Iowa Terminal 3




Facts and Figures


Current Number3
Railway RepresentedIowa Terminal
BuilderMcGuire-Cummings
Built In1911
Builder's order id
Currently in (State)Pennsylvania
--(Locality)Rockhill Furnace
Totally out of svc date1973
(Initial retirement date)1967
Car Typesnow sweeper
-subtypestandard sweeper
-designation
Statusstored operable
More info
Gauge4'8.5"
Constructionwood
Roof typeAR
EndedDE
Length28'3"
Width7'3"
Height11'0"
Weight26000
#Seatsn/a
#Wheels/Conf.4
Total HP
TrucksMcGuire Pedestal
BrakesHand
Compressorn/a
ControlK-36
MotorsGE 80 (2)
Voltage (if not 600DC)

Car 3 in operation at RTM
Rockhill Trolley Museum
photo: https://rockhilltrolley.org/iowa-terminal-railroad-snow-sweeper-3/

Car 3 on display at RTM
PABucketList.com
photo: https://pabucketlist.com/exploring-the-rockhill-trolley-museum-in-huntingdon-county/

Car History by Wesley Paulson


Iowa Terminal 3
Iowa Terminal 3 is a standard, off-the-shelf McGuire-Cummings, single-truck sweeper. As MC&CL 102, this car was the original snow sweeper for the Mason City & Clear Lake. Used mostly used in Clear Lake, IA the car last ran in revenue service before 1967. Following retirement, the car spent time at Mt. Pleasant, IA. IT 3 returned to Clear Lake as part of the Mason City and Clear Lake Electric Railway Historical Society's Iowa Trolley Park. IT 3 was acquired by NCTM in September 2005 as a replacement for Capital Transit 07, an 1899 McGuire snow sweeper from Washington, DC that was lost in the tragic fire on September 28, 2003.


Ownership History


OwnerCar NumFromToPreservation?Loan?
Mason City & Clear Lake (Iowa, Clear Lake)1021911 1961 NO NO
Iowa Terminal (Iowa, Emery)31961 1973 NO NO
Midwest Electric Railway Museum (Iowa, Mount Pleasant)31973 1989 YES NO
Iowa Trolley Park (Iowa, Clear Lake)31989 2005 YES NO
Branford Electric Railway Association (Connecticut, East Haven)32005 2012 YES YES
Rockhill Trolley Museum (Pennsylvania, Rockhill Furnace)32012 present YES NO


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