Ithaca Railway
The Ithaca Railway Company, sometimes also known as Ithaca Street Railway is a past public transit provider to the City of Ithaca, NY between 1929 and 1961. The streetcar system closed June 22, 1935, then became an all-bus agency.
Looking further into the past, Ithaca began streetcar service as early as 1897. At the time, the system was the third operational rail system of its kind in New York state, and 13th in the nation.[1]
In 1961, the Ithaca Railway company was bankrupted, and was taken over by Community Transit System.
Routes
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Streetcar roster
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Fleet number(s) | Thumbnail | Year | Manufacturer | Model | Motors | Notes |
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1-2 | 1887 | Feigel | Entered service December 12, 1887.[2] | |||
1 (2nd) | 1893 | Brill | Renumbered from 17. | |||
6-16 (even) |
1893 | Brill | Renumbered from 10-15.
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20 | 1894 | Jackson & Sharpe | GE 800 | |||
21 | 1895 | Jackson & Sharpe | ||||
22 | 1895 | Jackson & Sharpe | GE 800 | |||
23 | 1895 | Jackson & Sharpe | ||||
24 | 1895 | Jackson & Sharpe | ||||
27 | 1903 | Brill | ||||
31, 33 | 1906 | Brill | ||||
35, 37 | 1909 | Brill | PAYE | |||
37 | ||||||
43 | Wason | |||||
44-52 (even) |
1914 | Brill | Brill 21E | 10 bench open car. | ||
51 | 1911 | Kuhlman | ||||
53-56 | 1926 | Wason | Order number 224.
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60-64 | 1929 | Brill | Birney | Brill 79E1 | Order number 21497.
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70-71 | 1929 | Wason | Birney | Order number unknown.
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72 | 1929 | Wason | Birney | Order number 140E.
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100 | 1915 | Brill | Sprinkler car | Brill 21C | ||
101 | 1916 | Brill | Sweeper car |
Bus roster
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Fleet number(s) | Thumbnail | Year (Month) | Manufacturer | Model | Engine | Transmission | Notes |
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19 | 1940 (03) | YC | TG-2101 | [3]
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21-24 | 1945 (09) | Beaver | B-31-PT | [4] | |||
25 | 1946 (05) | Beaver | B-31-PT | [5] | |||
26-27 | 1946 (11) | Beaver | B-31-PT | [6] | |||
28 | 1947 (03) | Beaver | B-31-PT | [7] | |||
29 | 1947 (03) | Beaver | B-31-PT | [8] | |||
30 | 1948 (09) | Beaver | B-35-PT | [9] | |||
31-32 | 1951 (02) | Beaver | B-35-PT | [10] | |||
33-34 | 1953 (11) | Beaver | B-40-PT | [11] |
References
- ↑ Ithaca Journal article - Ithaca’s trolley history keeps place on Commons, August 20, 2015
- ↑ Riding the Rails -- Take a trolley ride down memory lane, Jan Dieckmann, Ithaca.com, June 13, 2002.
- ↑ Yellow Coach Production List
- ↑ Beaver Metropolitan Coach Production List
- ↑ Beaver Metropolitan Coach Production List
- ↑ Beaver Metropolitan Coach Production List
- ↑ Beaver Metropolitan Coach Production List
- ↑ Beaver Metropolitan Coach Production List
- ↑ Beaver Metropolitan Coach Production List
- ↑ Beaver Metropolitan Coach Production List
- ↑ Beaver Metropolitan Coach Production List