OR Cummings Collection – At Colby College (old Campus)

Builder: J. G. Brill Co.
Description: Birney safety car
Secondary Use: Office and later tool shed
Type: City and Suburban Streetcars
Year: 1922
Retired from Service: 1937
Acquired by the Museum: 1991
Fund: 873

Waterville, Fairfield & Oakland Ry. 60

From Waterville, Maine

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History

This car was originally operated by the Brockton & Plymouth Street Railway (later named Plymouth & Brockton Street Ry.) of southeastern Massachusetts as their No. 400. Although it is a double truck car, its design conforms exactly to the famous Birney car, just longer. This design features an arch roof and lightweight steel construction. In 1929, Maine’s Waterville, Fairfield & Oakland Railway purchased the car when rail service ended on the P&B. The WF & O was at the northeast end of a string of street railways extending to Mount Vernon, VA, or with a couple of short railroad trips in New York - Sheboygan Wisconsin! The car moved by railroad flat car from Massachusetts to the Portland Railroad shops in Portland, ME where it received the WF&O paint scheme of green with cream trim and gold leaf numerals. After the WF&O ceased operating in 1937, Farrin Brothers & Smith Construction Company, at Brighton Plantation, ME acquired No. 60 for use as a portable office trailer and later a tool shed.

Technical Information

Control: K-35
Brakes: Hand and Air

Trucks

Number: 2
Manufacturer: Brill
Model: 177E-1X

Motor

Number: 4
Manufacturer: General Electric
Model: 264A

Weight and Dimensions

Length: 39’ 8.00"
Width: 8’ 1.00"