NUM | ry | built_in | builder | type | status | constr | roof | ended |
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length | width | height | weight | seats | oos | gauge | ||
Ownership History | ||||||||
Notes | ||||||||
10
PHOTO PHOTO | Nassau Electric Railway | 1898 | Taunton Locomotive Works | snow plow (blade plow) | operated occasionally | wood | AR | DE |
27'0" | 28600# | n/a | 1957 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Nassau Electric Railway #10 1898-1899 / Brooklyn Rapid Transit #9800 1899-1923 / Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit #9800 1923-1929 / Brooklyn & Queens Transit #9800 1929-1940 / New York City Board of Transportation #9800 1940-1953 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1957-present | ||||||||
Later New York City Transit Authority #69 (1953-1957) | ||||||||
1001
PHOTO PHOTO HISTORY | Brooklyn & Queens Transit | 1936 | St. Louis Car Company (ord#1600) | streetcar (PCC, prewar) | operated occasionally | steel | AR | SE |
46'0" | 8'4" | 10'1" | 33360# | 59 | 1956 | 4'8.5" | ||
Brooklyn & Queens Transit #1001 1936-1940 / New York City Board of Transportation #1001 1940-1953 / New York City Transit Authority #1001 1953-1956 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1956-present | ||||||||
116
PHOTO PHOTO HISTORY | Cincinnati & Lake Erie | 1930 | Cincinnati Car Company (ord#3055) | interurban (lightweight/highspeed car) | stored inoperable | steel | AR | SE |
44'3" | 8'10" | 11'4" | 48300# | 38 | 1954 (1953) | 4'8.5" | ||
Cincinnati & Lake Erie #116 1930-1938 / Cedar Rapids & Iowa City #116 1938-1954 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1954-present | ||||||||
1199 | Connecticut Company | 1907 | John Stephenson Car Company (ord#1216) | streetcar (standard) | stored inoperable | wood | RR | DE |
41'0" | 47300# | 44 | 1948 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Connecticut Company #283 1907-1915 / Connecticut Company #1199 1915-1948 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1948-present | ||||||||
12
PHOTO PHOTO | Cornwall Street Railway Light & Power | 1917 | Baldwin/Westinghouse (ord#45657) | locomotive (B-W steeplecab) (Type B) | stored operable | steel | AR | DE |
36'0" | 106000# | n/a | 1972 (1971) | 4'8.5" | ||||
Ogden Logan & Idaho #904 1917-1918 / Utah-Idaho Central #904 1918-1948 / Cornwall Street Railway Light & Power #12 1948-1971 / Cornwall Transit #12 1971-1972 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1972-present | ||||||||
1227
PHOTO PHOTO VIDEO | Brooklyn Rapid Transit | 1903 | Osgood-Bradley | rapid transit car (open platform car) (Type BU) | operated occasionally | wood | RR | DE |
40'8" | 69880# | 53 | 1964 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Brooklyn Rapid Transit #1227 1903-1923 / Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit #1227 1923-1940 / New York City Board of Transportation #1227 1940-1953 / New York City Transit Authority #1227 1953-1964 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1964-present | ||||||||
1330
PHOTO PHOTO | Connecticut Company | 1910 | Osgood-Bradley | streetcar (suburban car) | stored inoperable | wood | RR | DE |
41'0" | 47000# | 42 | 1937 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Connecticut Company #554 1910-1915 / Connecticut Company #1330 1915-? / Connecticut Company #1333 ?-1936 / Connecticut Railway & Lighting #1333 1936-1937 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1974-present | ||||||||
1349
PHOTO PHOTO | Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit | 1905 | Cincinnati Car Company (ord#330) | rapid transit car (open platform semi-convertible) (Type BU) | operated occasionally | steel/wood | RR | DE |
49'3" | 73230# | 60 | 1962 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Brooklyn Rapid Transit #1349 1905-1923 / Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit #1349 1923-1940 / New York City Board of Transportation #1349 1940-1953 / New York City Transit Authority #1349 1953-1962 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1962-present | ||||||||
1362
PHOTO PHOTO | Brooklyn Rapid Transit | 1905 | Jewett Car Company | rapid transit car (open platform semi-convertible) (Type BU) | stored inoperable | steel/wood | RR | DE |
49'3" | 73230# | 60 | 1962 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Brooklyn Rapid Transit #1362 1905-1923 / Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit #1362 1923-1940 / New York City Board of Transportation #1362 1940-1953 / New York City Transit Authority #1362 1953-1962 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1962-present | ||||||||
1403
PHOTO | Montreal Tramways | 1914 | Ottawa Car Manufacturing Company | streetcar (standard) | stored inoperable | steel | AR | SE |
