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Lehigh Valley Transit Freight Motor C-10 |
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| THE LAW |
| In 1908, the
Pennsylvania legislature passed the "Trolley Freight Law"
which gave
traction lines permission to haul Less Than Carload freight over their lines. |
| THE COMPANY |
| Lehigh Valley
Transit started freight service in 1908 using various converted
passenger cars. When freight service was extended to the 72nd Street freight house on the Philadelphia and Western Railway, a joint freight operation was inaugurated between Lehigh Valley Transit and Adams Express Agency. |
| THE CAR |
| Lehigh Valley Transit
ordered freight motor S-3 from Russell Car Co. It was
a double truck, double end, wooden body car. In 1912, LVT rebuilt S-3 into C-10 having pilots installed for use on the P&W Railway. This was changed to fenders in 1913 and back to pilots in 1916. C-10 operated over P&W Railway to their 72nd Street freight house until the arrival of C-5, C-6 & C-7 from the Jewitt Car Co. C-10 was then moved to local freight operation in Chestnut Hill pulling trail cars T-1 through T-4 in which service it was destroyed by fire from an overhead controller on June 12, 1920 on the S. Allentown bridge. |
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