Within the last few weeks a new history museum has opened in North Vancouver, BC, and one of its headline exhibits is a restored streetcar body. British Columbia Electric Railway 153, a double-truck semi-convertible built by Stephenson in 1908 (and, incidentally, the newest Stephenson product in existence), is on prominent display at the new Museum of North Vancouver. MONOVA, as it has dubbed itself, is described in this article that's also the source of the above photo.
The streetcar, which was retired in 1946, was a cottage at Ryder Lake for four decades before being acquired by the City of North Vancouver in 1986. From 1991 until 2021 it was stored at Fen Burdett Stadium and was the subject of a lengthy restoration project that wrapped up fairly recently. It's nice to see the car placed on display in such a visible location. Its ownership has been updated from the city to MONOVA and its status changed to "displayed inoperable."
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