46'6" | 1963 | 4'8.5" | ||||||
Montreal Tramways #1403 1914-1963 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1963-present | ||||||||
1425
PHOTO PHOTO HISTORY | Connecticut Company | 1911 | Osgood-Bradley | streetcar (open car, 15-bench) | operated occasionally | wood | DR | DE |
42'0" | 41500# | 75 | 1948 (1947) | 4'8.5" | ||||
Connecticut Company #1425 1911-1948 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1948-present | ||||||||
Originally had Chalmers compressor | ||||||||
1504
PHOTO PHOTO | Rhode Island Company | 1904 | Rhode Island Company | wrecker (emergency car) | operated occasionally | wood | RR | DE |
37'0" | 45000# | n/a | 1948 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Rhode Island Company #1504 1904-1948 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1948-present | ||||||||
157 | Staten Island Midland | 1895 | St. Louis Car Company | streetcar (standard) | stored inoperable | wood | DE | |
4'8.5" | ||||||||
Staten Island Midland #157 1895-? / 1st preserved by Old Richmondtown Historic Site ?-1996 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1996-present | ||||||||
Body only, disassembled, located off-site | ||||||||
1602
PHOTO PHOTO | Connecticut Company | 1911 | Wason Manufacturing Company | streetcar (standard) | operated often | wood | DR | DE |
41'0" | 45100# | 42 | 1948 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Connecticut Company #612 1911-1915 / Connecticut Company #1602 1915-1948 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1948-present | ||||||||
1689
PHOTO PHOTO VIDEO | Independent Subway System | 1940 | American Car & Foundry (ord#1935) | rapid transit car (IND type subway car) (Type R9) | operated occasionally | steel | DR | DE |
60'6" | 9'10" | 12'2" | 84396# | 56 | 1977 | 4'8.5" | ||
New York City Board of Transportation #1689 1940-1953 / Independent Subway System #1689 1940-1940 / New York City Transit Authority #1689 1953-1977 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1977-present | ||||||||
1706
PHOTO PHOTO | Toronto Railway | 1913 | Toronto Railway | streetcar (semi-convertible) | stored operable | wood | DR | SE |
34'6" | 7'11" | 11'10" | 30600# | 59 | 1955 | 4'8.5" | ||
Toronto Railway #1706 1913-1921 / Toronto Transportation Commission #1706 1921-1925 / Toronto Transportation Commission #W24 1925-1955 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1955-present | ||||||||
Rebuilt to rail grinder #W24 in 1925 | ||||||||
1792
PHOTO PHOTO | Brooklyn Rapid Transit | 1899 | Laclede Car Company (ord#466) | streetcar (standard) | operated occasionally | wood | DR | DE |
35'0" | 26000# | 32 | 1952 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Nassau Electric Railway #? 1899-1899 / Brooklyn Rapid Transit #1792 1899-1923 / Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit #1792 1923-? / Brooklyn & Queens Transit #9730 ?-1940 / New York City Board of Transportation #9730 1940-1952 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1952-present | ||||||||
Later converted to sand car | ||||||||
18
PHOTO PHOTO | Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority | 1949 | St. Louis Car Company (ord#1755) | streetcar (suburban streamliner) | stored inoperable | steel | AR | DE |
50'5" | 9'0" | 10'0" | 49000# | 58 | 1982 | 4'8.5" | ||
Philadelphia Suburban Transportation #18 1949-1970 / Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority #18 1970-1982 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1982-present | ||||||||
Former 5'2.5" gauge | ||||||||
1802
PHOTO | Connecticut Company | 1917 | Wason Manufacturing Company | streetcar (lightweight car) | stored inoperable | steel | AR | DE |
43'10" | 36000# | 44 | 4'8.5" | |||||
Connecticut Company #1802 1917-? / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1973-present | ||||||||
On Brill 39E shop trucks | ||||||||
1911
PHOTO PHOTO | Connecticut Company | 1919 | J.G. Brill Company (ord#20633) | streetcar (suburban car) | operated occasionally | steel | AR | DE |
49'0" | 49000# | 44 | (1948) | 4'8.5" | ||||
Connecticut Company #1911 1919-? / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) ?-present | ||||||||
197
PHOTO PHOTO | Brooklyn Rapid Transit | 1888 | Pullman | rapid transit car (open platform trailer) | undergoing restoration | wood | RR | DE |
48'0" | 39240# | 48 | 1955 (1952) | 4'8.5" | ||||
Kings County Elevated Railway #167 1888-1900 / Brooklyn Rapid Transit #324 1900-1903 / Brooklyn Rapid Transit #197 1903-1923 / Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit #197 1923-1940 / New York City Board of Transportation #197 1940-1953 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1955-present | ||||||||
