NY Car G Shore Line Trolley Museum
The Shore Line Trolley Museum at Branford, Connecticut has an amazing collection of New York City transit equipment, including a large number of elevated / subway cars. This is Manhattan Elevated Car G. From the museum website:
Car G was originally constructed by Gilbert and Bush Co. in 1878 as car #41. It was a coach hauled by steam engine along the Third Avenue Elevated line in New York City. The car was part of an order of 80 cars placed by the New York Elevated Railroad Company to outfit the newly-constructed Third Avenue line.
The N.Y.E.R.R. was already operating the Ninth Avenue elevated line. Competitor Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co. operated the Sixth Avenue line and started construction of the Second Avenue line in 1878 to compete with the Third Avenue. By 1879, the two companies had been merged into the Manhattan Railway Co.
In 1893, Manhattan Ry. converted car 41 into money collection car "G". A sliding center door was added to the car carefully matching the original window design. As the collection car, "G" ran on all of the Manhattan Ry. elevated lines.
NY Car G Shore Line Trolley Museum
The Shore Line Trolley Museum at Branford, Connecticut has an amazing collection of New York City transit equipment, including a large number of elevated / subway cars. This is Manhattan Elevated Car G. From the museum website:
Car G was originally constructed by Gilbert and Bush Co. in 1878 as car #41. It was a coach hauled by steam engine along the Third Avenue Elevated line in New York City. The car was part of an order of 80 cars placed by the New York Elevated Railroad Company to outfit the newly-constructed Third Avenue line.
The N.Y.E.R.R. was already operating the Ninth Avenue elevated line. Competitor Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co. operated the Sixth Avenue line and started construction of the Second Avenue line in 1878 to compete with the Third Avenue. By 1879, the two companies had been merged into the Manhattan Railway Co.
In 1893, Manhattan Ry. converted car 41 into money collection car "G". A sliding center door was added to the car carefully matching the original window design. As the collection car, "G" ran on all of the Manhattan Ry. elevated lines.