotive 3000 was built for the freight service and utilizes heavy-duty trolley technology in a compact package (compact it may be, but the crane lifting it to get it here revealed its weight to be 107,000 pounds!).
After the streetcar days, 3000 went to Monongahela Power's Rivesville power plant, where it was used to shift coal cars brought in on the railroad. It came to the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum in 1968
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