Traction and Transit Equipment Roster
Museum of Transportation

The list below gives brief information on our entire roster of traction equipment. We have 33 pieces of electric equipment, of which 3 are currently operable.

Several of the pieces have historical value including the first electric locomotive built by GE.

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Click on column heading for sort order.

Photo Previous Owner Car # Builder Built Type
  Manufacturers Railroad 1 General Electric 1892 locomotive (early steeplecab)
  St. Louis Public Service 215 Brownell 1892 rail grinder (converted streetcar)
  Lindell Railways 165 Lindell Railways 1893 work motor 
(converted streetcar)
  United Railways 60 unknown 1895 sprinkler (weed killer)
St. Louis Public Service 894 LaClede 1896 streetcar
  St. Louis Public Service 850 American Car Company 1902 streetcar
  St. Louis Public Service 615 St. Louis Car Company 1902 streetcar ("Robertson" semi-convertible)
  St. Louis Public Service 2250 St. Louis Car Company 1903 streetcar
  United Railways 77 United Railways 1903 line car (homebuilt)
  Purdue University 2611 J.G. Brill Car Company 1903 interurban test car
  Brooklyn Rapid Transit 1365 Jewett Car Company 1905 Rapid Transit
(open platform semi-convertible)
  New York Central 113 Alco/General Electric 1906 locomotive (dual-role locomotive) (S-2)
  Illinois Terminal 241 American Car & Foundry 1908 interurban
combine
  Hudson & Manhattan 256 Pressed Steel 1909 rapid transit
Black Car
  Illinois Terminal 1575 Illinois Traction System 1910 boxcab locomotive Class B
  Illinois Terminal 1595 Illinois Traction System 1910 boxcab locomotive
 four-truck  Class C
  St. Louis Waterworks 17 American Car Company 1911 interurban (suburban car)
  St. Louis Waterworks 10 St. Louis Car Company 1914 interurban (suburban car)
  Illinois Terminal 104 American Car Company 1917 interurban
center entrance
  Chicago Milwaukee
St. Paul & Pacific
E2 General Electric 1919 Mainline locomotive
Bi-polar
  Kansas City Public Service 1533 American Car Company 1919 Birney safety car
  United Railways 426 St. Louis Car Company 1921 streetcar (center entrance trailer)
  St. Louis Public Service 742 St. Louis Public Service 1921 streetcar
  Illinois Terminal 410 St. Louis Car Company 1924 interurban 
lightweight suburban
  Pennsylvania Railroad 4700 Pennsylvania Railroad 1931 P-5 prototype 
  Philadelphia Transportation Company 204 J.G. Brill Car Company 1931 rapid transit car 
"Bullet" car
  St. Louis Public Service 1664 St. Louis Car Company 1941 PCC, prewar
  Amtrak 4916 Pennsylvania Railroad/
General Electric
1942 Mainline locomotive
  St. Louis Public Service 1743 St. Louis Car Company 1946 PCC, postwar
  Philadelphia Transportation Company 2740 St. Louis Car Company 1947 PCC, postwar
  Philadelphia Transportation Company 2186 St. Louis Car Company 1948 PCC, postwar
  Chicago Transit Authority 6711/
6712
St. Louis Car Company 1959 rapid transit
(Married set)
Chicago Transit Authority 44 St. Louis Car Company 1960 Rapid Transit
(Elevated car)

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