CANADIAN SHOWBUS BUS IMAGE GALLERY
High Level Bridge Streetcar | Edmonton
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 Looking inside 930 with the driver getting ready in the cab. |
 Despite the double ended symmetry of the tram, this is the view of the other end of the car. |
 Built in 1912 by the St. Louis Car Co this was Edmonton 42 from a batch of fifteen similar streetcars. Converted to a single-end one-man car in 1930 it was used until the end of streetcar operations in 1951. The streetcar is powered by four forty horsepower motors and, as all other cars, draws 600V direct current from the overhead line. The original seating for 36 passengers was later extended to 50 seats plus standing room. Upon abandonment, trucks and electrical equipment were sold for scrap, whereas the body saw further use as a cottage near Sylvan Lake which is how it survived scrappage. |
A second view of 42 which was not in use on the day.
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 Hankai Electric Railway 247 was built in 1921 by Umebachi/Sharyo. Rebuilt in 1947, it remained in service in Osaka until 1990, when it was acquired for spare parts by the Edmonton Radial Railway Society. However, it arrived in such excellent condition that the plans were revised and the car kept for the future High Level Bridge Line. It first saw service in 1995 with the help of a generator trailer and finally made the first trip across the High Level Bridge under overhead lines in 1997. For many years, Osaka 247 was the only streetcar on the line and it has served the Radial Rail Society extremely well.. |
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