Interurban & City Transit
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BELLEFONTAINE RAILWAY #33
Mule-Drawn Streetcar 1870-75
Builder: Andrew Wight Car Co.
Long stored by United Railways and St. Louis Public Service Co.; acquired in
1944, becoming first car in Museum collection.
BI-STATE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY #60
Trolley Sprinkler 1895
Built for St. Louis & Suburban Railway, sprinkler was first used to keep down
dust, later for weed-spraying; also used by United Railways, St. Louis Public
Service Co.
BI-STATE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY #77
Line Car 1900
Builder: United Railways
Car was used to repair overhead trolley wires; originally refrigerator car “Z”
of United Railways, then to St. Louis Public Service Co.
BI-STATE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY #165
Trolley Passenger 1893
Car/Wrecker
Built for Lindell Railway and served as passenger car until 1903; then
converted by company shops to “wrecker,” retrieving disabled trolleys; used
also by United Railways, St. Louis Public Service Co.
BI-STATE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY #215 (second)
Rail Grinder 1945
Builder: St. Louis Public Service Co.
Rail grinder, built to replace older car.
BI-STATE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY #1664
“PCC” Streetcar 1941
Builder: St. Louis Car Co.
President’s Conference Committee (PCC) electric trolley, built for St. Louis
Public Service Co.
BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT #1365
Elevated Transit Car 1905
Builder: Jewett Car Co.
Open wooden platform (recovered with steel); semi-convertible; double-ended
operation.
CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY #44
Elevated/Subway 1959
Builder: St. Louis Car Co.
Rapid Transit Car
Single-unit version of 6000-series cars listed below; operator’s cab at each
end; had both third-rail and trolley pole power pickup.
CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY #S-1500
Flatcar 1926
Builder: Standard Steel Car Co.
Built to haul truck trailers on Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad as
#1500; earliest car of this type in modern “piggyback” service.
CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY #6711-6712
Elevated/Subway 1959
Builder: St. Louis Car Co.
Rapid Transit Cars
“Married pair” of transit cars (semi-permanently coupled), built using parts
from Chicago PCC streetcars; experimental air-conditioning system installed
in #6711.
FORT WAYNE TRANSIT # 157
Trolley Bus 1942
Builder: Brill
Electric trolley bus (“trackless trolley”); has two poles for current collection
and return; built for Indiana Service Corp.; seats 44.
ILLINOIS TERMINAL #104
Interurban/Streetcar 1924
Builder: American Car Co.
Center-door, suburban/interurban, double-ended car; used in
St. Louis-Alton, IL, service.
ILLINOIS TERMINAL #410
Electric Railway 1924
Builder: American Car Co.
Passenger Car
Lightweight steel interurban car; double-ended.
ILLINOIS TRACTION #241
Interurban Combine 1908
Builder: American Car & Foundry
Illinois Traction became Illinois Terminal RR; heavy, single-ended interurban
combine with clerestory roof and arched, stained-glass, upper-window sash.
INDIANAPOLIS RAILWAY #527
Trolley Bus 1932
Builder: St. Louis Car Co.
Electric trolley bus (“trackless trolley”); has two poles for current collection
and return.
KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SERVICE CO. #1533
Streetcar 1919
Builder: American Car Co.
4-wheel Birney “safety car”; double-ended.
PHILADELPHIA & WESTERN #204
Lightweight Rail 1931
Builder: Brill
Transit Car
Car body only; lightweight “Brill Bullet” operated
Philadelphia-Norristown, PA.
PORT AUTHORITY TRANS HUDSON #256
Subway Car 1909
Builder: Pressed Steel
Formerly Hudson & Manhattan subway car; total capacity 125, with 44 seats.
PURDUE UNIVERSITY TEST CAR “LOUISIANA”
Interurban Car 1904
Builder: Brill
Double-ended interurban car used for engineering testing work by agency of
1904 St. Louis World’s Fair; later rebuilt as electric railway test car for
Purdue.
ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SERVICE CO. #76
Flatcar 1921
Builder: United Railways
Trailer flat car used for street railway maintenance.
ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SERVICE CO. #215 (first)
Rail Grinder 1892
Builder: Brownell Car Co.
Rail grinder used to smooth trolley track; originally post office car on
Bellefontaine Ry.; converted to rail grinder in 1910; also used by United
Railways and St. Louis Public Service Co.
ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SERVICE CO. #426
Streetcar Trailer 1921
Builder: United Railways
Motorless trailer; steel frame and body with canvas over wood roof, round
ends, dual center doors.
ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SERVICE CO. #615
Streetcar 1902
Builder: Robertson Car Co.
Built for St. Louis & Suburban, then used by United Railways and St. Louis
Public Service Co.; double-ended car converted to single-ended operation in
1919.
ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SERVICE CO. #742
Streetcar 1921
Builder: United Railways
“Peter Witt” steel car, with canvas over wood roof, round ends, single-ended;
originally had conductor at center door to collect fares.
ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SERVICE CO. #850
Streetcar 1902
Built for St. Louis, St. Charles & Western as #3009, then to United Railways
and St. Louis Public Service Co.; double-ended car.
ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SERVICE CO. #894
Streetcar 1896
Builder: Laclede Car Co.
Rebuilt in 1913 as double-ended car; other in-service numbers were 945 and
855 on United Railways and St. Louis Public Service Co.
ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SERVICE CO. #1001
Streetcar 1907
Builder: United Railways
Built for United Railways, then to St. Louis Public Service Co.
ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SERVICE CO. #1005
Streetcar 1909
Builder: United Railways
Built for United Railways, then to St. Louis Public Service Co.; re-motored to
pull trailers; also numbered 1065.
ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SERVICE CO. #1743
“PCC” Streetcar 1946
Builder: St. Louis Car Co.
Streamlined car sold by PSC to San Francisco Transit Authority and
renumbered 1164; loaned to East Troy (WI) RR Museum; on loan to MOT.
ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SERVICE CO. #2250
Streetcar 1903
Builder: St. Louis Car Co.
Built for St. Louis Transit Co., then to United Railways and St. Louis Public
Service Co.; single-ended car.
ST. LOUIS WATERWORKS RAILWAY #10
Interurban Car 1914
Builder: St. Louis Car Co.
Double-ended interurban car; wooden car with steel sides and arched roof;
operated from Grand Ave., later Bissells Point, to Chain of Rocks in St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS WATERWORKS RAILWAY #17
Interurban Car 1910
Builder: American Car Co.
Double-ended interurban car, used between Grand Ave., later Bissells Point,
and Chain of Rocks in St. Louis.
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY #2186
“PCC” Streetcar 1948
Builder: St. Louis Car Co.
Streamlined car built for Philadelphia Transportation Co.; originally 5' 2-1/2"
gauge, converted to 4' 8-1/2" gauge.
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY #2740
“PCC” Streetcar 1947
Builder: St. Louis Car Co.
Streamlined car built for Philadelphia Transportation Co.; originally 5' 2-1/2"
gauge, converted to 4' 8-1/2" gauge and restored to operation at MOT
in 1995-97.
UNION DEPOT #3
Horsecar ca: 1885
Builder: St. Louis Car Co.
4-window, double-ended horse-drawn car built for unknown user; returned
to builder and displayed at 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, then stored until 1948
donation to MOT.
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