National and State Register

Fort Collins Municipal Railway Birney Safety Streetcar No. 21

Larimer County

The American Car Company of St. Louis, Missouri, built the trolley car in 1919 as designed by Charles O. Birney.  The car operated in Fort Collins from 1919 to 1951 and was retired to Library Park where it deteriorated for 24 years before being restored to operating condition during the 1970s.

A black and white photo of the broadside of the streetcar with windows open sitting on the tracks below.

Fort Collins Municipal Railway Birney Safety Streetcar No. 21 (1983 photograph.)