Saturday, December 22, 2018

Connecticut Company 65 restored to operation

I'm a little bit late on this, but about a month ago in November Connecticut Company 65 was restored to operation by the Connecticut Trolley Museum as reported by their shop blog. The car has been out of service for many years but is largely complete and, following refurbishment of its roof including installation of a rubber roof membrane, trolley boards and poles were fitted to make it possible for the car to move under power again. Car 65 is an historic piece: it's the first car acquired by CTM, back in 1941, making it one of the earliest streetcars in the country to be preserved in a museum. It was built by Wason in 1906 for Consolidated, the predecessor to ConnCo, for service on the Norwich to Putnam line. It ran up until 1941 and then became the "mother car" for CTM. In its overall design it's very similar to a number of other ConnCo double-truck suburban cars preserved at CTM, Branford, and Seashore, but there aren't any other cars from its exact order preserved. Its status has been updated to reflect that it is now operational.

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