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Author:  Les Beckman [ Mon Sep 02, 2024 4:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Roanoke Chapter NRHS now acquires Roanoke streetcar
After the recent acquisition of N&W GP9 # 514, the Chapter has now apparently acquired a Brill Master Unit originally built in 1929 as Lynchburg Traction & Light number 115. In 1937, the car was sold to Roanoke where it operated until 1947. As Roanoke # 51, the car ended up at the Seashore Trolley Museum in 1991 and Seashore recently donated it to the NRHS Chapter.

Lots of projects going on at the NRHS Roanoke Chapter. Still wondering how the restoration of N&W Twelve-Wheeler number 1118 is coming along?

Les
Author:  Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Mon Sep 02, 2024 4:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Roanoke Chapter NRHS now acquires Roanoke streetcar
The photos at the Chapter's Facebook post suggest that 1) the wizards at Roanoke have a grand chore ahead of them and 2) Seashore Trolley Museum passed off what could charitable be called an "albatross":

https://www.facebook.com/roanokenrhs/po ... 9dDmk7C3ul
Author:  wesp [ Mon Sep 02, 2024 5:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Roanoke Chapter NRHS now acquires Roanoke streetcar
Nice to see a car re-homed. The car body might be interpreted as-is to include the era when it was a diner. Congratulations. And there is, or was, a second Roanoke Master Unit body somewhere in the Roanoke area that was owned by Randy Kean.

~Wesley
Author:  Trolleyguy [ Tue Sep 03, 2024 7:02 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Roanoke Chapter NRHS now acquires Roanoke streetcar
Rehoming is always possible. The Yakima Valley Trolleys https://www.yakimavalleytrolleys.org/collection.html has 3 Brill Master Units that originally ran there from 1930-1948. They then went to Portland Oregon and operated until 1959. After that were in storage until 1989 when YVT acquired them. One is now operational back home again.
My picture from 1963 of one of the 2 units in open storage in Snoqualmie Washington.

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