Shaker Heights Rapid Transit 81




Facts and Figures


Current Number81
Railway RepresentedShaker Heights Rapid Transit
BuilderPullman-Standard
Built In1947
Builder's order idW6820
Currently in (State)Arkansas
--(Locality)Dover
Totally out of svc date1987
(Initial retirement date)1982
Car Typestreetcar
-subtypePCC, postwar MU
-designation
Statusstored inoperable
More info
Gauge4'8.5"
Constructionsteel
Roof typeAR
EndedSE
Length50'0"
Width9'0"
Height10'7"
Weight43100
#Seats58
#Wheels/Conf.8
Total HP220
TrucksClark B2
BrakesElectric
Compressorn/a
ControlGE 17KM12N4
MotorsGE 1220E1 (4)
Voltage (if not 600DC)

Car 81 in storage in Dover, Arkansas, in 2023
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Car 81 in storage in Dover, Arkansas, in 2023
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Ownership History


OwnerCar NumFromToPreservation?Loan?
Shaker Heights Rapid Transit (Ohio, Cleveland)811947 1975 NO NO
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (Ohio, Cleveland)811975 1987 NO NO
Northern Ohio Railway Museum (Ohio, Chippewa Lake)811987 2000 YES NO
Walden Too Railroad (Arkansas, Dover)812000 present YES NO