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This interurban car was built by the St. Louis Car Company in 1913. During its service time it was associated with Texas Electric Railway, and the Southern Traction Company. The car was retired in 1948. The car was restored and ran on the Bay Creek Railway out of Cape Charles, Virginia from 2007 until 2011. Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad acquired the car in around 2015 (Source: Heritage Rail News, April 12, 2015). See this link for a photo of the car in use by WI Great Northern Railroad: https://www.flickr.com/photos/23711298@N07/52468011109/ Additional history prior to sale to Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad: Bay Creek Railway 316 (1913 St, Louis Car Interurban) @ Cape Charles VA In 2007, Bay Creek Railway began operating a self-propelled dining car along BCR track, making one- to two-hour round trips from Cape Charles. This passenger excursion service used a restored interurban railcar built in 1913 by St. Louis Car Company. It originally served the former Texas Electric Railway in Dallas, Texas as car number 316. When Texas Electric ceased operating in 1948, its fleet of interurban railcars was sold for salvage. Car number 316 was used as a cabin at a ranch in Fort Worth, Texas until its restoration for the Bay Creek Railway. See this link for a photo of the car when in use in Virginia: https://www.flickr.com/photos/23711298@N07/18793845334 https://www.flickr.com/photos/hardhatmak/47987405918/ By December 21, 2011 the car was listed for sale on the Ozark Mountain Railcar equipment broker website. The initial asking price was $260,000, later reduced to $205,000. The dining car was eventually sold, loaded onto a flat bed trailer and departed Cape Charles. It is now on the Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad, a tourist line in Trego, Wisconsin. |
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