Car 23
Car 23 was built in 1906 by the John Stephenson Company (then owned by the J. G. Brill Company) for Cleveland, Ohio's short-lived Forest City Railway (fleet No. 3334). [25] in 1908 the car was renumbered to 934 and converted to single end operation. The car was purchased in 1924 by the City of Nelson and used as a spare car, bringing the fleet total to 3 streetcars, the smallest in the British Empire. In 1930 the car was renumbered from "3" to "23", [26] and it remained in service until the 1949 closure of the system. The body of the car was used as a dog kennel, skating rink shelter and a craft shop. Acquired in poor condition in 1982, the car body was restored by students at Selkirk College. Later, replica trucks were fabricated, so that the car could be returned to operating condition. [25] Streetcar 23 made its first revenue service on July 1, 1992.
Car 400
Birney-type car 400 was originally ordered in 1921 by the British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER) from the Preston Car Company. It was made in Preston, Ontario, and shipped in parts to the BCER for final assembly at their yards in Vancouver before entering service in Victoria, British Columbia in March 1922. The car was retired from service in 1948, then sold to the Mayo Lumber Company in Cowichan Lake to be used as a bunkhouse. Purchased in 1970 by the provincial transportation museum, in Cloverdale, the car was restored in 1973 for static display. Car 400 was leased by the Nelson Electric Tramway Society in 1990 and with the closure of the museum in 1992, Nelson became car 400's permanent home. Car 400 is not in regular service, as its wheelbase is too short to negotiate the sharply-curved terminus loops. All scheduled trips use car 23, except that, as the route runs close to Kootenay Lake, on the rare occasions that flooding occurs along the route making part of the tracks inaccessible, car 400 takes over service as it can operate in either direction and therefore does not need to use turning loops.
