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Current Number | 320 |
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Railway Represented | Chicago Aurora & Elgin |
Builder | Jewett Car Company |
Built In | 1914 |
Builder's order id | |
Currently in (State) | Iowa |
--(Locality) | Mount Pleasant |
Totally out of svc date | 1962 |
(Initial retirement date) | 1957 |
Car Type | interurban |
-subtype | coach |
-designation | |
Status | operated occasionally |
More info | |
Gauge | 4'8.5" |
Construction | wood |
Roof type | RR |
Ended | DE |
Length | 54'0" |
Width | 8'7" |
Height | 13'0" |
Weight | 100000 |
#Seats | 52 |
#Wheels/Conf. | 8 |
Total HP | 560 |
Trucks | Baldwin 84-35AA |
Brakes | AMM (M23) |
Compressor | D3-F |
Control | GE M (C21) |
Motors | GE 254A (4) |
Voltage (if not 600DC) |
Car 320 in operation at MERM in 2014 Flickr photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/138779491@N03/42813498494/ |
Car 320 in operation at MERM in 2023 Flickr photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/14581588@N05/53279148411/ |
Owner | Car Num | From | To | Preservation? | Loan? |
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Aurora Elgin & Chicago (Illinois, Wheaton) | 320 | 1914 | 1922 | NO | NO |
Chicago Aurora & Elgin (Illinois, Wheaton) | 320 | 1922 | 1962 | NO | NO |
Iowa Railway Historical Society | 320 | 1962 | 1968 | YES | NO |
Midwest Electric Railway Museum (Iowa, Mount Pleasant) | 320 | 1968 | present | YES | NO |
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Car 320 in operation at MERM in 2013 YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pzTRoS9NQU |