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Detroit, car # 99

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  DetroitDepartment of Street Railways99????01.1947
4001-4002-40031924 
5001-5002-500302.1924 

City:Detroit   United States
Operator/Facility:Department of Street Railways
Model:Cincinnati DSR Articulated
Built:02.1924
Current state: Withdrawn 
Purpose:Passenger vehicle
Withdrawn:01.1947
First four-truck three-part articulated car in the USA. Length overall: 121'. Trucks: Cincinnati Arch Bar. Arch roof. Single-end car.

Cincinnati Car Co. order #2790.

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  January 1947    Withdrawn

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Woodward Carhouse

From the Gold Car Heating & Lighting Co. advertisement

Electric Railway Journal, volume 64, number 13 (9/27/1924), adv. page 201

1924
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Woodward Avenue

The train was placed in service on Woodward Avenue the day after it arrived from Cincinnati under its own power

Electric Railway Journal, volume 63, number 10 (3/8/1924), page 357

Thursday, February 21, 1924
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The cylindrical connecting vestibules between cars are clearly seen in this broadside view

Electric Railway Journal, volume 63, number 10 (3/8/1924), page 362

February 1924
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This view of one of the connecting vestibules shows its mounting on the truck, and also the center bearing castings for two adjacent bodies

Electric Railway Journal, volume 63, number 10 (3/8/1924), page 362

February 1924
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Interior views

Electric Railway Journal, volume 63, number 10 (3/8/1924), page 359

February 1924
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Interior views

Electric Railway Journal, volume 63, number 10 (3/8/1924), page 358

February 1924
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  February 1924    Arrived at the facility
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Electric Railway Journal, volume 63, number 10 (3/8/1924), pages 358–359

1924
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