Other Traction Equipment at OERM 

 Featured Equipment (click for more info): 

  
B&K 4 California’s mild climate was the inspiration for this unique style of streetcar. Known as a “California Car”, it features an enclosed passenger compartment in the middle with open sections on either side. 
   
Cal Cable 43 California St. Cable Railway car number 43 was built in 1906 and operated in San Francisco until the mid 1950s, when it was sold to Knott's Berry Farm in Southern California.
YVT 297 Yakima Valley Transportation (a UP subsidiary) #297 is a Baldwin-Westinghouse electric locomotive originally from Southern California. YVT297.jpg (36362 bytes)
SN 653 The 653 is an electric locomotive designed for hauling freight trains. It was used in the rich agricultural region of northern California ’s Sacramento Valley .  SN 653 2006 sm2.jpg (85508 bytes)

Muni

171

 Car 171 is a typical San Francisco streetcar of the 1920s. It is painted in its 1939 blue and yellow paint scheme, during which year San Francisco hosted the World's Fair. Muni_171_6_11_05_sm_small.JPG (18938 bytes)

BRR 127

 This high-speed interurban car was built in 1932 and operated on the Bamberger Railroad between Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah until 1952.  127.jpg (22476 bytes)

San Diego 508 and 528

 These 1937-model PCC cars served San Diego until 1947. Car 508 was the first streetcar to arrive at the Museum, in February of 1958.
H&N 1 Hutchinson & Northern No. 1 is a 1921 "steeplecab" electric locomotive that originally operated in Kansas.  HN_locomotive_1_sm_small.JPG (26766 bytes)
 Links:   Sacramento Northern On-Line      Cable Car Home Page
 

 

Roster of other traction equipment at OERM

From Southern California:
No. Type Builder Built Const. Notes
SBCRy 12  DE ST City Car Brill 1901 wood body only, 3' 6" ga.
SDERy 167 DE DT City Car McG-Cumm 1914 wood body, on trucks
SDERy 508 PCC St Louis 1936 steel
SDERy 528 PCC St Louis 1936 steel
SDERy 1003 DE DT City Car American 1914 steel body, on trucks
YVT 297 Locomotive B-W 1923 steel
B&K 4 DE ST City Car Holman 1900 wood

From Northern California:
FTC 51 DE DT City Car Brill 1913 steel "Dragon", body only
KSTL 167 Articulated Bethlehem 1937 steel "Bridge Unit"
SFMRy 171 DE DT City Car Bethlehem 1923 steel Type K "Iron Monster"
SN 653 Locomotive GE 1928 steel

From Other Western States:
ASARCo 1 Mine Switch loco B-W 1912 steel Arizona
DT 79 SE DT City Car Woeber 1906 wood Denver, 3' 6" gauge
BRR 127 SE DT Interurban Brill 1932 aluminum "Bullet", Utah
SP 485 Interurban Trailer Pullman 1920 steel

Portland "Red Electric"

body only

From Other Parts of the US and the World:
H&N 1 Steeplecab loco GE 1921 steel Kansas
ICE/GR 2 Double Deck tram Brush 1901 wood Dublin, Ireland
Kyoto 19 DE ST City Car Japan 1910 wood Japan, 3' 6" gauge

Horse Cars and Cable Cars:
unknown DE ST horsecar Stephenson c1880 wood body only, on truck
SSRy 77 DE ST horsecar SSRy c1887 wood acquired from Knott's Berry Farm
CSCRR 43 DE DT cable car CSCRR c1907 wood acquired from Knott's Berry Farm 1985

Trolley Coaches:
MMS 633 ** 40-GWFT coach F-TC 1940 steel Seattle
MMS 656 ** 44-CX PStd 1944 steel Seattle
LATL 8002 TC-44 ACF-Brill 1946 steel Los Angeles
SFMRy 530  TC-40 M-H 1948 steel San Francisco
SFMRy 536 ** TC-40 M-H 1948 steel San Francisco
SFMRy 614 ** 44TTW TC 1949 steel San Francisco

** These four trolley coaches are being traded to Illinois Railway Museum in exchange for restoration of LATL 8002. Click here for a pdf file with more information.

This page was last updated on 7/2/09