Des Moines Railway Company

History

• Des Moines City Railway Company previously operated transit service from 1889-1929.
• Des Moines Railway Company became Des Moines Transit Company in January 1954.

All-Time Roster

Bus

Fleet Number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
		1926	Yellow Coach	X-M-284			2 units Ex-Chicago & West Towns Railway Company 64 & 67; bought October 1936.
		1930	Dodge/Wayne				1 unit.
		1930	White	53			1 unit.
		1935	Ford/Superior				1 unit.
		1936	Ford	school bus			1 unit
		1937	Ford	70			Demo, unknown if bought.
		1939	Ford/Superior				1 unit.
		1942	Ford/Brown				9 units.
		1942	Ford	29-B			unknown number of units (possibly 3)
		1942	Mack	RB-3G			6 units
807-810		1946	ACF-Brill	C-36			Converted to run on propane.
814-815		1936	ACF	H-13-S
816-817		1941	Hug				Ex-Muscatine Coach Lines; bought in December 1941.
818-819, 823-826		1942	Ford	29-B
828-829		1938	Ford	81-B
830-831		1934	Ford/Union City	BB-18
830-831 (2nd)		1941	Ford	09-B
832		1942	Ford	29-B
833-836		1936	Ford/Cummings	51
834-835 (2nd)		1942	Ford	29-B
836 (2nd)		1947	ACF-Brill	C-36
837-842		1936-37	Ford/Cummings	79
837-839 (2nd)		1947	ACF-Brill	C-36			Converted to run on propane.
843-847		1937	Ford/Superior	79
849		1938	Ford	81-B
850-856		1938	ACF	H-13-S
857-858		1938	ACF	H-17-S
859-863		1939	ACF	36-S
868-870		1943	White/Brown
879-881		1944	Mack/Wayne	CBK-1S
886-887		1946	Mack/Superior	CBK-1S
888-891		1948	ACF-Brill	C-44			Converted to run on propane.
900-903		1948	Reo	37-CA			Converted to run on propane.
904		1951	ACF-Brill	C-44 propane			Ex-ACF propane demo; bought in 1953.
905-908		1949	ACF-Brill	C-44			Converted to run on propane.
909-914		1951	ACF-Brill	C-44 propane
915-920		1948	Reo	37-CB			Ex-Reo demos; bought in 1951. Converted to run on propane.

Electric Trolley Bus

Trolley Bus operations began on October 9, 1938 and continued with the Des Moines Transit Company.

Fleet Number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Motors	Notes
100-127		1938	Brill	40-SMT	100-119 had GE; 120-127 had Westinghouse
128-130		1939	Brill	40-SMT	GE
131-134		1932	Brill	T30	GE	Ex-Kansas Power and Light (Topeka) 300-303; bought in 1940
135-142		1940	Brill	44-SMT	GE
143-159		1941	Brill	44-SMT	GE
160-166		1945	ACF-Brill	TC-44	GE
167-197		1946	ACF-Brill	TC-44	GE
211-217		1932	Brill	T40	GE	Ex-Fitchburg and Leominster Street Railway Company 101-107; bought in 1946
218-222		1931	Brill	T40	GE	Ex-Peoria Transportation Company 601-605; bought in 1946
223-224		1937	St. Louis	Job 1594P	Westinghouse	Ex-Peoria Transportation Company 606-607; bought in 1946
225-244		1948	ACF-Brill	TC-44	GE	239 is preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum.
245-271		1949	Brill	T-46	GE