Built as a parlor-observation car by Pullman in 1928 for the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee Railway, Car 420 initially was a trailer and was fitted with individual rotating armchairs. In storage from 1932 to 1943, it was brought out to help carry wartime traffic; it was converted to a regular passenger coach in 1943 and was motorized. IT was operated in suburban service until abandonmentof the North Shore Line in 1963 and was subsequently acquired by the museum.
Item Type: Postcard - Printed, Chrome
Photographer: Cecilia Clapp
Printer: Dexter Press, Inc. (West Nyack, NY)
Publisher: John Stern (New York, NY)
Location: Kennebunkport, Maine
Date:
Postmark: Not postally used.
Subject, Business: Seashore Trolley Museum
Item Owner: Matthew D. Cosgro
NCS Collection ID: 9304001634
Added: 10/24/2021