Sister car 01000

Builder: Wason Manufacturing Co.
Description: #10 Elevated
Secondary Use: None
Type: Rapid Transit Cars
Year: 1928
Retired from Service: 1981
Acquired by the Museum: 1981
Fund: 560

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 0997

From Boston, Massachusetts

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History

Boston opened its first elevated line in 1901. Known as the Main Line Elevated, the line was rebuilt over the years and became today’s Orange Line of the MBTA. Between the line’s opening in 1901 and 1928, the Boston Elevated Railway purchased cars in 10 different batches. Nos. 0796 – 01000, known as Series 10, were built by Wason in 1928. (In Boston, rapid transit car numbers all started with zero to distinguish them from surface streetcars.) Purchase of the series 10 cars allowed the BERy to retire the last of its early wooden elevated cars. While the same size as the early wooden cars, the series 10 cars had air-operated doors and other safety and operational improvements. The series 10 cars continued operating when the Metropolitan Transportation Authority took over from BERy in 1947. The MTA used the series 10 cars less after 1957 when it purchased 100 longer, series 11 cars. (The series 11 cars are represented at Seashore by Nos. 01178 and 01179.) By 1963, the MTA had retired all the series 10 cars except five, including No. 0997, which went into work train service. The MTA reorganized as the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in 1964. In 1965, the MBTA rebranded the Main Line Elevated as the Orange Line. Seashore acquired No. 0997 from the MBTA in 1981 along with crane car No. 504. In 1980, Seashore had acquired another series 10 car, No. 01000. Then, in 1994, Seashore acquired a Boston Elevated series 3 car, No. 0210. Nos. 0210 and 0997 are not equipped with poles but can receive power from No. 01000 through a bus jumper. The three Boston Main Line elevated cars could operate as a train. Volunteers have done some restoration work on No. 0997, including new window glazing and roof repairs.

Technical Information

Seats: 44
Control: PC-10 (C-26-C)
Brakes: AMLE
Compressor: CP-28

Trucks

Number: 2
Manufacturer: Standard
Model: C-60

Motor

Number: 2
Manufacturer: Westinghouse
Model: 301

Weight and Dimensions

Length: 46’ 7.00"
Width: 8’ 8.00"
Height: 12’ 7.00"
Weight: 73358 lbs.