Later New York City Transit Authority #197 (1953-1955) | ||||||||
1972
PHOTO | Montreal Tramways | 1929 | Canadian Car & Foundry (ord#801) | streetcar (standard) | stored operable | steel | AR | SE |
41'2" | 37000# | 36 | 1963 (1959) | 4'8.5" | ||||
Montreal Tramways #1972 1929-1963 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1963-present | ||||||||
2001
PHOTO PHOTO VIDEO | Montreal Tramways | 1929 | Canadian Car & Foundry (ord#801) | streetcar (standard) | operated often | steel | AR | SE |
41'2" | 38000# | 32 | 1963 (1959) | 4'8.5" | ||||
Montreal Tramways #2001 1929-1963 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1963-present | ||||||||
21
PHOTO PHOTO | Philadelphia Suburban Transportation | 1949 | St. Louis Car Company (ord#1755) | streetcar (suburban streamliner) | stored inoperable | steel | AR | DE |
50'5" | 9'0" | 10'0" | 49000# | 58 | 1982 | 4'8.5" | ||
Philadelphia Suburban Transportation #21 1949-1970 / Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority #21 1970-1982 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1982-present | ||||||||
Originally 5'2.5" gauge | ||||||||
220
PHOTO PHOTO | Third Avenue Railway System | 1892 | Laclede Car Company (ord#257) | streetcar (converted cable car) | operated occasionally | wood | BO | DE |
32'0" | 23000# | 20 | 1948 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Third Avenue Railway System #20 1892-1899 / Third Avenue Railway System #220 1899-1900 / Metropolitan Street Railway #220 1900-1907 / Third Avenue Railway System #275 1907-1924 / Third Avenue Railway System #33 1924-1948 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1948-present | ||||||||
Former cable car #20, converted to slot scraper in 1908 | ||||||||
2350
PHOTO PHOTO | Connecticut Company | 1922 | Osgood-Bradley (ord#6810) | streetcar (Birney safety car) | operated occasionally | steel | AR | DE |
28'0" | 7'8" | 10'4" | 16300# | 32 | 1948 | 4'8.5" | ||
Connecticut Company #2350 1922-1948 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1948-present | ||||||||
2431
PHOTO | Public Service Coordinated Transport | 1913 | Cincinnati Car Company (ord#1565) | streetcar (standard) | stored inoperable | steel | DR | SE |
47'0" | 48000# | 42 | 1947 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Public Service Coordinated Transport #2431 1913-1947 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1947-present | ||||||||
25
PHOTO PHOTO | Ottawa Electric Railway | 1923 | Ottawa Electric Railway | line car (homebuilt line car) | operated often | wood | AR | DE |
30'0" | 23000# | n/a | 1959 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Ottawa Electric Railway #25 1923-1948 / Ottawa Transportation Commission #25 1948-1959 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1959-present | ||||||||
25
PHOTO | New Jersey Transit | 1947 | St. Louis Car Company (ord#1660) | streetcar (PCC, postwar) | stored inoperable | steel | AR | SE |
46'5" | 9'0" | 10'2" | 37990# | 54 | 2005 (2001) | 4'8.5" | ||
Twin City Rapid Transit #364 1947-1953 / Public Service Coordinated Transport #25 1953-1971 / New Jersey Transit #25 1971-2005 / 1st preserved by City of Bayonne 2005-2014 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 2014-present | ||||||||
250
PHOTO PHOTO | Atlantic City Transportation Company | 1917 | J.G. Brill Company (ord#20663) | streetcar (standard) | stored inoperable | steel | AR | DE |
45'6" | 8'6" | 11'6" | 45580# | 52 | 1955 | 4'8.5" | ||
Southwestern Company #5500 1917-? / Ocean Electric Railway #6850 ?-1928 / Atlantic City & Shore #6850 1928-1945 / Atlantic City Transportation Company #6850 1945-1949 / Atlantic City Transportation Company #250 1949-1955 / 1st preserved by Trolley Museum of New York 1955-2007 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 2007-present | ||||||||
Located in Guilford, Connecticut | ||||||||
27
PHOTO PHOTO HISTORY | Public Service Coordinated Transport | 1949 | St. Louis Car Company (ord#1670) | streetcar (PCC, postwar) | operated occasionally | steel | AR | SE |
46'5" | 9'0" | 10'2" | 54 | 1990 | 4'8.5" | |||
Twin City Rapid Transit #416 1949-1953 / Public Service Coordinated Transport #27 1953-1971 / New Jersey Transit #27 1971-1978 / Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority #27 1978-1990 / 1st preserved by Minnesota Transportation Museum 1990-2001 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 2001-present | ||||||||
2775
PHOTO PHOTO HISTORY | Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit | 1922 | Pressed Steel | rapid transit car (standard) (Type A/B) | displayed inoperable | steel | DR | DE |
67'6" | 9'8" | 12'1" | 96320# | 78 | 1980 (1969) | 4'8.5" | ||
