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New York City, car # 55

CityOperator/Facility#Since...
  New York CityUnion Railway / Third Avenue Railway System551942
Yonkers Railroad≈ 1930
Third Avenue Railway Co. 

Network:Third Avenue Railway System
City:New York City   United States
Location:Manhattan and the Bronx
Operator/Facility:Union Railway / Third Avenue Railway System
Model:Brill 4-axle motor car
Built:1909
Current state: Withdrawn 
Purpose:Passenger vehicle
Scrapped:12.1947
Convertible 30' 1" body. Length overall: 43'. Trucks: Brill 39E. Deck roof. Double-end car.
J. G. Brill Co. order #17019.

Equipped for Pay-as-you-enter operation.

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  Withdrawn

Location:Manhattan and the Bronx
Operator/Facility:Union Railway / Third Avenue Railway System
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  1942    Renumbered or transferred within city

Location:Outlying Westchester County
Operator/Facility:Yonkers Railroad
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Location:Outlying Westchester County
Operator/Facility:Yonkers Railroad
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  about 1930    Renumbered or transferred within city

Location:Manhattan and the Bronx
Operator/Facility:Third Avenue Railway Co.
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42nd Street
East 34th St. Ferry

Grand Union Hotel (cropped image)

Creator: Detroit Publishing Co. (publisher)
Library of Congress Call Number: LC-D4-72138 <P&P> [P&P]
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/det/item/det1994021490/PP/

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New York City,  Brill 4-axle motor car  # 115   —  4th & Madison Aves
New York CityStreetcars — Miscellaneous Photos

Madison Avenue & 42nd Street
East 34th St. Ferry

Grand Union Hotel (see also cropped image at http://transphoto.ru/photo/867443/ and http://transphoto.ru/photo/867444/)

Creator: Detroit Publishing Co. (publisher)
Library of Congress Call Number: LC-D4-72138 <P&P> [P&P]
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/det/item/det1994021490/PP/

about 1911
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