Dayton's City Transit Company/MVRTA "Seasonal" ETB's

(Special Paint Schemes)

by H.I. Hylton 10/28/02

City Transit
Year Painted for Model (Year) Number Where from
1960KeysM-H TC-44 (1947)#610   ex-Kansas City Public Service #2533  
1963Easter   Pullman-Std (1947)   #441ex-City Railway #441
1965XmasM-H TC-48 (1951)#540ex-Cincinnati Street Railway #1481
1966"M-H TC-48 (1951)#537ex-Cincinnati Street Railway #1486
1967   No special painted Xmas ETB this year      
1968XmasM-H TC-48 (1948) #561ex-Columbus Transit Co #607
1969""""
1970""""
1971""""


Miami Valley Regional Transit Authority (MVRTA)
Year Painted for Model (Year) Number Where from
1972Xmas   M-H TC-48 (1948)   #561   ex-Columbus Transit Co #607  
1973XmasM-H TC-48 (1949)#509ex-City Railway #509
1974Easter"""
1974Xmas"""
1975Winter/Xmas"""
1975SpringM-H TC-48 (1948)#561ex-Columbus Transit Co #607
1975SummerM-H TC-48 (1949)#510ex-City Railway #510
1975FallM-H TC-48 (1948)#559ex-Columbus Transit Co #643
1976BicentennialM-H TC-48 (1949)#501ex-City Railway #501
1976XmasM-H TC-48 (1949)#509ex-City Railway #509
1977XmasM-H TC-48 (1948)#559ex-Columbus Transit Co #643
1978-88Xmas"""



#559 was stored each year until December, when it ran in revenue for one month. It's final year in Dayton as the Xmas trolley was 1988, after which it was donated to San Francisco Municipal Railway, where it survives today as their Xmas Trolley.

M-H #501 was restored in City Railway paint scheme in 1983 by MVRTA to celebrate 50 years of ETB's in Dayton. It was part of the MVRTA historical fleet until about 1988. After a few years on static display in Carillon Park, it was returned to MVRTA, where it remains inoperable.

In 1984 MVRTA restored #515 in City Transit Co's. paint scheme. After a few years use, it was sent to Dayton's Carillon park in trade for #501. #515 is on static display inside the Carillon Park Transportation Building.

All other special seasonal Marmon-Herrington ETB's have been long ago scrapped.

MVRTA's last Xmas trolley, all-white Flyer #942, had special seasonal panels affixed to it's sides, had a music system, and served for two or three winters in the mid-90's. It was scrapped with the rest of the remaining Flyers in 1999.



Data from Don Brabson, Edw. O'Meara, and NATTA Databook II.


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