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Built in 1899
by McGuire Car Co.
 This
is the oldest piece of rolling stock in the OERHS
collection. This car is a snow sweeper and was used as
snow fighting equipment in Portland. In many cities the
franchise agreements forced streetcar operators to sweep,
clean, and snowplow streets.  Of course the snow plowing
was required to operate the lines anyway.
The photo to the right shows 1455 when it was in
service at East Portland Yards,  July 11, 1957. Click on either photo to
enlarge. The photo below
shows its "better" side inside the carbarn.
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