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	Hetch Hetchy Motor Car No. 19
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
Coordinates	37°57′1″N 120°25′2″W / 37.95028°N 120.41722°W
Built	1919
Built by	Thomson-Graf-Edler
NRHP reference No.	78000363
Added to NRHP	May 22, 1978

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Track Bus No. 19 is a motorized rail car built on a White Motor Company standard truck chassis. It was built by Thomson-Graf-Edler in 1919 for the Hetch Hetchy Railroad and used as an ambulance to transport sick, injured or dead workers, and to carry passengers.^[2] An additional five similar railcars were ordered, none were exactly the same.

The car sat unused after it was moved to Modesto, then was restored and displayed at the Yosemite Transportation Museum in El Portal. In 1997 No. 19 was donated to Railtown 1897 State Historic Park in Jamestown California.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Hetch Hetchy Railcar #19". December 6, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2013.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] "Hetch Hetchy Railcar #19". December 6, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2013.

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-'''Track Bus No. 19''' is a motorized rail car built on a [[White Motor Company]] standard truck chassis. It was built by Thomson-Graf-Edler in 1919 for the [[Hetch Hetchy Railroad]] and used as an ambulance to transport sick, injured or dead workers, and to carry passengers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hetch Hetchy Railcar #19|url=http://railtown1897.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/hetch-hetchy-railcar-19/|accessdate=25 September 2013}}</ref> An additional five similar railcars were ordered, none were exactly the same.
+'''Track Bus No. 19''' is a motorized rail car built on a [[White Motor Company]] standard truck chassis. It was built by Thomson-Graf-Edler in 1919 for the [[Hetch Hetchy Railroad]] and used as an ambulance to transport sick, injured or dead workers, and to carry passengers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hetch Hetchy Railcar #19|date=6 December 2009 |url=http://railtown1897.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/hetch-hetchy-railcar-19/|accessdate=25 September 2013}}</ref> An additional five similar railcars were ordered, none were exactly the same.
-The car sat unused for 32 years before being restored and housed in [[Modesto, California|Modesto]] then [[El Portal, California|El Portal]] and in 1997 moved to the [[Railtown 1897 State Historic Park]] in [[Jamestown, California|Jamestown California]].
+The car sat unused after it was moved to [[Modesto, California|Modesto]], then was restored and displayed at the Yosemite Transportation Museum in [[El Portal, California|El Portal]]. In 1997 No. 19 was donated to [[Railtown 1897 State Historic Park]] in [[Jamestown, California|Jamestown California]].
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