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Seashore Trolley Museum receives preservation award
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That’s a cool looking trolley!
Seashore also has #4387, a semi-convertible of the Eastern Mass. Street Railway that I think was actually ordered by the Bay State and perhaps delivered to the Bay State just before that system became the Eastern Mass. under the Public Control Act. So I think that are actually TWO Bay State cars in existence–unless something unfortunate has happened to #4387.
Thomas Engel is correct in his comment that there are two cars at the Seashore Trolley Museum with connections to the Bay State Street Railway.
Car 4387 was a more modern “semiconvertible” car than 4175, with improved control circuitry and safety appliances. It was also built by Laconia and delivered on a car order from the Bay State Street Railway in 1918. Early in 1919, the Eastern Mass. Street Railway succeeded the Bay State, and car 4387 operated for nearly three decades in the Boston metropolitan area.
Also, the photo credit should read “Seashore Trolley Museum.”