Birney Goes on Display in Bellingham

I just happened upon this article in the Cascadia Daily News, from a couple of months ago, that details the placement of Tacoma Railway & Power 324 on display in Bellingham, Washington. The car is owned - and, now, is located adjacent to - the Helen Loggie Museum of Art in Bellingham, which is a fairly new organization housed in the city's historic Washington Territorial Courthouse building. Information on this car comes from Tom and Vince Mendenhall, who restored its body on behalf of the Loggie Museum as detailed here. The car has been placed under an attractive canopy that affords an unobstructed view from the street. Car 324's status has been updated to "displayed inoperable."

P.S. Anyone know what the significance of the "704" placard on the end of the car might be? It looks a bit like a New York subway car number board, but I'm mystified as to its role on this car.

Bellingham Birney Moves

Many thanks to Olin Anderson, who has passed along updated information on Puget Sound Traction Light & Power 360, one of two surviving Bellingham (Washington) Birneys dating to 1917. This particular car was in an Old Spaghetti Factory restaurant in Seattle until 2017, and was then acquired by Historic Railway Restoration. Olin reports that the car has been cosmetically restored by HRR and moved back home to the Helen Loggie Museum of Art in Bellingham, which is located in the oldest extant brick building in Washington state. The car isn't on public display yet; apparently it's stored in a warehouse near the museum until a shelter can be constructed to display it. The photo above dates to 2020, at which point the car was stored at the Port of Bellingham, but Olin says it has since been repainted in PSTL&P green and has been placed on a homebuilt truck. Its status on the PNAERC list has been appropriately updated, including adding "The Loggie" to the list of electric car owners.

EDIT: See this post for corrected info on car 360 (which actually went to the City of Bellingham) and car 324 (which went to "The Loggie").