Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad - Disposition of The Red Devils

Disposition of The Red Devils

The very successful lightweight 1929 Cincinnati Car Company "Red Devil" cars were sold. Six went to the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway (CRANDIC) and thirteen to the Lehigh Valley Transit (LVT) interurban lines. They successfully operated as CRANDIC trippers between the capitol at Iowa City to Cedar Rapids and as Liberty Bell Limiteds between Allentown and Philadelphia into the 1950s. They had an operational life of twenty five years. (See Bibliography and Wikipedia Links related to these two interurban railroads.) The design mated aluminum sheeting onto a steel frame. This resulted in "dissimilar metals electrolysis" erosion that had to be dealt with during their life. In some cases the aluminum sheets were replaced with steel.

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