GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY EQUIPMENT IN MULTIPLE-UNIT SUBWAY & ELEVATED SERVICE
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SYSTEM Cars Motors
No. Yr. put in Service Total Wgt. Pounds Length Overall Ft. In. No. Type Trailer Operating
Boston Elev. Rwy. Co. 40 1917 66383 46 7¼ 2 GE-259-B }
45 1920 66628 46 7¼ 2 GE-259-B } No
24 1920 68009 46 7¼ 2 GE-259-B }
20 1912-3 86400 69 6½ 2 GE-212 }
Hudson & Manhattan R. R. 50 1907 74550 48 3 2 GE-76 }
90 1909 69620 48 5 2 GE-76 }
50 1910 69620 48 5 2 GE-76 } No
96 1911 73000 48 3½ 2 GE-212-C }
25 1921 73500 51 3½ 2 GE-259 }
Interborough Rapid Transit Co. 828 1902-3 75500 47 0½ 2 GE-66-A }
200 1904 58500 47 0½ 2 GE-69-B }
91 1907 59160 47 0½ 2 GE-211-A }
40 1907 83200 47 0½ 2 GE-212-A }
190 1909 83200 51 0½ 2 GE-212-A } Yes
6 1915 70960 51 0½ 2 GE-240-C }
161 1915 75000 51 0½ 2 GE-259-A }
103 1915 75500 51 0½ 2 GE-260-A }
71 1915 71000 51 0½ 2 GE-259-A }
168 1917 75500 51 0½ 2 GE-260-A }
Metropolitan West Side Elev. Rwy. 12 1895-98 65000 47 9½ 2 GE-2000 }
78 1904 65-70000 47 9½ 2 GE-55 } Yes
37 1914-5 70000 48 6¾ 2 GE-243 }
Northwestern Elev. R. R. 192 1900-06 65-69000 46 7½ 2 GE-55 }
20 1908 69000 46 7½ 2 GE-211-B } Yes
43 1914-15 70000 48 6¾ 2 GE-243 }
South Side Elev. R. R. 149 1897 52714 47 1 2 GE-57-B }
70 1902-03 55000 47 3 2 GE-73-A } Yes
61 1914-15 70000 48 6¾ 2 GE-243 }
Chicago & Oak Park Elev. R. R. 84 1906 65-70000 46 7½ 2 GE-55 Yes
N. Y. Municipal Ry. 900 1914-20 90600 67 0 2 GE-248 Yes
Philadelphia Rapid Tran. Co. 40 1906 71000 49 7 2 GE-66 }
40 1907 76000 49 7 2 GE-66 }
16 1906 72000 49 7 2 GE-66 }
4 1909 76000 49 7 2 GE-66 } No
65 1911 70500 49 7 2 GE-66 }
50 1913 70000 49 7 2 GE-222-F }
50 1921 89600 55 2 GE-259 }
50 1922 89600 55 2 GE-259 }
Bulletin Number 49 is a reproduction of a 1922 General Electric Company pamphlet. Since that year many changes have been made in the systems described and new lines have been constructed in Cleveland, Toronto and Montreal. Another is under construction in the San Francisco area. Additional copies are available at $1.50 each from the Electric Railway Historical Society, Box 3305, Chicago, Ill. 60654.