
And onto the First Parade which set off at 1100. 4145 is a P.N. Jones designed heavyweight single end steel car that was built as Pittsburgh Railways 4145 in 1911 by the Pressed Steel Car Company. This high floor car was built for services on the "hillier" routes of the Pittsburgh Railways system; it rides on two Standard CP50 trucks each of which mount two Westinghouse 306CD traction motors; this car has a Westinghouse K43 control system. This car was built to the Pennsylvania Trolley gauge. This car was retired from passenger service during 1940 and rebuilt as a work car numbered M459 passing to the Port of Allegheny Transit (PATransit) as of 1st March 1964 where it retained the number M459. This car was retired and sold to the Magee Transportation Museum in 1968 where it was restored as a passenger car numbered 4145 and rebuilt to standard gauge. In 1973 when the Magee organisation assets were auctioned off it went to the Trolleyville USA organization, sold at a dispersal auction in 2006 to the Lake Shore Electric Railway and to the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum in 2009 where the first order of business was to rebuild the trucks to broad gauge.
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