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Author:  ted_roy [ Thu Mar 17, 2022 11:56 am ]
Post subject:  Diner Find - Rhode Island Co. Cars
Two Rhode Island Co. street cars were unearthed from a 70+ year encapsulation in a restaurant. Much hardware and original details still on the cars.

https://youtu.be/2jSP0iqZ27s

https://www.valleybreeze.com/news/purpl ... cfc1a.html

This is a photo blog on the restoration of another Rhode Island car, but the last posts have to deal with the cars in the the video.

http://www.classiccars.ws/projects/1911 ... G_7518.jpg

If I can figure out how to post images I will, but they are posted on the Ahead of the Torch Facebook site for now.
Author:  Pat Fahey [ Fri Mar 18, 2022 8:34 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Diner Find - Rhode Island Co. Cars
Hi
Too look at the before and after photos, my hand goes out to a beautiful restoration of this trolley. The men who did the work, are really the craft men of the trade. There workmanship is excellent, also the help from the trolley museums, was needed, for the details, of the car. again Excellent Job. Pat.
Author:  EJ Berry [ Sat Mar 19, 2022 9:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Diner Find - Rhode Island Co. Cars
Scranton 324 (Brill 1903 DT Closed) was in a diner when we found it. It's well along to running again.

Phil Mulligan
Author:  Jim Vaitkunas [ Mon Mar 21, 2022 5:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Diner Find - Rhode Island Co. Cars
It appears that the two cars were part of a group built by the Wason Manufacturing Co (Springfield, Mass.) in 1907 for the Woonsocket St Rwy numbered 74-84 (even numbers only). The cars were later re-numbered by the Rhode Island Company to 1724-1729. The cars were mounted on Standard Motor Truck Company O-50 trucks, had four GE-80 motors and K-35 controllers. They spent their lives working in RICO's Woonsocket, RI lines mostly on the Fairmount to Manville, Rhode Island route. The Woonsocket lines were abandoned in the late 1920s. Judging from other photos posted on a Facebook group, one of the cars could be No. 1726.

Thanks, and stay safe.

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