Eastern Mass St. Rwy P-601 Snow sweeper
Sweepers or " broom cars" were effective at throwing snow clear of tracks. This one started as sweeper P-601 on the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway system( 1920- 1935), was sold to New York( 1935- 1947), and later to Toronto (1947- 1972). It was aquired by Sea Shore Trolley Museum in 1973, and restored to original color( pencil yellow) and number.

Photographed by Wayne E. Slayton, February, 1994.
Added to the photo archive by Wayne Slayton, April 1, 2014.
Railroad: Seashore Trolley Museum.

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