Brooklyn Rapid Transit #2775 1922-1923 / Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit #2775 1923-1940 / New York City Board of Transportation #2775 1940-1953 / New York City Transit Authority #2775 1953-1980 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1980-present | ||||||||
2898
PHOTO PHOTO | Toronto Transportation Commission | 1923 | Ottawa Car Manufacturing Company | streetcar (Peter Witt) (Class P-2) | operated occasionally | steel | AR | SE |
47'0" | 8'6" | 10'9" | 39700# | 51 | 1965 | 4'8.5" | ||
Toronto Transportation Commission #2898 1923-1965 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1965-present | ||||||||
Originally 4'10.875" gauge | ||||||||
3000
PHOTO PHOTO | Connecticut Company | 1922 | Wason Manufacturing Company (ord#136) | streetcar (Birney safety car) | stored operable | steel | AR | DE |
40'3" | 27700# | 47 | 1948 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Connecticut Company #3000 1922-1948 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1948-present | ||||||||
302
PHOTO PHOTO | Union Street Railway | 1907 | J.M. Jones & Sons | railway post office car (Post Office streetcar) | operated occasionally | wood | RR | DE |
31'0" | 31450# | n/a | 1947 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Union Street Railway #302 1907-1947 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1947-present | ||||||||
Rebuilt from freight trailer in 1923 | ||||||||
3152
PHOTO VIDEO | Montreal Tramways | 1945 | Canadian Car & Foundry | snow plow (standard plow) | operated occasionally | wood | AR | SE |
44'2" | 59000# | n/a | 1972 (1971) | 4'8.5" | ||||
Montreal Tramways #3152 1945-1957 / Cornwall Street Railway Light & Power #P8 1957-1971 / Cornwall Transit #P8 1971-1972 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1972-present | ||||||||
Rebuilt in 1945 from 1925-vintage flatcar | ||||||||
316
PHOTO PHOTO | Union Railway | 1895 | American Car Company | streetcar (standard) | operated occasionally | wood | DR | DE |
30'0" | 17000# | 20 | 1948 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Union Railway #316 1895-1911 / Third Avenue Railway System #489 1911-1924 / Third Avenue Railway System #1 1924-1948 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1948-present | ||||||||
Converted to pay car in 1910 | ||||||||
3271
PHOTO | Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority | 1920 | Differential Car Company | dump car (side dump motor) | stored inoperable | steel | AR | SE |
40'8" | 34810# | n/a | 1976 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Boston Elevated Railway #3271 1920-1947 / Boston Metropolitan Transit Authority #3271 1947-1964 / Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority #3271 1964-1976 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1976-present | ||||||||
3344
PHOTO PHOTO | Interborough Rapid Transit | 1904 | Wason Manufacturing Company | rapid transit car (subway parlor car) | stored inoperable | wood | RR | DE |
46'6" | 6 | 1940 (1922) | 4'8.5" | |||||
Interborough Rapid Transit #3344 1904-1940 / 1st preserved by Magee Trolley Museum ?-1973 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1973-present | ||||||||
Private car "Mineola"; body only, on trucks | ||||||||
34
PHOTO PHOTO | Lynchburg Railway | 1899 | Jackson & Sharp (ord#1249) | streetcar (open car, 9-bench) | operated occasionally | wood | DR | DE |
28'0" | 13500# | 45 | 1946 (1945) | 4'8.5" | ||||
Lynchburg Railway #34 1899-1929 / Five Mile Beach Electric #34 1929-1946 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1946-present | ||||||||
First car acquired by BERA | ||||||||
356
PHOTO PHOTO | Johnstown Traction | 1925 | St. Louis Car Company (ord#1380) | streetcar (safety car) | stored inoperable | steel | AR | DE |
41'0" | 8'2" | 11'4" | 38000# | 44 | 1962 | 4'8.5" | ||
Johnstown Traction #356 1925-1962 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1962-present | ||||||||
357
PHOTO PHOTO HISTORY | Johnstown Traction | 1925 | St. Louis Car Company (ord#1380) | streetcar (safety car) | operated often | steel | AR | DE |
41'0" | 8'2" | 11'4" | 38000# | 44 | 1959 | 4'8.5" | ||
Johnstown Traction #357 1925-1959 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1959-present | ||||||||
3662
PHOTO PHOTO | Interborough Rapid Transit | 1907 | American Car & Foundry (ord#4936) | rapid transit car ("Hi-V" deck-roof) | operated occasionally | steel | DR | DE |
51'0" | 83780# | 44 | 1961 (1958) | 4'8.5" | ||||
Interborough Rapid Transit #3662 1907-1940 / New York City Board of Transportation #3662 1940-1953 / New York City Transit Authority #3662 1953-1961 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1961-present | ||||||||
388
PHOTO PHOTO | Staten Island Rapid Transit | 1925 | Standard Steel (ord#P3065) | rapid transit car (standard car) | displayed inoperable | steel | DR | DE |
