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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5 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.
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