Cedar Rapids & Iowa City 111




Facts and Figures


Current Number111
Railway RepresentedCedar Rapids & Iowa City
BuilderCincinnati Car Company
Built In1930
Builder's order id3055
Currently in (State)California
--(Locality)Rio Vista
Totally out of svc date1954
(Initial retirement date)1953
Car Typeinterurban
-subtypelightweight/highspeed car
-designation
Statusoperated occasionally
More info
Gauge4'8.5"
Constructionsteel
Roof typeAR
EndedSE
Length44'3"
Width8'10"
Height11'4"
Weight48300
#Seats58
#Wheels/Conf.8
Total HP400
TrucksCincinnati ABC-74D
BrakesSME (M33)
CompressorDH-25
ControlGE PC-12E4 (C129A)
MotorsGE 706A1 (4)
Voltage (if not 600DC)
NotesBrakes include electro-magnetic track brakes

Car 111 in operation at WRM in 2006
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Car 111 in operation at WRM in 2010
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Car History by Frank Hicks


Cedar Rapids & Iowa City 111
One of four ex-C&LE "Red Devil" lightweight high-speed interurban cars to survive is this piece of equipment. It was built for the C&LE as part of an order for twenty cars, ten coaches and ten coach/parlor cars, that were intended to modernize the system. The new cars had revolutionary features like automotive-inspired styling, aluminum sides, and magnetic track brakes. Declining ridership led the C&LE to abandon all passenger service in 1938, however, at which time six coaches - including 111 - were sold to the CR&IC, or "Crandic." These six cars ran on the Crandic until that line was abandoned in 1953, when four of them were sold off intact. Car 111 was bought by a private collector named Kenneth Fry, who moved it into storage in Kansas. In 1972 the car was donated to WRM, which restored it and operates it on occasion.


Ownership History


OwnerCar NumFromToPreservation?Loan?
Cincinnati & Lake Erie (Ohio, Moraine)1111930 1938 NO NO
Cedar Rapids & Iowa City (Iowa, Cedar Rapids)1111938 1954 NO NO
Private owner 1111954 1973 YES NO
Western Railway Museum (California, Rio Vista)1111973 present YES NO


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