67'8" | 10'0" | 12'2" | 98000# | 71 | (1973) | 4'8.5" | ||
Staten Island Rapid Transit #388 1925-1971 / New York Metropolitan Transit Authority #388 1971-? / 1st preserved by Trolley Museum of New York ?-1993 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1993-present | ||||||||
4
PHOTO PHOTO | South Brooklyn Railway | 1907 | Brooklyn Heights | locomotive (box cab) | stored inoperable | steel | AR | DE |
31'0" | 114000# | n/a | 1980 | 4'8.5" | ||||
South Brooklyn Railway #4 1907-1940 / New York City Board of Transportation #4 1940-1953 / New York City Transit Authority #4 1953-1962 / New York City Transit Authority #20001 1962-1966 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1980-present | ||||||||
401
PHOTO PHOTO | Consolidated Railway | 1906 | J.M. Jones & Sons | streetcar (open car, 15-bench) | displayed inoperable | wood | RR | DE |
42'0" | 36500# | 75 | 1948 (1947) | 4'8.5" | ||||
Consolidated Railway #401 1906-1907 / Connecticut Company #401 1907-1915 / Connecticut Company #923 1915-? / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1948-present | ||||||||
4280
PHOTO PHOTO HISTORY | Chicago Transit Authority | 1922 | Cincinnati Car Company (ord#2660) | rapid transit car (standard) | stored inoperable | steel | AR | DE |
48'6" | 8'11" | 13'3" | 76800# | 52 | 1975 (1973) | 4'8.5" | ||
Chicago Elevated Railway #4280 1922-1924 / Chicago Rapid Transit #4280 1924-1947 / Chicago Transit Authority #4280 1947-1975 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1975-present | ||||||||
4573
PHOTO PHOTO VIDEO | Brooklyn Rapid Transit | 1906 | Laconia Car Company (ord#510) | streetcar (convertible) | operated often | wood | DR | DE |
42'6" | 8'3" | 12'0" | 48500# | 44 | 1948 | 4'8.5" | ||
Brooklyn Rapid Transit #4573 1906-1923 / Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit #4573 1923-1929 / Brooklyn & Queens Transit #4573 1929-1940 / New York City Board of Transportation #4573 1940-1948 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1948-present | ||||||||
4584
PHOTO | Public Service Coordinated Transport | 1921 | Osgood-Bradley | streetcar (center entrance trailer) | stored inoperable | steel | AR | SE |
1936 | 4'8.5" | |||||||
Public Service Coordinated Transport #4584 1921-1936 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 2004-present | ||||||||
Body only, on trucks; not accessioned | ||||||||
5
PHOTO PHOTO | Montreal Tramways | 1910 | Peckham | snow plow (rotary snow plow) | stored operable | wood | AR | DE |
37'0" | 50000# | n/a | 1963 (1959) | 4'8.5" | ||||
Montreal Street Railway #5 1910-1911 / Montreal Tramways #5 1911-1963 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1963-present | ||||||||
500
PHOTO PHOTO | Connecticut Company | 1904 | J.G. Brill Company (ord#12142) | streetcar (suburban parlor car) | operated occasionally | wood | RR | DE |
40'0" | 8'0" | 11'6" | 37830# | 20 | 1948 | 4'8.5" | ||
Connecticut Railway & Lighting #500 1904-1907 / Connecticut Company #500 1907-1948 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1948-present | ||||||||
5002
PHOTO PHOTO VIDEO | Montreal Tramways | 1918 | Montreal Tramways | locomotive (steeplecab) | operated occasionally | steel | AR | DE |
31'6" | 98000# | n/a | 1963 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Montreal Tramways #5002 1918-1963 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1963-present | ||||||||
503
PHOTO PHOTO | Hudson & Manhattan | 1928 | American Car & Foundry (ord#570) | rapid transit car ("Black Car" subway car) (Type J) | operated occasionally | steel | DR | DE |
51'0" | 8'11" | 11'9" | 79200# | 44 | 1979 | 4'8.5" | ||
Hudson & Manhattan #503 1928-1962 / Port Authority Trans-Hudson #503 1962-1979 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1979-present | ||||||||
5245
PHOTO PHOTO | Public Service Coordinated Transport | 1921 | Public Service of New Jersey | snow plow (homebuilt plow) | stored inoperable | wood | AR | DE |
67300# | n/a | 2007 (1953) | 4'8.5" | |||||
Public Service Coordinated Transport #5245 1921-1971 / New Jersey Transit #5245 1971-2007 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 2007-present | ||||||||
5466
PHOTO PHOTO | Interborough Rapid Transit | 1924 | American Car & Foundry (ord#9720) | rapid transit car ("Low-V" car) | operated occasionally | steel | RR | DE |
51'2" | 8'11" | 12'0" | 77700# | 1989 (1969) | 4'8.5" | |||
Interborough Rapid Transit #5466 1924-1940 / New York City Board of Transportation #5466 1940-1953 / New York City Transit Authority #5466 1953-1989 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1989-present | ||||||||
59 | Third Avenue Railway System | 1914 | McGuire-Cummings | snow sweeper (standard sweeper) | stored inoperable | wood | AR | DE |
35'0" | 29000# | n/a | 1952 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Third Avenue Railway System #59 1914-1952 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1952-present | ||||||||
Operated on Yonkers Railroad | ||||||||
61
PHOTO | Rhode Island Company | 1893 | J.M. Jones & Sons | streetcar (standard) | operated occasionally | wood | DR | DE |
29'0" | 22000# | 30 | 1948 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Rhode Island Company #61 1893-? / Rhode Island Company #1567 ?-1948 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1948-present | ||||||||
Later sand car #1567 | ||||||||
614
PHOTO PHOTO | Connecticut Company | 1901 | J.G. Brill Company (ord#10820) | streetcar (open car, 15-bench) | stored inoperable | wood | DR | DE |
42'0" | 36500# | 75 | 1948 (1947) | 4'8.5" | ||||
Winchester Avenue Railway #302 1901-1901 / Fair Haven & Westville #302 1901-1904 / Consolidated Railway #302 1904-1907 / Connecticut Company #302 1907-1915 / Connecticut Company #614 1915-1948 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1948-present | ||||||||
629
PHOTO | Third Avenue Railway System | 1939 | Third Avenue Railway System | streetcar (lightweight car) | operated often | steel | AR | DE |
46 | 1966 | 4'8.5" | ||||||
Third Avenue Railway System #629 1939-1949 / Wiener Stadtwereke Verkehrsbetriebe #4239 1949-1966 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1966-present | ||||||||
659
PHOTO | Brooklyn Rapid Transit | 1901 | Jewett Car Company | rapid transit car (open platform car) | stored inoperable | wood | RR | DE |
49'0" | 69652# | 52 | 1961 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Brooklyn Rapid Transit #476 1901-? / Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit #659 1923-1940 / Brooklyn Rapid Transit #659 ?-1923 / New York City Board of Transportation #659 1940-1953 / New York City Transit Authority #659 1953-1961 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1961-present | ||||||||
6688
PHOTO PHOTO VIDEO | New York City Transit Authority | 1955 | St. Louis Car Company (ord#1786) | rapid transit car (IND type subway car) (Type R17) | operated occasionally | steel | AR | DE |
51'1" | 8'10" | 11'10" | 77887# | 44 | 1988 | 4'8.5" | ||
New York City Transit Authority #6688 1955-1988 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1988-present | ||||||||
709
PHOTO PHOTO | Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee | 1926 | Cincinnati Car Company (ord#2725) | interurban (standard coach) | stored inoperable | steel | AR | DE |
55'3" | 8'8" | 12'7" | 102300# | 56 | 1963 | 4'8.5" | ||
Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee #709 1926-1963 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1964-present | ||||||||
75
PHOTO PHOTO HISTORY | Philadelphia Suburban Transportation | 1926 | J.G. Brill Company (ord#22212) | interurban (center entrance) | stored inoperable | steel | AR | DE |
47'10" | 8'7" | 12'5" | 59280# | 62 | 1990 | 4'8.5" | ||
Philadelphia & West Chester #75 1926-1936 / Philadelphia Suburban Transportation #75 1936-1970 / Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority #75 1970-1990 / 1st preserved by Buckingham Valley Trolley Association 1990-1999 / later preserved by Electric City Trolley Museum 1999-2003 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 2003-present | ||||||||
Former 5'2.5" gauge | ||||||||
775
PHOTO | Connecticut Company | 1904 | Jewett Car Company (ord#154) | streetcar (suburban car) | operated occasionally | wood | RR | DE |
42'0" | 46600# | 44 | 1948 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Consolidated Railway #193 1904-1907 / Connecticut Company #193 1907-1915 / Connecticut Company #775 1915-1948 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1948-present | ||||||||
8
PHOTO | Philadelphia Suburban Transportation | 1941 | J.G. Brill Company (ord#23961) | streetcar (Brilliner suburban) | stored inoperable | steel | AR | DE |
48'4" | 8'10" | 10'0" | 42350# | 56 | 1982 | 4'8.5" | ||
Philadelphia Suburban Transportation #8 1941-1970 / Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority #8 1970-1982 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1982-present | ||||||||
Former 5'2.5" gauge | ||||||||
8111
PHOTO PHOTO | Brooklyn & Queens Transit | 1923 | St. Louis Car Company (ord#1310) | streetcar (Peter Witt) | stored inoperable | steel | AR | DE |
44'0" | 41690# | 40 | 1952 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit #8111 1923-1929 / Brooklyn & Queens Transit #8111 1929-1940 / New York City Board of Transportation #8111 1940-1952 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1952-present | ||||||||
824
