| Comments: Although the 700's had lower numbers,
the 1001-1015 series were actually the first standard gauge order placed
with American Car Co. They stand out from later designs due to their
shorter, non-PAYE (pay as you enter) platforms with rounded 5-window ends.
In spite of their length, the 1001-1015 class were of a much heavier four
motor design intended for running in multiple unit sets.
During the early years these cars were, in fact, normally run in tandem,
replacing interurban cars on the Mt. Scott and Sellwood Lines. Two-car
operation allowed them to double the seating capacity of the aging interurbans.
In later years, however, dwindling ridership saw the series operated singly.
Train crews dubbed this series, "The Yellow Jackets" because their curved
omnibus side panels were painted a shade of yellow.
Retirement: 1939 = 1010 &1011 1940
= All the rest
Technical Notes:
Later rosters listed this series as including "Nos. 1001 to 1015 except
1010," because PRL&P remodeled this one car to PAYE in 1910, extending
its length to 48 feet, changing the trucks to 27GE1 1/2, and adding 22
Hale & Kilburn cross seats in place of the longitudinal originals.
This was another of the company's experiments that was not destined to
be repeated on sister cars.
Train gates were placed between each two-car set in 1915.
By the 1920's field checks showed snow scrapers on cars 1001, 1002,
1005-1009, & 1011-1015.
Rebuilt to one-man operation in 1926. |
