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Chicago, Brownell 2-axle trailer car # 725
  Chicago Brownell 2-axle trailer car # 725 
Closed Double-end Cable Trailer

From the First Annual Report of Board of Supervising Engineers, Chicago Traction. Chicago: The Board, 1908

Posted by AlexSan · Odesa           Date: about 1906

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Chicago, Brownell 2-axle trailer car # 725

Operator/Facility:Chicago Union Traction Co.
Since...:01.07.1899
Model:Brownell 2-axle trailer car
Built:1890
Current state:Renumbered or transferred within city (25.01.1908) Withdrawn
Purpose:Passenger vehicle
Scrapped:05.1911
Remarks:01.07.1899 ex North Chicago St. RR. 25.01.1908 to Chicago Railways
Originally part of a combination open/closed grip car, built in 1889–90.
Separated and rebuilt as a trailer by November, 1898.
Closed 17' 6" body. Length overall: 27' 2". Deck roof. Double-end car.

Rebuilding of 90 combination cars into open grips and closed trailers was reported in the Street Railway Review, Nov. 15, 1898. Length after rebuilding was noted as 26' 6" at that time.

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