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Chicago, West Chicago 2-axle motor car # 735
  Chicago West Chicago 2-axle motor car # 735 
Type of First Four-Wheel Closed Electic Cars in Service in Chicago

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

Posted by AlexSan · Odesa           Date: 1906 or earlier

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Chicago, West Chicago 2-axle motor car # 735

Operator/Facility:Chicago Union Traction Co.
Since...:01.07.1899
Model:West Chicago 2-axle motor car
Built:1880
Current state:Rebuilt (model changed) (≤ 1906) Withdrawn
Purpose:Passenger vehicle
Scrapped:06.1911
Remarks:01.07.1899 ex West Chicago St. RR; ???? ex West Chicago 2-axle trailer car. ≤ 1906 to West Chicago 2-axle trailer car; 25.01.1908 to Chicago Railways
Closed 16' body. Length overall: 24'. Tapered deck roof. Double-end car.

Age of this car was not determined in the 1906 valuation report. Since motor cars of the identical group 24 (#485 and others) are 22 years old on the report, it is presumed that trailers are likely of the same age.

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