Danville & Bloomsburg Street Railway 10

Facts and Figures

Current Number	10
Railway Represented	Danville & Bloomsburg Street Railway
Builder	J.G. Brill Company
Built In	1903
Builder's order id	13627
Currently in (State)	Pennsylvania
--(Locality)	Glenmoore
Totally out of svc date	1926
(Initial retirement date)
Car Type	streetcar
-subtype	suburban semiconvertible
-designation
Status	undergoing restoration
More info
Gauge	4'8.5"
Construction	wood
Roof type	RR
Ended	DE
Length
Width
Height
Weight
#Seats
#Wheels/Conf.	8
Total HP
Trucks	[Brill 27G1]
Brakes
Compressor
Control
Motors
Voltage (if not 600DC)
Notes	Body only

Car 10 in storage in 2002
New Dave's Rail Pix
photo: http://www.britishtramsonline.co.uk/gallery856-9.html

Car History by Frank Hicks

Danville & Bloomsburg Street Railway 10 A rare example of a standard Brill suburban semi-convertible car is this piece of equipment. Built for the small D&BSR, a streetcar line in central Pennsylvania, the car was in operation for less than a quarter century before the line - by then NBT - was abandoned and replaced by buses. Car 10's body was moved to South Williamsport, where it was used as a building until the 1960's. In 1963 the carbody was discovered by famous traction preservationist Ed Blossom, who was able to get it moved to an antique automobile museum in Bloomsburg owned by Harry Magee. Car 10 became the first of about a dozen electric cars in what would become the Magee Trolley Museum, but it was still in storage when MTM was struck by Hurricane Agnes in 1972. The streetcar line was washed out and severe damage done to the various buildings in the museum, though the collection of electric cars escaped unharmed. The museum didn't survive, though, and a year later the entire museum was auctioned off. Car 10 was bought by an individual from New York and moved to the Black River & Western Railroad site in Ringoes, New Jersey, where it joined several other cars owned by a local traction preservation group. In the 1980's it was resold to an individual who moved it to Glenmoore, where it is currently being restored in a workshop building.

Ownership History

Owner	Car Num	From	To	Preservation?	Loan?
Danville & Bloomsburg Street Railway (Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg)	10	????	1913	NO	NO
Danville & Bloomsburg Street Railway (Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg)	1	1903	????	NO	NO
North Branch Transit (Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg)	10	1913	1926	NO	NO
Magee Trolley Museum (Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg)	10	1963	1973	YES	NO
Private owner	10	1973	1977	YES	NO
Black River & Western Railroad (New Jersey, Ringoes)	10	1977	1982	YES	YES
Private owner - Glenmoore (Pennsylvania, Glenmoore)	10	1982	present	YES	NO