Park Row, Manhattan, City Hall, Brooklyn Bridge terminal:
Downtown Brooklyn, 1st Borough Hall, then Livingston Street:
Vanderbilt and Lexington Avemues:
Crossing the LIRR Bushwick secondary track:
16th Avenue:
On Metropolitan Avenue near Queens - Brooklyn line:
And finally at Branford (Shore Line Trolley Museum, and you can ride it.):
Wow, most have been a lot of fun street running. And glad to see the car still lives today! Thanks for sharing.
s 114-years old, built in 1906 by Laconia Car.Co., Laconia, New Hampshire. 1957 - 1995, must have put in over 1000 hours running that car. It’s life in the museum is almost double its life in Brooklyln, 42 vs 72!
What a fun way to get around! Sometimes you really, really have to wonder if “progress” is worth it, or if it’s progress at all.
Photo that got left out of first posting, passing a single-end Brill 6200-series Peter Witt on one of the two sothern branches of heavy Flatbush Avenue line:
Dear Sir,
A wonderful car!
Thank You for posting it!
Dave,
Your contributions are always great. Such great New York knowledge.
Laconia Car Company. The link has a picture of the car at the Seashore museum.
Thanks. I’ll make the correction.