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Urban Electric Transit

New York City, car # 178

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.

↑ 1909 Renumbered or transferred within city

↑ January 1908 Arrived at the facility

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Other vehicles with the same number:

#	Model	Operator/Facility	Ser.#	Built	Remarks
178	Laclede cable car	Third Avenue RR			1899 to electric car, 201–400 series
178	Horse car	Third Avenue RR		1868
178	Stephenson 2-axle motor car	New York Rys.		1894	До 31.12.1911 — Metropolitan St. Ry.
178	Stephenson 2-axle motor car	Metropolitan St. Ry.		1894	С 31.12.1911 — New York Rys.
178	Brill 2-axle motor car	BRT / B&QT		1895
178	St. Louis 2-axle motor car	NY&QCRy		1895
178	4-axle motor car	Third Avenue RR		1898	04.1900 to Metropolitan St. Ry.
178	Brill 4-axle motor car	Steinway Lines		1906	До 1931 — Yonkers; до 1915 — 58
178	Brill 4-axle motor car	Yonkers		1906	До 1915 — 58. С 1931 — Steinway Lines
178	Brill 4-axle motor car	Metropolitan St. Ry.		1908	С 31.12.1911 — New York Rys.; с 1924 — Third Avenue Ry., 423; с 12.1932 — Union Ry. / TARS
178	Brill 4-axle motor car	New York Rys.		1908	До 31.12.1911 — Metropolitan St. Ry. С 1924 — Third Avenue Ry., 423; с 12.1932 — Union Ry. / TARS
178	TARS Lightweight	Third Avenue Ry.		1935

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