PHOTO PHOTO | Interborough Rapid Transit | 1881 | Pullman | rapid transit car (instruction car) | stored inoperable | wood | RR | DE |
46'4" | 70000# | n/a | 1959 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Manhattan Railway #824 1881-1903 / Interborough Rapid Transit #824 1903-1940 / New York City Board of Transportation #824 1940-1953 / New York City Transit Authority #824 1953-1959 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1959-present | ||||||||
Rebuilt from locomotive-hauled coach in 1902 | ||||||||
830
PHOTO PHOTO | Third Avenue Railway System | 1908 | J.G. Brill Company (ord#16452) | streetcar (standard) | stored inoperable | wood | DR | DE |
42'0" | 31400# | 51 | 1948 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Third Avenue Railway System #830 1908-1948 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1948-present | ||||||||
84
PHOTO | Philadelphia Suburban Transportation | 1932 | J.G. Brill Company (ord#22980) | streetcar (Master Unit suburban) | stored inoperable | steel | AR | DE |
49'2" | 8'10" | 10'6" | 41980# | 61 | 1982 | 4'8.5" | ||
Philadelphia & West Chester #84 1932-1936 / Philadelphia Suburban Transportation #84 1936-1970 / Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority #84 1970-1982 / 1st preserved by Middletown & Hummelstown 1982-1992 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1992-present | ||||||||
850
PHOTO PHOTO VIDEO | New Orleans Public Service | 1923 | Perley Thomas (ord#119) | streetcar (standard) | operated often | steel | AR | DE |
47'8" | 8'4" | 11'4" | 41148# | 52 | 1964 | 4'8.5" | ||
New Orleans Public Service #850 1923-1964 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1964-present | ||||||||
Former 5'2.5" gauge | ||||||||
865
PHOTO PHOTO | Connecticut Company | 1905 | Wason Manufacturing Company | streetcar (standard) | undergoing restoration | wood | RR | DE |
41'0" | 45520# | 44 | 1948 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Consolidated Railway #512 1905-1907 / Connecticut Company #512 1907-1915 / Connecticut Company #865 1915-1948 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1948-present | ||||||||
884
PHOTO PHOTO | Third Avenue Railway System | 1909 | J.G. Brill Company (ord#16603) | streetcar (convertible) | stored operable | wood | DR | DE |
43'0" | 33400# | 54 | 1948 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Third Avenue Railway System #884 1909-1948 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1948-present | ||||||||
9
PHOTO PHOTO | Montreal & Southern Counties | 1911 | Grand Trunk Railway | interurban (coach) | operated occasionally | wood | RR | DE |
49'0" | 37490# | 56 | 1956 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Montreal & Southern Counties #9 1911-1956 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1956-present | ||||||||
9137
PHOTO PHOTO VIDEO | South Brooklyn Railway | 1904 | Middletown | crane (rail crane) | operated occasionally | wood | SE | |
38'6" | n/a | 1961 | 4'8.5" | |||||
South Brooklyn Railway #9137 1904-1961 / New York City Board of Transportation #9137 1940-1953 / New York City Transit Authority #9137 1953-1961 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1961-present | ||||||||
9161 | South Brooklyn Railway | 1904 | Baltimore Steel | work motor (motorized gondola) | stored inoperable | wood | DE | |
38'0" | n/a | 4'8.5" | ||||||
South Brooklyn Railway #9161 1904-? / New York City Board of Transportation #9161 1940-1953 / New York City Transit Authority #9161 1953-? / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) ?-present | ||||||||
9421
PHOTO | South Brooklyn Railway | 1903 | Middletown | box motor (open-platform motor) | stored inoperable | wood | AR | DE |
38'0" | n/a | 1958 | 4'8.5" | |||||
South Brooklyn Railway #9421 1903-1958 / New York City Board of Transportation #9421 1940-1953 / New York City Transit Authority #9421 1953-1958 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1958-present | ||||||||
948
PHOTO PHOTO VIDEO | Georgia Power Company | 1928 | Cincinnati Car Company (ord#2910) | streetcar (standard) | operated occasionally | steel | DR | DE |
46'4" | 37000# | 48 | 4'8.5" | |||||
Georgia Power Company #948 1928-? / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1966-present | ||||||||
Originally had GE 265 motors (4) | ||||||||
9799
PHOTO | Brooklyn Rapid Transit | 1898 | Taunton Locomotive Works | snow plow (wedge plow) | stored inoperable | wood | AR | DE |
27'0" | 28600# | n/a | 1957 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Nassau Electric Railway #9 1898-1899 / Brooklyn Rapid Transit #9799 1899-1923 / Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit #9799 1923-1929 / Brooklyn & Queens Transit #9799 1929-1940 / New York City Board of Transportation #9799 1940-1953 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1957-present | ||||||||
