Ithaca Railway

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The Ithaca Railway Company, sometimes also known as Ithaca Street Railway is a former public transit provider to the City of Ithaca, NY between 1929 and 1961. The streetcar system closed June 22, 1935, then became an all-bus agency.

Looking further into the past, Ithaca began streetcar service as early as 1897. At the time, the system was the third operational rail system of its kind in New York state, and 13th in the nation.[1]

In 1961, the Ithaca Railway company was bankrupted, and was taken over by Community Transit System.

Routes

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Streetcar roster

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[2]

Fleet number(s) Thumbnail Year Manufacturer Model Motors Notes
1-2 1887 Feigel Daft

Entered service December 12, 1887.[3]

  • Cars named A. A. McLeod and Haines Bros.
  • Featured Bombay type roof.
3 1887 Gilbert Daft Featured Bombay type roof.
1 (2nd) 1893 Brill Renumbered from 17.
6-16
(even) 		1893 Brill Renumbered from 10-15.
  • Double-ended car.
20 1894 Jackson and Sharp GE 800 Serial number 76.
21 1895 Jackson and Sharp Serial number 550.
22 1895 Jackson and Sharp GE 800 Serial number 573.
23 1895 Jackson and Sharp Serial number 598.
24 1895 Jackson and Sharp Serial number 542.
27 1903 Brill
31, 33 1906 Brill
35, 37 1909 Brill PAYE
37
43 Wason
44-52
(even) 		1914 Brill Brill 21E 10 bench open car.
51 1911 Kuhlman
53-56 1926 Wason Birney type AB Order number 224.
  • Retired by 1935.
  • Double-ended, and featured oversized destination signs.
  • Note: Similar to Birney cars, however, not classified as Birneys.
60-64 1929 Brill Birney type AA Brill 79E1 Order number 21497.
70-71 1929 Wason Birney type F Order number unknown.
72 1929 Wason Birney type H Order number 140E.
100 1915 Brill Sprinkler car Brill 21C
101 1916 Brill Sweeper car

Bus roster

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Fleet number(s) Thumbnail Year (Month) Manufacturer Model Engine Transmission Notes
19 1940 (03) YC TG-2101 [4]
  • BEQ Inc, listed as buyer, for Ithaca Railway.
21-24 1945 (09) Beaver B-31-PT [5]
25 1946 (05) Beaver B-31-PT [6]
26-27 1946 (11) Beaver B-31-PT [7]
28 1947 (03) Beaver B-31-PT [8]
29 1947 (03) Beaver B-31-PT [9]
30 1948 (09) Beaver B-35-PT [10]
31-32 1951 (02) Beaver B-35-PT [11]
33-34 1953 (11) Beaver B-40-PT [12]

Further reading

  • Richard D. Kerr, The Ithaca Street Railway (1972), Publisher-Harold E. Cox

References

  1. ↑ Nick Reynolds, Ithaca’s trolley history keeps place on Commons, Ithaca Journal, August 20, 2015
  2. ↑ Harold E. Cox, The Birney Car, Self-Published, 19__
  3. ↑ Jan Dieckman, Riding the Rails -- Take a trolley ride down memory lane, Ithaca.com, June 13, 2002
  4. ↑ Yellow Coach Production List
  5. ↑ Beaver Metropolitan Coach Production List
  6. ↑ Beaver Metropolitan Coach Production List
  7. ↑ Beaver Metropolitan Coach Production List
  8. ↑ Beaver Metropolitan Coach Production List
  9. ↑ Beaver Metropolitan Coach Production List
  10. ↑ Beaver Metropolitan Coach Production List
  11. ↑ Beaver Metropolitan Coach Production List
  12. ↑ Beaver Metropolitan Coach Production List
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