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
  Kansas City Public Service 1533 American Car Company 1919 Birney safety car
  Union Depot #3 3 St. Louis Car Company 1885 Horsecar
  St. Louis Waterworks 10 St. Louis Car Company 1914 Interurban;
Suburban Car
  St. Louis Waterworks 17 American Car Company 1911 Interurban;
Suburban Car
  Illinois Terminal 104 American Car Company 1917 Interurban;
Center Entrance
  Illinois Terminal 410 St. Louis Car Company 1924 Interurban;
Lightweight Suburban
  Illinois Terminal 241 American Car & Foundry 1908 Interurban;
Combine
  Pennsylvania Railroad 4700 Pennsylvania Railroad 1931 Locomotive;
 P-5 prototype 
  Illinois Terminal 1575 Illinois Traction System 1910 Locomotive Class B
  Illinois Terminal 1595 Illinois Traction System 1910 Locomotive Class C
  New York Central 113 Alco/General Electric 1906 Locomotive (dual-role locomotive) (S-2)
  Manufacturers Railroad 1 General Electric 1892 Locomotive;
Steeplecab
  Amtrak 4916 Pennsylvania Railroad/
General Electric
1942 Locomotive;
GG-1
  Chicago Milwaukee
St. Paul & Pacific
E2 General Electric 1919 Locomotive;
Bi-polar
  Bellefontaine Railway 33 Andrew Wight Car Co. 1870-75 Mule-Drawn Rail Car
  St. Louis Public Service 1664 St. Louis Car Company 1941 PCC, prewar
  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
  Hudson & Manhattan 256 Pressed Steel 1909 Rapid Transit;
Black Car
Chicago Transit Authority 44 St. Louis Car Company 1960 Rapid Transit;
Elevated car
  Brooklyn Rapid Transit 1365 Jewett Car Company 1905 Rapid Transit;
open platform, semi-convertible
  Chicago Transit Authority 6711/
6712
St. Louis Car Company 1959 Rapid Transit;
Married set
  Philadelphia Transportation Company 204 J.G. Brill Car Company 1931 Rapid Transit;
"Bullet" car
  United Railways 426 St. Louis Car Company 1921 Streetcar;
center entrance trailer
  St. Louis Public Service 615 Robertson Car Co. 1902 Streetcar;
semi-convertible
  St. Louis Public Service 1001 United Railways 1907 Streetcar
  St. Louis Public Service 742 St. Louis Public Service 1921 Streetcar
  St. Louis Public Service 1005 United Railways 1909 Streetcar
  St. Louis Public Service 2250 St. Louis Car Company 1903 Streetcar
  St. Louis Public Service 850 American Car Company 1902 Streetcar
St. Louis Public Service 894 LaClede Car Co. 1896 Streetcar
  Indianapolis Railway 527 St. Louis Car Co. 1932 Trackless Trolley
  Purdue University 2611 J.G. Brill Car Company 1903 Test Car;
interurban 
  St. Louis Public Service Co. 76 United Railways 1921 MOW, flat car
  Chicago Transit Authority 601 Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee RR 1922 MOW, flat car
  Lindell Railways 165 Lindell Railways 1893 MOW, Work Motor;
converted streetcar
  St. Louis Public Service 215 Brownell 1892 MOW, Rail Grinder (converted streetcar)
  United Railways 60 unknown 1895 MOW, Sprinkler (weed killer)
  United Railways 77 United Railways 1903 MOW, Line Car (homebuilt)

NOTE:  
 
--Most of the MOT streetcars and interurban equipment is kept in building which is not generally accessible but which is opened on special-event days and by advance request.

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