Syracuse Lake Shore & Northern 200 update

A big thank you goes to Thomas Mafrici, who has sent along photos showing recent progress on the restoration of Syracuse Lake Shore & Northern 200. He has been rebuilding this historic wooden interurban, the last surviving car from any of the interurban lines that once radiated from Syracuse, in Cicero, New York. Our previous update of his progress was in May 2021.

Work at that time was focused on the roof, while recent progress has concentrated on rebuilding the end of the car, which was largely missing. Above, a new corner post and end framing is visible.

This corner of the car was simply gone when Mr. Mafrici acquired the car. A very impressive amount of new wood is going into this old interurban car.

The craftsmanship on this door lintel is beautiful.

For comparison, this is what the end of the car looked like when work began. Compare this with the first photo in this post, taken of the same location on the car.

And here's something interesting: Mr. Mafrici acquired this drawing of the car along with the body itself. This drawing appears to have come from the Cincinnati Car Company, which built SLS&N 200.