From Boston, it's only a two-hour trip to Kennebunkport, and well worth the effort in order to see what's new at the Seashore Trolley Museum. As well as sight-seeing along the shore.
At the entrance stands this control tower. In 1976 I was living in Cambridge and clearly remember watching them lift this building off the structure with a huge crane and onto a barge in the Charles River below. But why didn't I take any pictures?
There were at least two streetcars in revenue service on the day we were there.
This is 1160, a Connecticut Co. wooden car built by Stephenson in 1906.
The second car is a Type 5 from 1924. Change at Park St.!
And this is one of the Type 3 cars converted to a snow plow/locomotive. They have several similar units, this may be the 5106, I'm not sure. It was being used as a shop switcher.
We had a nice ride on the Stephenson car. The interior has been beautifully restored.
A view along the main line on the way uphill.
And on the way back, we got off at Town House to view the progress. A couple of restored cars were sitting outside:
The Cincinnati curved-side car, which I think we've seen before....
And one of the Connecticut open cars.
But my favorite is certainly the Narcissus, the only surviving car from the Portland-Lewiston interurban. It's now out from under its tarp and getting a thorough rebuilding job. Being a narcissussist, (or whatever) I took lots of pictures.
In the above picture, we see the body of a closed single-trucker from the Middlesex and Boston street railway currently being worked on. It was used as a diner at one time and still needs body work, as well as a rebuilt truck and new wheels.
Wheels for the above car.
And finally, an interesting combination:
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