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Found: A Historic Trolley Hidden Inside a House
When Trenton’s streetcars came to a halt in the 1930s, one literally found a home.
BY NOOR AL-SAMARRAI MARCH 19, 2019
The Trenton trolley as it was being revealed. COURTESY BRANDON BREZA
WHEN BRANDON BREZA AND MARC Manfredi, buddies since high school, started a real estate venture together, they didn’t expect to find themselves on an adventure in historic preservation.
In August 2018, they purchased a foreclosed house at 31 Smith Avenue in Hamilton, New Jersey, with the idea that they could transform it into an appealing rental unit. The description on the property listing said that the small home had been made out of a former rail car, but on first glance it looked like an ordinary suburban house, though perhaps a little worse for wear.
“I don’t think we’re gonna find a dead conductor or anything here … maybe there’ll be some old train parts or something,” says Breza, of his thinking at the time.
They began work a few days after purchasing the property, bringing down a couple interior walls. But they got a little hammer-happy. “We watched a lot of HGTV and thought, ‘This is awesome, let’s start knocking down walls,’” Breza recalls. “We started thinking, we’d do it the right way and make it more attractive for renters.”
FULL story: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/trolley-car-inside-a-house
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Car No.
Builder
Year Built
Operating Company/Represented
Year Acquired
3
Niles Car and Mfg. Company
1905
Jersey Shore & Antes Fort RR
1999
5
J.G. Brill Company
1941
Philadelphia Suburban
1982
14
St. Louis Car Company
1949
Philadelphia Suburban
1982
24
St. Louis Car Company
1949
Philadelphia Suburban
1982
66
J.G. Brill Company
1926
Philadelphia Suburban
1970
73
J.G. Brill Company
1926
Philadelphia Suburban
1990
78
J.G. Brill Company
1932
Philadelphia & West Chester Traction
1982
94
Pullman Standard Company
1948
Shaker Heights Rapid Transit
1987
101
John Stephenson Company
187?
Federal Street & Pleasant Valley
1971
115
St. Louis Car Company
1909
Pittsburgh Harmony Butler & New Castle Railway
1986
209
J.G. Brill Company
1931
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
1993
250
Jewett Car Company
1913
Monongahela West Penn Railway
2005
274
Jewett Car Company
1918
Monongahela West Penn Railway
1974
325
Cincinnati Car Company
1911
Cincinnati Newport & Covington
2000
350
St. Louis Car Company
1926
Johnstown Traction Company
1959
606
The Budd Company
1960
City of Philadelphia/Southeastern Pennsylvania Transp. Authority
1998
739
West Penn Railways
1925
West Penn Railways Company
1989
832n
Perley Thomas Car Company
1923
New Orleans Public Service Co.
1952
832w
Cincinnati Car Company
1930
West Penn Railways Company
1964
1138
St. Louis Car Company
1936
Pittsburgh Railways Company
1961
1467
St. Louis Car Company
1941
Pittsburgh Railways Company
1968
1711
St. Louis Car Company
1949
Pittsburgh Railways Company
1990
1758
Rio de Janiero Tramways
1911
Rio de Janiero Tramways
2006
1799
St. Louis Car Company
1945
Pittsburgh Railways Company
1990
2227
Cincinnati Car Company
1919
Cincinnati Street Railway
2009
2711
St. Louis Car Company
1947
Philadelphia Transportation Company
2000
2723
St. Louis Car Company
1947
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
1995
3487
St. Louis Car Company
1905
Pittsburgh Railways Company
1956
3756
Osgood Bradley Car Company
1925
Pittsburgh Railways Company
1954
4004
Port Authority of Allegheny County
1988
Port Authority Transit
2004
4145
Pressed Steel Car Company
1911
Pittsburgh Railways Company
2009
4398
St. Louis Car Company
1917
Pittsburgh Railways Company
1956
5326
J.G. Brill Company
1923
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
1957
8042
J.G. Brill Company
1923
Philadelphia Transportation Company
2005
Toledo
Toledo Railways & Light Company
1906
Toledo Railways & Light Company
2009
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Builder
Year Built
Operating Company/Represented
Year Acquired
1
West Penn Railways
1916
West Penn Railways Company
1958
1
McGuire-Cummings
1918
Beaver Valley Traction Company
1972
4
McGuire-Cummings
1922
Philadelphia Suburban
1988
07
Jewett Car Company
1911
Philadelphia Suburban
1996
067
Columbus Railway Light & Power
1923
Columbus Railway Light & Power
1985
3000
Baldwin-Westinghouse
1920
Monongahela Valley Transportation Co.
1968
3618
Differential Steel Car Company
1927
Boston Elevated Railway Co.
1974
F22
J.G. Brill Company
1913
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
1982
M1
Pullman Car Company
1890
Pittsburgh Railways Company
1949
M37
McGuire Manufacturing Co.
1896
Pittsburgh Railways Company
1967
M200
Pressed Steel Car Company
1911
Pittsburgh Railways Company
1972
M210
Pittsburgh Railways Company
1940
Port Authority Transit
1995
M283
Differential Steel Car Company
1929
Port Authority Transit
1988
M551
Differential Steel Car Company
1922
Port Authority Transit
1984
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Car No.
Builder
Year Built
Operating Company/Represented
Year Acquired
73
International Car Company
1949
Monongahela Railway
1991
1311
Porter Locomotive Works
1942
Pennsylvania Transformer Technologies Inc.
2001
B73
Baldwin-Westinghouse
1930
ARMCo Steel Corporation
1970
89
General Electric Company
1953
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum
2008
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Builder
Year Built
Operating Company/Represented
Year Acquired
Allison
Washington & Canonsburg Street Railway
1903
1994
Brown
Pittsburgh & Butler Railway Company (Butler Shortline)
1908
1984
Richfol
Pittsburgh Railways Company
1909
1982
West
Pittsburgh Harmony Butler & New Castle Railway Company (Harmony line)
1908
1992
Wexford
Pittsburgh Harmony Butler & New Castle Railway Company (Harmony line)
1908
2015
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Pittsburgh Railways from Station Square-exhibit at Richfol Platform
