As I started digging deeper into the "I Have No Idea" folder, I realized that most of them were probably not as mysterious as the first group we posted, although they're still interesting. So I will ask previous winners to hold off and let other kids have a chance. At least for a day or two.
This one, for instance, is clear enough. You don't often see what the FJ&G used before they got Bullets.
And this is obviously Cook County #1, which should probably be filed under CSL:
So here are the next mystery cars:
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13 comments:
Ah, #1 appears to be LAMTA (Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority?). I believe the bottom half of the car is meant to be light green, but it didn't show up well in the photo. I think I can just make out some Pacific Electric cars hiding in the background of the photo as well as well.
-Matt Maloy
#7 is a Third Avenue Railway (NY City) rail grinder used mainly on Bronx lines, as Manhattan had underground conduit for power.
#1 appears to also be a former Pacific Electric car, or at least a very similar build to some of their cars.
-Anderson Pries from Fox River Trolley Museum
#6 Is also Hammond, Whiting, and East Chicago car #70. I recognize the logo on the side and the roll sign on top reads "Hammond."
-Anderson Pries again from Fox River Trolley Museum
No. 5 in the latest group is Indiana Service Corporation No. 817, an interesting, open-platform freight motor that had a long life on the last interurban remnants near the Spy Run Shops in Fort Wayne. George Bradley's Fort Wayne books and older CERA books devoted to Indiana cover the 817's life.
#4 is a Chicago & Southern Traction car. The same picture appears on https://hickscarworks.blogspot.com/2022/04/chicago-interurban-traction.html
Morning Randall - as ID'd by a previous respondent, #1 is PE 1543, photographed in its ca. 1960 LAMTA two-tone green & white image (only ex-PE car to receive it); a renumber from PE 435, came to LA as USMC 4640, began life as IER 379. Art
Hi Randall - #2 is C&LE 620, a 1909 Cincinnati (built as Lima-Toledo 764), made into a line car in 1936. Art
#3 doesn't look familiar, but the car in the background looks a whole lot like Kansas City Leavenworth & Western 4 from the previous mystery post, so my guess is that this is the KCL&W. #8 has a Union Traction emblem on the side.
So that just about finishes off this second group. (#8 is too badly worn to have a legible number.) Stupendous! I'll try to put together another group in a few days. Thanks!
Union Traction of Indiana #307.
We have a few pieces off that car, including a retriever and a couple of stripped-out controllers. They were donated maybe 15-20 years ago.
The car survives today (more or less) at Travel Town.
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