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No. 317
No.'s 311-340 (except 330); 341-349 & 355-357 :
"Fuller Cars" (2nd Series)
Built
1901-06
Class
I
Body
Portland Railway Co. (1st)
Trucks
Two, Portland Railway Co.
Motors
Two, GE-58 (37.5 h.p.)
Controllers
 Two, GE-K11
Brakes
Originally Fuller lever-type hand brakes, 
later National Straight Air J or C
Length
No. 311: 38' 7.5"; No.'s 312-340: 39' 5";
No.'s 341-349 & 355-357: 39' 3.5"
Width
7' 7" to 7' 8"
Weight
No.'s 311-312, 315-329 & 331-340: 27,742 lbs.
No.'s 313 & 314: 29,642 lbs. 
& No.'s 341-348 & 355-357: 30,600 lbs.
Seats
2 longitudinal in body, 2 long. in each end
Capacity
40 passengers (67 with standees)
Gauge
Narrow (42")

 
Comments:  These trolleys made up the 2nd series of  Fuller cars.  Cars 341-349 & 355-357 were something of a 3rd series, since they began as open trolleys.  But, they were enclosed like the rest of the series by 1922.

Original Portland Railway Co. numbers were 100-110 (for 341-349 & 355-357) and 111-140 (311-340).  Like No.'s 303-310, these were three compartment cars with large "smoker" vestibules, but they were built this way new (i.e., not rebuilt from earlier single-truck trolleys).

No. 330 was unique.  It had been rebuilt in 1912 with an extra door added at each end for PAYE boarding (see its page).

Retirement:  1933.

Technical Notes:  No.'s 312, 315, 318 & 322 had National Straight Air type C brakes. 

No.'s 313 & 314 had C&S trucks during a 1924 inventory.

Rebuilt to one-man operation in 1922.

No. 341 listed as unserviceable in 1928.

In 1929 No,.'s 349 & 355-357 received vestibule heaters from cars 102 & 139-140 (old C&S trolleys). 

In 1932 No. 348 received vestibule heaters from No. 196.

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