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Don's Rail Photos
Toledo Edison Co.
For many years there was an almost unknown traction operation at the power plant of Toledo Edison in Toledo, OH.
1 was built by General Electric in November 1923, #9342. It was sold to East Troy Electric RR in 1997 and resold to Illinois Railway Museum in 2020.
2 was built by Differential Car Co in 1925. It was preserved by Grand Rapids Electric Ry and went to Northern Ohio Railway Museum in 2005.
3 was built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in July 1915, #42220, at Toledo & Western Ry 403. In February 1934 it became Toledo & Indiana RR 80. Then in 1939 it became TECo 3. It was preserved by Grand Rapids Electric Ry and transferred to Sylvania Historical Village in 2005.
4 was built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in August 1920, #53555, as Northwestern Elevated RR S-104. In 1923 it became Chicago Rapid Transit S-104, and then Chicago Transit Authority S-104 in 1948. In 1978 it was sold to TECo as 4. It was sold to Rail Foundation in 1996.
CTA S-105 was built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in August 1920, #53556, as NWERR S-104. It became CRT S-104 in 1923, and CTA S-105 in 1948. In 1982 it was sold to TECo for parts and was sold to ETER in 1997. It was sold to IRM in 2007.
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Memorial of Saint Iosephus Wang Kuiju, martyred in China in 1900
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