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Discussion Boards => Large => Topic started by: altterrain on March 11, 2009, 11:54:24 AM

Title: Closed street car prototype
Post by: altterrain on March 11, 2009, 11:54:24 AM
I found a nice pic online of the prototype of the Bachmann closed street car -

(http://www.bachmanntrains.com/home-usa/products/images/uploads/93939.jpg)

(http://www.davesrailpix.com/dct//jpg/dct203.jpg)

full size - http://www.davesrailpix.com/dct//jpg/dct203.jpg (http://www.davesrailpix.com/dct//jpg/dct203.jpg)

-Brian
Title: Re: Closed street car prototype
Post by: Hamish K on March 11, 2009, 11:18:45 PM
The streetcar shown was made by the American Car Company, later bought by Brill, and was operated in Washington DC. The design seems to have been a relatively common one for early electric streetcars, and is clearly similar to some horse drawn cars. Here is a link to a historic photo of an Ann Arbor car https://www.aadl.org/gallery/aastreets/site3/FRAME-3_streetcar_300_2.gif.html (https://www.aadl.org/gallery/aastreets/site3/FRAME-3_streetcar_300_2.gif.html). I have seen photos of other, very similar, cars.

Hamish