RAIL: INTERURBAN
1905
Brooklyn Rapid Transit #1365
Elevated Transit Car
Type
Jewett Car Co.
Builder
Open wooden platform (recovered with steel); semi-convertible; double-ended operation. It is a "Convertible Car;" in summer it ran with open-screened windows. In winter it ran with windows closed and car was heated via a charcoal heater. It weighs 73,230 pounds and seats 60.
#1365 was operated with a third rail that produced 600 volts DC which powered two Westinghouse Model 50-L traction motors.
Originally ran for Brooklyn Rapid Transit from 1905 - 1923, and then ran for Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit from 1923 - 1940. Next it ran for New York City Board of Transportation from 1940 - 1953. Last operated in service for New York City Transit Authority from 1953 - 1958.