|
Current Number | 1101 |
---|---|
Railway Represented | DC Transit |
Builder | St. Louis Car Company |
Built In | 1937 |
Builder's order id | 1608 |
Currently in (State) | Maryland |
--(Locality) | Wheaton |
Totally out of svc date | 1962 |
(Initial retirement date) | |
Car Type | streetcar |
-subtype | PCC, prewar |
-designation | |
Status | operated occasionally |
More info | http://dctrolley.org/DCTS1101.htm |
Gauge | 4'8.5" |
Construction | steel |
Roof type | AR |
Ended | SE |
Length | 44'0" |
Width | 8'4" |
Height | 11'1" |
Weight | 33000 |
#Seats | 50 |
#Wheels/Conf. | 8 |
Total HP | 220 |
Trucks | Clark B2 |
Brakes | Air-Electric |
Compressor | PC-2 |
Control | WH XD323 |
Motors | WH 1432 (4) |
Voltage (if not 600DC) |
Car 1101 in operation at NCTM National Capital Trolley Museum photo: https://www.dctrolley.org/dccollection/1101 |
Car 1101 in operation at NCTM in 2022 Flickr photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/194759607@N05/52112623649/ |
Although the PCC represents standardization in street car design, operating companies and car builders individualized their vehicles. Conduit current supply and forty-four foot transfer tables gave Washington's PCCs two unique characteristics, underground plows and one less window on a side. As an early PCC, DCTS 1101 does not have the standee windows of the "post-war cars" and does employ compressed air for windshield wipers, door engines, and brakes for the final stop. The Company replaced the original external, wheel-mounted brake shoes with internal, propeller shaft- mounted drum brakes when it extended the dynamic braking down to two miles per hour.
Mr. O. Roy Chalk, president of D.C. Transit System, donated 1101 to NCTM in March, 1970.
Owner | Car Num | From | To | Preservation? | Loan? |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Capital Transit (District of Columbia, Washington) | 1101 | 1937 | 1956 | NO | NO |
DC Transit (District of Columbia, Washington) | 1101 | 1956 | 1970 | NO | NO |
National Capital Trolley Museum (Maryland, Wheaton) | 1101 | 1970 | present | YES | NO |
[No preview available] |
Car 1101 in operation at NCTM in 2022 YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMdkRSKuZWI |