Streetcars in Kenosha, Wisconsin
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Kenosha Electric Railway
The first Kenosha Electric Railway (KERy) was a
Modern streetcar line
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At the turn of the 21st century, Kenosha constructed a modern electric
Installation of the
Kenosha's six historic 'Red Rocket' PCC A15-class streetcars were built in
The ceremonial dedication of the streetcar line and the new Transit Center was held on June 17, 2000, and the memorial ribbon was broken at 11 a.m. by 4610 'Toronto', piloted by Richard Lindgren who had been a
Public rides began immediately after the opening ceremony. Regularly scheduled service started two days later, on Monday morning, June 19, 2000.[1]
In addition to its utilitarian purpose, the streetcar system (along with
Kenosha's HarborPark Plan, which is served by the streetcar line, comprises over 400 upscale urban housing units and retail, commercial, restaurant and recreational facilities. The streetcar circulator project demonstrates the feasibility of reintroducing zero-emission electric transit into mid-west cities and the application of special short-haul transit applications.
In October 2011, the city of Kenosha received a gift of two more PCC streetcars purchased and donated by John DeLamater. Car 4617 arrived on Oct 10, and Car 2185 arrived on Oct. 12. These two cars were previously at the East Troy Electric Railroad which had found them unsuitable to its needs. 4617 was built for Toronto in 1951, and finished at the Canadian Car and Foundry with a shell provided by the St. Louis Car Company, one of 19 cars rebuilt for Toronto in 1986. Car 2185 was built in 1948 for the Philadelphia Transport Company by the St. Louis Car Company. Rebuilt in the mid-1980s, it saw service for SEPTA until 1992, when it was acquired by the East Troy line in 1994.[10]
In 2014, the Kenosha city council voted to approve an additional north–south crosstown line, but the expansion was cancelled in 2015 due to unanticipated cost overruns.[11]
Map
See also
- Kenosha Transit, operator of the streetcar circulator as well as Kenosha's bus system.
- Heritage streetcar
- Streetcars in North America
- Light rail in the United States
References
- ^ ISSN 1460-8324.
- ^ http://www.sewrpc.org/SEWRPCFiles/Transportation/Files/transit-kenosha/capr-281_chapter-02_prelim_dra.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Kenosha Transit Electric Streetcar Route Map & Schedule" (PDF). February 8, 2017. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ^ Don Leistikow
- ^ Bett & Gillham, Great British Tramway Networks, 4th ed., 1962.
- ^ "4606 'Green Hornet'".
- ^ "4609 'Pittsburgh'".
- ^ "4615 'Johnstown'".
- ^ "4616 'Cincinnati'".
- ^ Gentner, Margie (October 16, 2011). "Kenosha receives donation of two streetcars". KenoWi. Archived from the original on October 2, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
- ^ FLORES, TERRY (July 7, 2015). "Streetcar plan hits end of the line". Kenosha News. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
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