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Limited edition of
430
1947 Birmingham Electric Co. Pullman-Standard PCC (Order
W6777; 800-847 series) - original livery.
The
Birmingham Electric Co. had been a member of the Electric Railway Presidents'
Conference Committee but it late 1930s modernization program had been
involved the rebuilding of a large fleet of second hand cars rather than
purchasing the PCC cars. However, the company ordered 48 all-electric
PCC cars from Pullman-Standard after the war and they were delivered to
Birmingham during the late Spring and Summer of 1947, sporting a new attractive
paint scheme and being numbered 800-847. They had a push-out center exit
doors and their standee windows were tinted blue. The new cars were put
into service on Sunday, August 31, 1947 on the #2 West End, #25 East Lake,
#27 Ensley and #38 So. East Lake lines. The cars were a great success,
however no more PCCs were ordered as in 1951/52 Birmingham Electric Co.
was sold out to a group of the local business men which reorganized it
as Birmingham Transit Co. and this new group was not conductive to streetcar
operation. Since July 1952, the system was entirely PCC operated.
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430-1
1947 Birmingham Transit Co. Pullman-Standard PCC (Order
W6777; 800-847 series) - post'52 livery.
Only
a few of Birmingham PCCs were repainted in the new tan and cream with
maroon belt rail paint scheme of the newly formed Birmingham Transit Co
as all cars were sold to Toronto next year and last trolley in Birmingham
operated from Ensley in the early morning hours of April 19, 1953.
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Scale 1:48
Available Now
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Dealers