Work begun on PTC Peter Witt

Word comes from Bruce Wells of the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum that restoration work is starting on PTC 8042, a Peter Witt acquired by the museum in 2005 from the Electric City Trolley Museum in Scranton. Of the four surviving Philadelphia Peter Witts, this 1923 car is the second eldest, slightly older than car 8530 (privately owned) and car 8534 (still owned by ECTM in Scranton) but newer than car 6618 at Seashore, which was rebuilt from a 1916 "Nearside" car. Keith Bray, who has done impressive work in recent years on cars at Scranton, National Capital, and Baltimore among others, is working on roof repairs to car 8042. The car is said to be largely sound, and is entirely complete, but does need some repair work in localized areas. I believe the plan is indeed to make the car fully operational so that it can join PTM's other regular PTC standard car, double-ender 5326, in service.