Seashore has posted on their Facebook page that SEPTA "Bullet" car 208, one of three identical cars of that series preserved in Kennebunkport, is being stripped for parts to assist in the restoration of sister car 205 at Rockhill. Car 208 has been deaccessioned, and the plan is to "part it out" and dismantle it.
This isn't a significant loss, historically speaking. Of the 10 "Bullet" cars built for the Philadelphia & Western,* six (soon to be five) are still around, so the type is pretty over-represented. Car 203, the last "Bullet" car built (as a wreck replacement in 1933), is also at Seashore, as is car 207, which has been deaccessioned. There's car 206 on outdoor display at Electric City, car 209 on indoor display at PTM, and car 205, which is the only member of the class currently operational. Car 205 is also in the midst of a restoration project to return it to its Red Arrow appearance. On the whole, it seems likely that the parts from car 208 will do a great deal of good on car 205 and, perhaps, the other preserved Brill "Bullets."
