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Boston, car # 924

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  BostonMassachusetts Bay Transportation Authority92429.08.194709.1954Rail grinder
Boston Elevated Railway Co.1916 Rail grinder; 1925 ex pay car
1894 Parlor car

City:Boston   United States
Operator/Facility:Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Model:Jones 2-axle motor car
Built:1894
Current state: Withdrawn 
Purpose:Service vehicle
Withdrawn:09.1954
Scrapped:09.1954
Remarks:Rail grinder
Parlor car for private hiring. Used as a pay car after June 1916. Converted to a rail grinder in 1925.

Motors: 2 x Westinghouse 12 changed for Westinghouse 12A in June 1916;
Trucks: West End 57E, changed for Peckham in September 1897 and St. Louis in June 1916;
Controls: K-2; Hand brakes.

During conversion to a rail grinder, it was equipped with a Brill 21E truck, 2 General Electric 86 motors and K-28 controllers.

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  September 1954    Withdrawn

Operator/Facility:Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Remarks:Rail grinder
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  August 29, 1947    Renumbered or transferred within city

Operator/Facility:Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Remarks:Rail grinder; 1925 ex pay car
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Purpose:Service vehicle
Remarks:Rail grinder; 1925 ex pay car
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  1916    Renumbered or transferred within city

Purpose:Passenger vehicle
Remarks:Parlor car
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Photo from the 1897 inventory

about 1897
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Rare photo of the interior of the parlor car from the 1897 inventory. From own collection

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  1894    Arrived at the facility


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