Car #120 near the West Strand Park stop in Downtown Kingston
(Photo credit: William Banks)
Evan Jennings operates car #120
(photo credit: Greg Katkowski, June 1992)
120 is a Model 55 gasoline car built by
J. G. Brill.
This type of car can also be called an
Interurban
Combine (a car for travelling between
cities carrying both freight and passengers) or a Doodlebug (a self-propelled rail car).
It first served as Sperry Rail Service car #105, then as
a Remington Arms munitions car.
Until 2000, car 120 was the 'workhorse' of the museum,
being the sole car operating here since the museum moved to Kingston in 1983.
(Trolley #358
is operating now while #120 undergoes engine repairs.)
Although this particular Model 55 car was not in passenger
service until obtained by the Trolley Museum of New York,
it is a good example of the Interurban type rail car of the early twentieth century.
Dimensions:
43'-7.5" x 8'-7" x 10'-7",
Weight:
34,000 lbs.
Other known existing model 55 cars
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This page was last updated by Evan Jennings on Jan. 6, 2008.
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