Columbus OH Trolleybus

Columbus OH Trolley Coach Columbus Railway Power and Light (CRP&L)
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric (C&SOEC)
Columbus Transit Company (CTC)

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159, as pictured here, actually belonged to the Philadelphia Transportation Company and was ordered by PRT early in 1942. Ten coaches were ordered in early 1942 and delivered that same year.
Number 159 was demonstrating in Columbus before final delivery to PRT. All ten of these buses were equipped with GE propulsion and control, and numbered 151-160. Colors were: orangey tan below the belt rail, very dark brown belt rail, cream top and silver roof. The words at the center door read, "Enter Front." There is no PRT logo on the coach, presumably for insurance reasons.

An interesting side note: For whatever reason, the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company decided against ordering from Brill and chose to go to Pullman-Standard instead. Fifteen trolley 44-passenger coaches were ordered from the Worchester, Mass plant but only a few were actually delivered. The Office of Defense Transportation (ODT) ordered the coaches to be diverted to Seattle. Caption data from Bob Halperin; courtesy the Bill Volkmer collection

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