Chicago streetcar history

Today's update includes some changes to the record for Chicago Surface Lines 1137, a body which was rescued in 2016 by the recently-formed Lost Railway Museum in Grass Lake, Michigan. Following some research, and backed up by photos posted online, it's been established that car 1137 was renumbered by the CSL in 1937 and before that was car 1288 (originally Chicago Union Traction 4817 when built by St. Louis in 1905). Intriguingly, that means that of the three "Matchboxes" of this type preserved, no two were built as part of the same order. The car in Michigan is the "middle child," having been built early in 1905 on SLCC order 541, while CSL 1278 preserved as a body in Wisconsin was built a year earlier on order 452A and fully-restored car 1374 at the Illinois Railway Museum was built late in 1905 on order 715. Obscure information, but it's always gratifying to be able to add these sorts of details to the PNAERC roster to make it more accurate.