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  [Springfield Terminal Railway car #12]
 
Springfield Electric / Terminal Railway Work / Line Car # 8
Springfield Electric / Terminal Rialway Company Plow # 12
Builder: Spingfield Electric Rwy Brill
Year Built: --- 1915
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Motors: WH 38 ---
Control: K-28B K35G2
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Trucks: A.C.F. Wason
Description:Center Cab Work - Line Car Double End / Double Truck / Wedge Snow Plow
Disposition:Sold to Connecticut Electric Railway Association, in Warehouse Point, CT in 1957. Was in thier operating fleet in the 1960's, and now awaits restoration in the interpretive center. Was bought from Gardner & Templeton Street Railway in Gardner, MA. Sold to Connecticut Electric Railway Association in Warehouse Point, CT in 1956. Much of the wood of work car number 8 has rotted away, leaving just the trucks and other metal parts in the museums collection.

CREDITS: Information was gathered from the following Resources:

  • Correspondance and conversations with Dwight A. Smith, Jr. ,

    • the general manager of Springfield Terminal Railway Company from 1956 to 1959.

  • Railroads of Vermont Vol. II, Robert C. Jones. Shelburne, VT : New England Press 1993.
  • Railroads of the Conneticut River Valley, Vol. VIII,by R. Nimke. Rutland, VT : Sharp Offset Printing 1993.
  • Green Mountain Trolleys, in The National Railroad Historical Societie's Bulletin 1968 Vol. , Albert(Bud) Spaulding. Philadelphia, PA : 1968
  • Trolley Museum souvenir booklet,by Frederik S. Bennett. Warehouse Pt., CT : Connecticut Electric Railway Association, Inc. 196?
  • I ran New Englands Last Country Trolley Line , The Railroad Enthusiast, Summer and Autumn 1969, Traction Issue , Dwight A. Smith Jr., Railroad Enthusiasts, Inc. 1969.
  • E-mail messages to and from Museums and Internet users.

    • William E. Miller web page curator of Southern Ontareio Electric lines.

  • Photo 1 from " ".
  • Photo 2 from , by.

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