Friday, June 10, 2022

Oklahoma interurban car burned

Thanks to Andy Nold for confirming that Pittsburg County Railway 32 has, indeed, been destroyed by fire. The photo above was sent courtesy of John Myers. As such, the car has now been removed from the PNAERC list. It's too bad, as it was an attractive little interurban coach built by Niles in 1907. Its condition had been steadily deteriorating, though, and some years back the Southwest Missouri car next to it had rotted to the point of collapsing entirely. With PCR 32 now gone, there are only three electric cars on the PNAERC list in the state of Oklahoma: a Texas Electric freight trailer and two Birneys, one in Muskogee and one in Tulsa.

2 comments:

  1. It looks like the trucks under it are Bettendorfs, or cast freight car trucks of some similarly common nature, so I'd guess their value is minimal.

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