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Description
Limited edition of
423
1938/39
Third Avenue Railway System 626-685 series Lightweight Car - original
livery
Between
1934 and 1939 the New York City's Third Avenue Railway System shops under
management of Slaughter W.Huff undertook construction of a sizeable fleet
of new lightweight cars, the most modern group of them was the 626-685
series for use on Manhattan and Bronx routes. First two cars (626 and
627) were built in 1938 and rest of the class in 1939. Their floor plan
was reverted to the front entrance/rear exit design. 20 cars of this series
(626-645) were built without trolley poles and were assigned primarily
on the X-59th Street Crosstown line. The remaining 40 cars (646-685 series)
received trolley poles and were assigned to the T-Tremont Avenue and S-Southern
Boulevard lines in Bronx. All cars, except 626/627 and 651-655 (they had
a regular Brill 77-E trucks) has a modified version of the Brill 77-E
trucks with "rubber sandwich" wheels for noise reduction purposes.
Available Options for car numbers and destination
signs.
Manhattan's cars of 626-645 series without trolley poles available on special request (Ref.423a).
Scale 1:48
Available Now
Available through GHB International
50
423-1
1938/39
Third Avenue Railway System 626-685 series Lightweight Car - 1942-late
40s livery
Starting
from 1942, the Third Avenue Railway System paint scheme used on the
626-685 series cars was slightly simplified and new TARS silver logo
was used instead the THIRD AVENUE RAILWAY SYSTEM lettering. The roof
color was changed to gray at this time because of the war-time conditions.
In 1943 the company name was changed to the Third Avenue Transit System
and modified version of logo was applied to the cars within the further
repaints.
Available Options for car numbers and
destination signs.
Manhattan's cars of 626-645 series without trolley poles available
on special request (Ref.423a-1).
Available Now
Available through GHB International
25
423-2
1938/39
Third Avenue Transit System 626-685 series Lightweight Car - later 40s
livery
Under
the pressing of the New York City's Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia and
with wartime change in top management of the Third Avenue Transit System,
that had Victor McQuistion replacing Slaughter Huff, the company finally
decided on an all-bus system and in November 1946 the X-59th Street
Crosstown line was converted to bus operation and the streetcar operation
in Manhattan ended on June 29, 1947. While the Manhattan's Peter Witt
style cars were sold to Sao Paulo in 1947, the 626-645 plow cars were
fitted with trolley poles and sent to Bronx. Following abandonment of
the Bronx lines in August 1948, 42 cars of the 626-685 series were sold
to Vienna, Austria and 15 cars to Bombay, India. In the last years of
service, the company's paint scheme was simplified again, with minimum
use of striping on the sides.
Available Options for car numbers and
destination signs.
Manhattan's cars of 626-645 series without trolley poles available
on special request (Ref.423a-2).
Scale 1:48
Available Now
Available through GHB International