Visit to Seashore

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: