New York City, Brill 2-axle motor car # 20

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New York City,

Brill 2-axle motor car

# 20

Author not identified. Photo from the O. Sandler collection

Posted by AlexSan ·

Odesa Date: about 1947

License: BY-NC-SA

Published 17.07.2020 18:29 UTC
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Detailed info

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Network:	Third Avenue Railway System
Location:	Manhattan and the Bronx
Operator/Facility:	Union Railway / Third Avenue Railway System
Since...:	1918
Model:	Brill 2-axle motor car
Built:	1895
Current state:	Withdrawn
Purpose:	Service vehicle
Scrapped:	03.1948
Remarks:	Supply car. 1918 ex 1
Built in 1895 (A to H) or 1896 (I, J) as a mail car. Electrified in 1898. Acquired by Metropolitan Street Ry. in August, 1900. Converted to service (supply) car by Metropolitan Street Ry. after the mail contract ended in October, 1900. Returned to Third Avenue Railroad in 1908 and eventually renumbered into 2–10 series of the Union Railway. Former number unknown. Could have been 10 prior to 1911.

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