Jersey Shore Street Railway 4

Surely one of the more obscure streetcars on the PNAERC list is Jersey Shore Street Railway 4. It's an ancient single-trucker, built by American in 1894, but its early history is uncertain - it's thought to have originally been built for either Buffalo or for one of the New York City streetcar lines. Either way, in 1903 it ended up at the JSSR, a system - and town - most people haven't even heard of. Jersey Shore is in Pennsylvania and the JSSR was a tiny system. This car ended up as part of a house and made its way into private ownership in the 1970s. I vaguely recall seeing the car on a visit to the owner's house about twenty years ago, at which time it was just another tarped body.

But it's not anymore! Thanks to Wesley Paulson, Joel Salomon, and the car's owner (who I won't name here), we now have current photos of JSSR 4. Unbeknownst to me, it's been the subject of a major restoration. When it was a house (see below) it was missing both of its ends, but it appears that these have been recreated and the body of the car has been fully restored.

I'm not entirely certain what the plans for this car are but the owner apparently has a rare Peckham 7E single truck for this car complete with early GE 59 motors. Truck and motors are both unique, to my knowledge, in preservation and I'm now curious where they came from! Regardless, the car no longer qualifies as a body and I've changed its status to "undergoing restoration."

This is what the car looked like when it was discovered, back in the 1970s I believe. It's rare for private owners to have the resources to conduct major restorations like this but it's exciting when it happens. Many thanks to Wesley and Joel for the update!