Fort Collins Municipal Railway Birney Safety Streetcar No. 21

Fort Collins Municipal Railway Birney Safety Streetcar No. 21
Fort Collins Birney car 21 in service in 1987
Location1801 West Mountain Ave.
Fort Collins, Colorado,
United States
Coordinates40°35′13″N 105°6′32″W / 40.58694°N 105.10889°W / 40.58694; -105.10889
Built1919
Built byAmerican Car Company
NRHP reference No.84000860
Added to NRHPJanuary 5, 1984[1]

Fort Collins Municipal Railway Birney Safety Streetcar No. 21 is a streetcar (or trolley) in Fort Collins, Colorado, listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[1] Built in 1919 by the American Car Company[2] for the Fort Collins Municipal Railway, it is a type of streetcar known as a Birney "Safety Car".[2] It was listed on the National Register in 1984[1] and is one of fewer than 10 streetcars listed.[3]

  1. ^ a b c Carol Tunner; Larry Baume (1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Fort Collins Municipal Railway Birney Safety Streetcar No. 21" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Young, Andrew D. (1997). Veteran & Vintage Transit. St. Louis, MO (US): Archway Publishing. pp. 26, 97. ISBN 0-9647279-2-7.
  3. ^ "A Survey of Railway Cars and Locomotives on the National Register of Historic Places". Railway Preservation Resources. November 2006. Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2015.