Second car to Hoosier Heartland

The Hoosier Heartland Trolley Company is growing again. Yesterday their second car, Union Traction 437, was moved from the old Indiana Transportation Museum site in Forest Park in Noblesville to HHTC property. Photos are available on their Facebook page, which is also where the above photo is from. Car 437 is the second of the four electric cars that HHTC purchased from ITM before that organization's eviction.

The car is one of two identical Union Traction cars in existence, the only existing cars from that line. It was built by St. Louis in 1925 and while running for Union Traction was named the "Marion." It's been stored outdoors at ITM since it was acquired in 1981 and is in rough, but potentially salvageable, condition. For its part, the ex-ITM collection in Noblesville is now down to six cars - including the other two cars purchased by HHTC - plus some Lackawanna MU cars.