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Key System 1011

Key System 1011

Description

Key System 1011 is a home-built wrecking tool car with a steel underframe and wood carbody. One end has an open platform for carrying a spare truck. It is a double-truck, double-ended car with an unusual roofline due to a change in roof style. It was built with a clerestory roof, but the clerestory was removed sometime before 1920. A pantograph was installed for service on the Bay Bridge. The most notable feature of this car is that it is a two motor car, one motor per truck. Both trucks have the wheel sets connected together with side rods.

History

: This car was built by the Oakland Traction Company shops in Emeryville, Ca. in 1906. It was used as a wrecker on the Key System until electric rail operation ended in 1958. It was equipped with tools, blocking, tackle, and other supplies needed at the site of a derailment or other accident. The long open platform at one end of the car is where a spare truck can be carried so a damaged truck could be replaced. The 1011 is currently painted in the yellow, cream and black paint color scheme of the East Bay Transit Company, which was a division of the Key System from 1936 to 1942. This car was acquired by the Museum in 1958.

  • Vintage Photo: Vintage Photo
  • Vintage Caption: Key 1011 3/4 equipment view from large platform end. April 19, 1958 [BEARA 18755]
  • Owners: Key System 1011. Oakland Traction Company.
  • Technical Data: Wooden carbody on steel underframe. Built in the Oakland Traction Company shops in Emeryville, Ca. in 1906. Weight, 83,220 pounds.
  • Trucks: St Louis 23-B modified with side rods. Wheels, 36-inch diameter steel tires on spoked centers. Axle. Journals. Traction motors, 2-125 horsepower @ 500 VDC, inside hung.
  • Air Brake Equipment: Westinghouse Traction Brake, SWA. Automatic brake valve, M-28D modified. Independent brake valve, Christensen Engineering Company. Triple valve, M2A. Double check valve, #2. Brake cylinder 12 X 12. Air compressor, General Electric, two CP-27.
  • Dimensions: Width, 8’ 9”. Length over buffers, 48’ 6”. Height, 12’ 5”. Truck centers, 30‘ 0”. Truck wheelbase, 78 1/4”.
  • Propulsion Equipment: General Electric type M. Master controller, C6-J. Switch group. Traction motors, GE 66. Reverser, type RB-22, Form G2. Gearing, bull 73 tooth, pinion 21 tooth, ratio 3.48 to 1,? face. Control switch, MS-46. Power resistors, GE type CG. MU plugs.
  • Misc Data: Couplers, Climax knuckle couplers. Trolley wheel, 6” More Jones. Trolley Base, two US 13. Pantograph, Westinghouse Electric S-529. Whistle, Westinghouse Air Brake trombone. Bell, two New Departure #2.
  • Current Condition: This car is in good condition, complete and operational.
  • Proposed Future Treatment: This car needs to have the trucks inspected and cellars repacked. The tires are thin and need replacing. It will need repainting soon. The tools and tackle from the interior are missing and need to be replaced.
  • Date Last Modified: Saturday, 04 June 2011
  • Additional Photo 1: Additional Photo 1
  • Additional Photo 2: Additional Photo 2
  • Photo 2 Caption: Equipment Plan

Hours

Year Round
Saturdays & Sundays
10:30 am – 5:00 pm


Summer Hours (May 27 - September 1)
Thursdays (Interurban Train Rides)
10:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Fridays (Guided Walking Tours Only)
10:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Hours may vary at any time due to weather and/or the availability of our volunteers.


Closed Holidays
Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years Eve, New Years Day

Museum Location

5848 State Highway 12
Suisun City, CA 94585

(707) 374-2978

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