Later New York City Transit Authority #68 (1953-1957) | ||||||||
9832
PHOTO | Brooklyn & Queens Transit | 1915 | J.G. Brill Company (ord#19696) | snow sweeper (standard sweeper) | stored inoperable | wood | AR | DE |
30'0" | 37940# | n/a | 1956 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Brooklyn Rapid Transit #9832 1915-1923 / Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit #9832 1923-1929 / Brooklyn & Queens Transit #9832 1929-1940 / New York City Board of Transportation #9832 1940-1953 / New York City Transit Authority #? 1953-1956 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1956-present | ||||||||
999
PHOTO PHOTO | Brooklyn Rapid Transit | 1905 | Brooklyn Heights | rapid transit car (instruction car) | stored inoperable | wood | RR | DE |
40'8" | 86700# | n/a | 1961 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Brooklyn Rapid Transit #999 1905-1923 / Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit #999 1923-1940 / New York City Board of Transportation #999 1940-1953 / New York City Transit Authority #999 1953-1961 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1961-present | ||||||||
Amy | Abendroth Foundry | 1902 | General Electric | locomotive (work locomotive) | stored operable | wood | AR | DE |
54000# | n/a | 1957 | 4'8.5" | |||||
Abendroth Foundry #Amy 1902-1957 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1957-present | ||||||||
Derby
PHOTO PHOTO HISTORY | Derby Street Railway | 1888 | Pullman | locomotive (extremely early box cab) | displayed operable | wood | AR | DE |
20'0" | 7'9" | 22000# | n/a | ? (1889) | 4'8.5" | |||
Derby Street Railway #Derby 1888-1900 / Connecticut Railway & Lighting #Derby 1900-? / 1st preserved by Pine Rock Grove ?-1914 / later preserved by Connecticut Company 1914-1928 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1982-present | ||||||||
Lettered "Ansonia Derby & Birmingham"; originally had Van Depoele control; later preserved by New York New Haven & Hartford (1928-1950); later preserved by Great Danbury Fair (1950-1982); thought to be first electric car preserved in North America | ||||||||
G
PHOTO PHOTO HISTORY | Manhattan Railway | 1878 | Gilbert Bush & Company | rapid transit car (money car control trailer) | operated occasionally | wood | RR | DE |
45'0" | 35000# | n/a | 1959 (1955) | 4'8.5" | ||||
New York Elevated Railroad #41 1878-1879 / Manhattan Railway #41 1879-1893 / Manhattan Railway #G 1893-1903 / Interborough Rapid Transit #G 1903-1940 / New York City Board of Transportation #G 1940-1953 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1959-present | ||||||||
Oldest preserved electric car in North America; rebuilt from coach to money car in 1893; later New York City Transit Authority #G (1953-1959) | ||||||||
S36
PHOTO | Toronto Transportation Commission | 1920 | Russell | snow sweeper (standard sweeper) | operated occasionally | wood | AR | DE |
43'6" | 59000# | n/a | 1973 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway #P607 1920-1935 / Third Avenue Railway System #89 1935-1948 / Toronto Transportation Commission #S36 1948-1973 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1973-present | ||||||||
Former 4'10.875" gauge | ||||||||
S62
PHOTO | Interborough Rapid Transit | 1906 | Pressed Steel | flat motor (drill motor) | stored inoperable | steel | AR | DE |
43'5" | 80000# | n/a | 1959 | 4'8.5" | ||||
Interborough Rapid Transit #S62 1906-1940 / New York City Board of Transportation #S62 1940-1953 / New York City Transit Authority #S62 1953-1959 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1959-present | ||||||||
Shunter
PHOTO PHOTO | Montreal Tramways | 1920 | Montreal Tramways | locomotive (yard switcher) | operated occasionally | wood | DE | |
14'0" | n/a | 1963 | 4'8.5" | |||||
Montreal Tramways #Shunter 1920-1963 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1963-present | ||||||||
W3
PHOTO | Montreal Tramways | 1929 | Differential Car Company | crane (self-propelled derrick) | operated often | steel | AR | SE |
82000# | n/a | 1963 | 4'8.5" | |||||
Montreal Tramways #W3 1929-1963 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1963-present | ||||||||
[no num.]
PHOTO PHOTO | Lincoln Bleachery Company | 1904 | Wason Manufacturing Company | locomotive (box cab) | stored inoperable | wood | AR | DE |
n/a | 1956 | 4'8.5" | ||||||
Quincy & Boston Street Railway #? 1904-? / Lincoln Bleachery Company #[no num.] ?-1956 / 1st preserved by Edaville Railroad 1956-1975 / Branford Electric Railway Association(East Haven, Connecticut) 1975-present | ||||||||
Built as snowplow, rebuilt to locomotive in 1914 |