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0741, the big Brownhoist. The number is right. Cleveland Railways had very little side of the road trackage. My guess is that the scene was on the single track Airport Extension, taken over from Cleveland Southwestern and used for a few years in the 1930s by Cleveland Railway streetcars. They hauled lots of people to air races, and lots of workers who worked on the airport, in special trailer trains to keep the mud and dirt out of regular cars. The single track was from Puritas Rd to the Airport, and was maybe 2 miles long. It was the outer end of Lorain Ave, and the destinations signs read "Lorain Ave, Rocky River Dr, Airport." Later during WWII, the double track in-street portion was resumed with a new loop at Puritas, signage for "Lorain Avenue - Rocky River Drive - Puritas Loop", through routed after CTS took over in 1943 to Euclid-Mayfield-Center Road. That was CTS's longest streetcar line.
Photo courtesy the Bill Volkmer collection; caption by Bill Vigrass
