Wire Repair Trolley (c. 1947)

ID: 1230 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University ~ Creator: Gordon Zahorik
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Wire Repair Trolley (c. 1947)

In addition to passenger cars, rail companies also possessed vehicles for maintenance of the railway, such as this 1947 line car. Workers stood on top of the platform in order to perform repairs to the trolley wire which ran overhead.

This file appears in: Interurban Railway

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