CTA car at Fox River under restoration

Chicago Transit Authority 4451 at the Fox River Trolley Museum is now in the midst of a major roof rebuilding project, according to a recent post on the FRTM website. For many years this car was one of the regular operating cars at FRTM but it was retired around 2016 due to general deterioration. It is now having a new roof put on, which when complete presumably will allow the car to be placed back into public operation. Its status on the PNAERC list has been updated to "undergoing restoration."

Judging from photos, 4451 and CA&E 458 - acquired eight years ago from Trolleyville - are now stored inside the museum's barn. It appears they have taken the indoor spots of CTA 4288 and CA&E 317 respectively, two cars which have been out of service for at least twenty years.