Английская Википедия:Birney Safety Streetcar No. 224
Birney Safety Streetcar No. 224 is a streetcar (or trolley) in Fort Smith, Arkansas, listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[1]Шаблон:Sfnp[2] Built in 1926 by the American Car Company division of the J. G. Brill Company,Шаблон:Sfnp it is a type of streetcar known as a Birney "Safety Car". It was listed on the National Register in 1994[1]Шаблон:Sfnp and is one of fewer than 10 streetcars listed.[3]
Original use
Introduced in 1915, the Birney Safety Car was a new standardized streetcar design that encompassed new safety features; it was also lighter in weight than earlier designs and more economical to operate.Шаблон:Sfnp Its economies gave a "new lease on life" to many small-town streetcar systems.Шаблон:Sfnp
No. 224 was built and purchased in 1926. The Fort Smith streetcar system used several Birney-type cars during the last several years of streetcar service, until the abandonment of the system by the Fort Smith Light & Traction Company on November 15, 1933. Car 224 was later used as a diner in Ashdown, Arkansas.[4][5]
Restoration and new use
Birney car 224 is owned by the Fort Smith Streetcar Restoration Association (FSSRA) and is part of the Fort Smith Trolley Museum (FSTM) collection.Шаблон:Sfnp Car 224 was restored by FSSRA volunteers and began carrying passengers on the museum's heritage streetcar line on May 19, 1991.Шаблон:Sfnp[6] It was added to the National Register exactly three years later, on May 19, 1994.[1]Шаблон:Sfnp[2] The FSTM streetcar line, or trolley lineШаблон:Spaced ndash the terms streetcar and trolley are used interchangeably in much of North AmericaШаблон:Sfnp connects Garrison Avenue, in downtown, with the gates of the Fort Smith National Cemetery.Шаблон:Sfnp
Description
Like many streetcars, car 224 is a "double-ended"Шаблон:Sfnp car – capable of being operated from either end. It has a single door on each side. The backs of its wooden-bench seats are reversible, allowing the seats to face either end of the car. This type of seat was also known as a "walkover" seat,Шаблон:Sfnp as the motorman could walk down the car's center aisle at the end of the line and flip the backs of the seats over. The 600 Volts DC that powers the car's electric motor is collected from the overhead trolley wire via a trolley pole on the roof; only one of the two poles is in use at a time, depending on the direction of travel. The car has a single truck and, overall, is approximately Шаблон:Convert long.[5]
Fort Smith car 224 is one of three Birney streetcars listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the others both being from the former Fort Collins, Colorado system: Fort Collins car 21, which operates on a heritage streetcar line in its home town, and Fort Collins car 22.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Sebastian County, Arkansas
- Streetcars in North America
Footnotes
References
External links
- Fort Smith Trolley Museum website
- Birney Safety Car #224 at FSTM website
- Шаблон:HAER
- www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com list for Sebastian County, AR, including streetcar 224
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 Шаблон:Cite webШаблон:Dead link
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ "World News". Modern Tramway, July 1991, p. 247. Ian Allan Publishing/Light Rail Transit Association (UK).
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