No. 317 is in downtown Salt Lake City. (Motor Bus Society; bw_5-5_20)
UL&T 300 - On an early test run the first Salt Lake City trackless trolley shows its ability to swing far from the overhead. (Railway Negative Exchange; bw_5-5_20)
Utah Light & Traction liked the ride provided by the large tires and long springs on the Twin Coach Model 40TT. Note unusual (for Twin Coach) exit at middle instead of behind rear wheels. (Motor Bus Society; bw_5-5-20)
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Versare electric coach number 301 brought a new paint scheme as well as a new technology to Salt Lake City when going through its trials. The first model 3880 to arrive on August 10, 1928, 301 is shown here ten days later carrying city and state officials on a demonstration. (Westinghouse; mca_39-1_5b)
Nine more electric coaches including 300 arrived on August 29 and went into service on September 7th on the South Fourth East-State Capitol line. (Westinghouse; mca_39-1_7a)
Electric coach number 309, poses for the camera at the turnback loop at 21st South and 4th East at the end of route 11, on October 20, 1928. (mca_39-1_7b)
Electric Coach 311 was originally a Versare demonstrator with G.E. equipment and tandem rear axles (like the first ten). It passed to Cincinnati Car Co. and came to Salt Lake City in March of 1929 when it was the first coach rebuilt with a single rear axle and dual rear wheels in June of that year. (Ohio Brass; mca_39-1_7c)
Cincinnati-built electric coach 317 was a model 4-E-430 and, like the Versares, seated 43. It shows off the simplified paint scheme of the 1930''s as it rolls through Temple Square. (Ohio Brass; mca_39-1_9a)
UL&T bought six Twin Coach trolley coaches to expand the system. The standard Twin Coach design was modified with an exit door amidships and dynamic braking before UL&T would place an order. Number 402 was snapped in November of 1929. (General Electric; mca_39-1_9c)
Electric Coach 308, after conversion to single rear axle with dual wheels and tires, follows a Route 12 streetcar. The coach is probably working Route 7, and the scene is looking north on State Street near Temple Square. (Ohio Brass; mca_39-1_14a)
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Twin Coach 405 snapped at Wasatch Springs in May 1942 operating on the 21 line. (Robert A. Burrowes; mca_39-1_17)
The Fageols sent demonstrator 399 to Salt Lake City in an attempt to gain an electric coach order from UL&T. They succeeded, but not until they had moved the rear door ahead of the rear axle and added dynamic braking. Compare with the photo of 402. (Utah Power & Light Co.; mca_39-3_3a)
Salt Lake City Lines repainted its electric coaches into Pacific City Lines/National City Lines orange and cream divided by a thin black stripe. The colors were the same as the buses, but the design was much less intricate. Cincinnati 315 waits to go into service on the 7 line in 1944. Faintly visible is the SLCL logo midway along the lower panel. (Railway Negative Exchange; mca_39-3_3b)
Versare 306 in SLCL orange & cream passes the Hotel Utah in this 1944 scene. The SLCL''s emblem is faintly visible in the lower panel ahead of the exit. (mca_39-3_cover)
In possible another show of the trolley coaches' ability to swing wide around obstacles in their path, number 307 swings around a simulated automobile accident. (uebr_37-9_2a)
New York Central carrying Salt Lake City electric coaches to Utah, 1928. (uebr_37-9_13)
Utah Light & Traction 305 and 303. (USHS 383 p.24)
Utah Light & Traction 404. (USHS 383 p.16)
Utah Light & Traction trolley buses. (USHS 383 p.25)
