Then there was the good news, which came shortly thereafter. Muni car 1050 is on its way back from rebuilding (it's probably in San Francisco now) and, like 1063, it is returning in a different livery from what it had before. Unlike 1063 it's also representing a different city: while it left in Muni green and cream it's returning in St. Louis Public Service red and cream, complete right down to the Civil Defense logo behind the front doors. Previously Muni had represented St. Louis with "actual" ex-SLPS car 1704, but it's been out of service for many years and there don't appear to be plans to rebuild it so car 1050 is now "flying the flag" for that street railway system. A photo of the car in transit, from the MSR blog, is above.
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