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- Men Posed by Fort Collins Municipal Railway Car #26, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1935 - Before coming to the Henry Ford Museum, Streetcar 26 - a "Birney Safety Car" - operated on the Fort Collins Municipal Railway. Birneys were light, required only one operator, and featured built-in safety precautions. They worked well as a form of transit in the small Colorado city.
- circa 1935
- Collections - Artifact
Men Posed by Fort Collins Municipal Railway Car #26, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1935
Before coming to the Henry Ford Museum, Streetcar 26 - a "Birney Safety Car" - operated on the Fort Collins Municipal Railway. Birneys were light, required only one operator, and featured built-in safety precautions. They worked well as a form of transit in the small Colorado city.
- American Car Company Streetcar, 1922 - Faced with growing competition from automobiles, streetcar companies economized. Charles O. Birney designed a small, single-truck streetcar that could be operated by one person rather than the usual two-member crew. The Birney Safety Car included a "dead man" controller that stopped the vehicle if the operator unexpectedly let go. This Birney car operated in Fort Collins, Colorado, from 1924-1951.
- November 01, 1922
- Collections - Artifact
American Car Company Streetcar, 1922
Faced with growing competition from automobiles, streetcar companies economized. Charles O. Birney designed a small, single-truck streetcar that could be operated by one person rather than the usual two-member crew. The Birney Safety Car included a "dead man" controller that stopped the vehicle if the operator unexpectedly let go. This Birney car operated in Fort Collins, Colorado, from 1924-1951.