Public Service Car Runs

There's exciting news from Piscataway, New Jersey, today. Public Service Coordinated Transport 2651, one of just two of the system's big, iconic deck-roof passenger cars still in existence, was made operational again for the first time in something like 70 years. The car was salvaged as a car body in the 1970s, and for the last few decades has been the subject of an involved restoration project to make it complete and return it to operation. Its owner, the North Jersey Electric Railway Historical Society, posted some videos on their Facebook page showing the initial test "trips." For now, the car is in the Kinki-Sharyo plant in Piscataway, but rumors suggest it may be heading to a nearby trolley museum where it will have a chance to stretch its legs. For now, congrats to the NJERHS group on a major milestone for this historic car.