Housekeeping

As usual, I've been making changes to the PNAERC roster here and there as I go along. I'm constantly correcting date here or adding some bit of technical information there. Recently I was able to pick up a very nice book on the Edmonton Radial Railway from Keven Farrell of the Seashore Trolley Museum. This permitted me to fill in a lot of electrical, mechanical, and dimensional data for the ten preserved cars from that system. These cars all reside at the Edmonton Radial Railway Society in their hometown and make up an eclectic mix. Car 42, shown in the above photo, is one of three survivors built by St. Louis in 1912 with the relatively rare turtleback roof design and was completely restored by ERRS from chicken coop condition, complete with St. Louis 47 trucks cast and assembled by the Society.

Then at the opposite end of the continent there's the North Jersey Electric Railway Historical Society. Olin Anderson pointed out that cars 5221 and 5223, both Newark subway work cars in their later years, were listed on PNAERC under United Railroad Historical Society ownership but for consistency (given their location) are probably better off listed under NJERHS ownership. So I've made that change. I'm still seeking more historical information on both of these distinctive and mechanically complete, but enigmatic, cars. UPDATE: Bill Wall has kindly provided some additional information on 5221 and 5223, not only filling in some motor/truck/control details but confirming that 5223 was indeed rebuilt by PSCT in the 1950s from a standard passenger car numbered 2683. Apparently NJERHS has plans to eventually rebuild it in passenger car form, which would make it identical to car 2651, their PSCT car from the same series.

And finally, thanks to Joel Salomon who has confirmed that Philadelphia work motor W-54, which had until recently been listed on PNAERC (but as "situation unknown"), was indeed scrapped a number of years ago while still at SEPTA. It has been removed from the list.