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New York City, car # 170

Network:Third Avenue Railway System
City:New York City   United States
Location:Manhattan and the Bronx
Operator/Facility:Third Avenue Railway Co.
Model:Brill 4-axle motor car
Built:1903 or earlier
Current state: Renumbered or transferred within city 
Purpose:Passenger vehicle
Remarks:1909 to Union Railway or Yonkers Railroad
Built: 1898–1903. Inherited from the Metropolitan Street Railway by Third Avenue Railway in 1908.
Open 12-bench body. Trucks: Brill 22E. Deck roof. Double-end car.

Used on Manhattan routes only in 1908, sent to the Union Railway or Yonkers Railroad in 1909.

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  1909    Renumbered or transferred within city


  January 1908    Arrived at the facility
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New York City,  Brill 4-axle motor car  # 2271 
New York CityThird Avenue Railway System — Miscellaneous Photos
New York CityMetropolitan Street Railway — Miscellaneous Photos

Times Square

Up Broadway and Fifth Avenue, New York City (cropped image)

Creator: Detroit Publishing Co. (publisher)
Library of Congress Call Number: LC-D4-33883 [P&P]
https://www.loc.gov/item/2016814669/

1908
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New York City,  Brill 4-axle motor car  # 2271 
New York CityThird Avenue Railway System — Miscellaneous Photos
New York CityMetropolitan Street Railway — Miscellaneous Photos

Times Square

Times Square, New York, N.Y. (cropped image)

Creator: Detroit Publishing Co. (publisher)
Library of Congress Call Number: LC-D4-70847 [P&P]
https://www.loc.gov/item/2016814669/

1908
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# Model Operator/Facility Ser.# Built Remarks
170 Laclede cable car Third Avenue RR 1899 to electric car, 201–400 series
170 Horse car Third Avenue RR 1867
170 Stephenson 2-axle motor car New York Rys. 1894 До 31.12.1911 — Metropolitan St. Ry.
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170 American 2-axle motor car CI&BRR 1895
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170 American 2-axle motor car Union Ry. / TARS 1896
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