It is currently Tue Aug 25, 2026 1:32 pm

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 7 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: Fort Collins Municipal Railway to purchase #25 from Charlott
PostPosted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:45 pm 

Joined: Sun Aug 22, 2004 12:02 pm
Posts: 76
The Fort Collins Municipal Railway Society has struck a deal with the Charlotte group to bring streetcar #25 back to Fort Collins, Colorado and restore it back to operating condition.
More details will follow in the future.
Roger Mitchell
Master Mechanic
Fort Collins Municipal Railway
www.fortnet.org/trolley

_________________
Roger Mitchell
Master Mechanic: Fort Collins Municipal Railway


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Fort Collins Municipal Railway to purchase #25 from Char
PostPosted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:23 pm 

Joined: Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:05 am
Posts: 1140
Location: San Francisco
That is great news! I am glad that the car is going home where she spent her working life!

I am sure your passengers will be glad to join a second local Brinery car as they ride down Mountain Avenue.

i just added a rare Fort Collins post card looking down the tracks with with the trolley wire plainly visible.

Ted Miles


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Fort Collins Municipal Railway to purchase #25 from Char
PostPosted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:29 pm 

Joined: Sun Aug 22, 2004 10:58 am
Posts: 384
Location: Reston, VA
Congratulations to all you good guys. Tell us all about the deal and your plans for the car at ARM.


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Fort Collins Municipal Railway to purchase #25 from Char
PostPosted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:51 pm 

Joined: Sun Aug 22, 2004 7:19 am
Posts: 6464
Location: southeastern USA
As a Charlottean, I'm pleased to see this car go someplace where it will have a purpose. If we can just send the SEPTA car to Philly, and get our own #85 (or whatever abortion Gomaco created from it) back for special events, we'll have about all the old cars the light rail people will likely allow on the line, if any.

I suppose the Greek car could find a good home with NCTM's international collection, not sure where the Asheville extended single truck Birney body would be best preserved. IS anything happening in Asheville?

dave

_________________
“God, the beautiful racket of it all: the sighing and hissing, the rattle and clack of the cars over the rails. These were the sounds that made America the greatest country on earth." Jonathan Evison


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Fort Collins Municipal Railway to purchase #25 from Char
PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:24 am 

Joined: Sun Aug 22, 2004 9:35 am
Posts: 8139
Location: Wilton, NY
Was No. 25 the one that sat for years at Victor, Colorado?


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Fort Collins Municipal Ry to purchase #25 from Charlotte
PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 4:56 pm 

Joined: Sat Aug 21, 2004 11:27 pm
Posts: 328
Location: Texas
ALL RIGHT! Congrats Roger & FCMRS!

Next to wrest the #22 back from Colorado Springs, and the sister car from Minden, NE [grin....well let's allow our imagination to run wild in celebration, shall we]....

Have rails/wires reached the original FCMRy carbarn?


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Fort Collins Municipal Railway to purchase #25 from Char
PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 5:17 pm 

Joined: Sun Aug 22, 2004 12:02 pm
Posts: 76
Hi Bob
It is. It use to belong to the Stitzels' in Victor. It went back east about 20 years ago.
Regards
Roger

_________________
Roger Mitchell
Master Mechanic: Fort Collins Municipal Railway


Offline
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 7 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to: