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| Author: | Randy Hees [ Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Trolley available |
From the Trolley Parts Yahoo group... CTI has available for sale a single-truck, double-ended car that originally ran in Greece. The town of Piraeus, Greece, the port city of Athens, ordered a number of streetcars that were built by the United Electric Car Company of Preston, England, for Siemens Electrical Equipment, in 1914. Number 60 operated in Piraeus until 1960, when Piraeus town transit ceased operations. The car was then converted into a track maintenance car for the interurban line that ran from Piraeus to Athens. The end platforms were shortened and enclosed, and the bench seats were removed. In 1977, the Athens Metro Subway System bought Number 60 and used it for maintenance work until the early 1980s. The car was cosmetically restored in 1989 In addition to the cosmetic restoration, the following has been done: Both motors dipped and baked, and one motor rewound. Controllers rebuilt All asbestos removed Complete rewire New brake shoes New lightning arrester With our current situation, CTI cannot operate this car and needs to find a good home for it. Please email for additional information and photos if interested. Thanks Lee (lsunderw at sign bellsouth dot net) |
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| Author: | Bob Kutella [ Sun Jul 20, 2008 5:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trolley available |
Its sister car is saved for now, unoperable, stored in southern Illinois in the St. Louis metro area. At least one of these cars appeared in the movie, Never on A Sunday, with Sophia Loren, while still in Greece. Bob Kutella |
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| Author: | Dave [ Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trolley available |
This is a really cool little Victorian gem of a car - single truck on high spoked wheels, lots of brass and finished woodwork, art glass in the clerestory sash. It is fitted out with bench seats running along the sides. This car was a travelling display back in the late 1980's when I was working on restoring car #85 - it is so small it easily trailered wherever it could be used for fundraising purposes to support the larger project. NOT a revenue producer based on seats in butts, however - insufficient butt space. Wes, couldn't you guys use an ancient Greek around your place? dave |
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| Author: | Ted Miles [ Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trolley available |
I do not have any direct involvement with this project, but it seems to me that the National Capital trolley museum has a number of cars from Europe in their collection. Since they lost several cars to a car house fire a few years ago, maybe they would be interested in this car. Is it standard gauge? Ted Miles |
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