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| Trolley Display Building, 2005 (John Smatlak photo) | As built, 1929 at Banning Siding (New York Studios photo) |
| Car Number | 832 | Car Builder | Cincinnati Car Company |
| Year Built | 1929-30 | Year Acquired | 1952 |
| Type | DE Curved-Side Interurban | Seats | 48 |
| Length | 47'3" | Width | 8'7" |
| Height | 10'7" | Weight | 32,000 lbs (16 tons) |
| Max Speed | XX mph | Status | Stored inoperable, Trolley Display Building |
A dozen of these lightweight, "curved-side" cars were acquired for West Penn's Allegheny Valley Street Railway during the 1929-30 winter. Introduced on Valentine's Day 1930, they afforded patrons the finest accommodations of the day on the routes between Aspinwall, New Kensington and Natrona. Company accountants liked them, too, because they required one crewman instead of two.
After the Valley Route was abandoned in 1937, the cars were moved to the company's Coke Region division, where they ran on routes to Latrobe, Fairchance, Phillips and South Connellsville. 832 was the last of the series in service, finishing up on the South Connellsville route at the end of rail operations in 1952.
832 was the second car acquired for the Museum, and is the only car of its type to be preserved intact.
Along with Pittsburgh Railways M1 and 3756, 832 came to the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum siteunder its own power on February 7, 1954 along the former Washington interurban right of way.
Click on the thumbnails below for larger photos (will open in new window):
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| Sister car 842 dedication on Valentine's
Day 1930 (West Penn Railways photo, Miller Library collection) |
832 at Connellsville Terminal, 5/30/1952 (William C. Janssen photo, Krambles-Peterson archive) |
832 at Pittsburgh Railways' Ingram
Carhouse in 1953 (Miller Library, PTM) |
832, 3756 and M1 near Morganza en route to their
future home on 2/7/1954 (Miller Library, PTM) |
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| 832, 3756 and M1 at Richfol stop en route
to their future home on 2/7/1954 (Miller Library, PTM) |
Trolley Display Building, 2005 (John Smatlak photo) |
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