Pictures 14A-24, 14A-24.5, 14A-25, and 14A-25.5.
Cars no. 60-62 were built by St. Louis Car Co. in 1912
on order #953. The first and only double-truck city cars in Champaign-Urbana,
they were 41 feet long and rode on St. Louis 99B trucks. Despite
their length, they each had only a single trolley pole. Note the
roof-mounted gongs. Car 60 is seen in the upper two pictures, and car
62 in the two lower photos. The two pictures of car 60 were obviously
taken at the same location, perhaps just a few minutes apart, possibly by the
same photographer. Both cars are marked for Church St. on the
off-center side route sign. The unusual instruction “Pay After
Entering” can be seen near the rear door in some of these photos, implying
that some cars in the city fleet used the Pay As You Enter system, but that these
cars do not. Since PAYE was adopted around 1910, that suggests that the
photos were taken not long after these cars were built in 1912, though one
wonders why they weren't built for PAYE fare collection.
The logo in the center of the side panel is the
same shape as the parent ITS system logo, but has the words Champaign and
Urbana in its wings, with the intertwined letters C and U in the center.
— Don T. Thrall photos, William C. Janssen collection (second and fourth photos)
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