Hey everyone. Well with a little help from Bill Young of the Shoreline Trolley Museum we have been able to get a little more insight into the life of car #302. As stated in an earlier post 302 was built as a freight trailer. In 1923 the car was rebuilt into a Railway Post Office car for service on the Providence & Fall River RPO route. This run was short lived as the RPO route was suspended in 1924. Later in 1929 the run was reinstated as the Providence & New Bedford. In 1930 the designation was changed to the Providence & Fall River. I am ordering a copy of Transportation Bulletin #85, "Union Street Railway, New Bedford" by O.R. Cummings. Hopefully it will shed some more light on 302 and its history. As I stated before if anyone has conflicting information or more details please let me know & I will post it here. I wont take it personal, I just want to try and get the history right!!!
On another note the restoration fund for 302 has already receieved pledges of approximately $2000 so far. If you are interested in seeing this piece of New England Street Railway history run again, please dont hesitate to contact the museum at:
The Shore Line Trolley Museum
17 River Street
East Haven, CT 06512
(203) 467-6927
Till Next time,
Steve
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