Shore Line Trolley's favorite, convertable Brooklyn 4573

[daveklepper]

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.):

 

[seppburgh2]

Wow, most have been a lot of fun street running. And glad to see the car still lives today! Thanks for sharing.

[daveklepper]

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!

[Flintlock76]

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. 

[daveklepper]

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:

[NDG]

Dear Sir,

A wonderful car!

Thank You for posting it!

[nyc#25]

Dave,

  Your contributions are always great.  Such great New York knowledge.

 

[MidlandMike]

daveklepper

It's 114-years old, built in 1906 by Leclaid (Sp?) LaClaid? in New Hampshire. 

Laconia Car Company.  The link has a picture of the car at the Seashore museum.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconia_Car_Company

[daveklepper]

Thanks.   I'll make the correction.