Jamestown Street Railway
Car 87
This undated photograph shows Jamestown Street Railway Car 87 on the street of Jamestown. This car was a double-truck, double-end, one-man steel cars with an arch roof built by the St. Louis Car Company. Purchased from the Chicago & Joliet in April 1934. The C&J had purchased them from the Central Illinois Traction company.
This June 1938 photo shows Car 87 running on a summer day. Car 87 and sister Car 88 were used exclusively on the Falconer and Celoron-Lakewood lines exclusively. They were the only cars speedy enough to maintain the particularly tight Sunday and Holiday schedules on those lines.
Another, undated, photo of the same car.
References
- Woodbury, John. 1958. Unpublished notes.
- Cars of the Jamestown Street Railway. http://www.jamestowntrolley.com/trolley/jsry/jsrycars.htm
- Photo courtesy of Dave Mewhinney
- Photo used with permission of Phil Soyring at Phil's Photography