This car has an interesting history. It was oringinally built in 1915 as Portland Eugene & Eastern combine 452 by Brill, and ran on that line until sold to Pacific Electric in 1930, seen here on August 7 2004.

Traction Around North America in the Early-2000s

Orange Empire Railway Museum
Perris CA

This car has an interesting history. It was oringinally built in 1915 as Portland Eugene & Eastern combine 452 by Brill, and ran on that line until sold to Pacific Electric in 1930, seen here on August 7 2004. First rebuilt as freight motor 1450, in 1936 it was rebuilt again as freight/RPO motor 1406 and then again in 1950 as wrecker 008 Finally retired in 1959, its body remained in a junk yard until 1992, and subsequently was reunited with its original trucks, which had been acquired by OERM in 1959.

Frank Hicks photo

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