Car Preservation & Restoration
Here are some images of our car acquisition, preservation and restoration activities. Choose different cars from the drop-down list to see a particular car's restoration photos. Most of the time, clicking on an image will result in a larger version being displayed.
 Meanwhile up on the roof... ...heavy duty tar placed as a part of a 1930's "modernization" is heated with a heat gun and carefully scraped away to reveal intricate woodwork and more stained glass not seen in about seven decades. |
 When the heat guns can't cut through it all, stripping agents are applied. Here is one of the 56 windows currently having the last layers of paint removed. August 11, 2007 |
 Special Delivery!!!! August 10, 2007 Two motors for PCC 2743 just overhauled by our friends at Huntingdon Electric Motor Service have returned to the museum for future reinstallation and are unloaded using out trusty Bobcat loader. The trolley's other too motors will follow the first pair soon. Photo: Joel S. |
 Gentlemen - Grab Your Ladders July 7, 2007 Volunteers have resumed working on the exterior of Car 315, the museum's interurban from Illinois, to permit the reinstallation of the original arched stained glass windows. Photos: Joel S. |
 Gentlemen - Grab Your Ladders July 7, 2007 |
 Gentlemen - Grab Your Ladders July 7, 2007 |
 It's Dedication Day!!!!! June 9, 2007 Members and guests gathered to celebrate the conclusion of the comprehensive restoration work that has turned Johnstown Traction Company 355 into a museum showpiece. JTC 355 poses with the antique cars that gathered for the special occasion. Photos: Chuck K |
 Dedication Day Miss Pennsylvania, Emily Wills, breaks a ceremonial bottle of Champaign to mark the end of the three decade restoration and officially release the car into public service for the first time since June 11, 1960. June 9, 2007 |
 The crowds gather at the platform after the first trip returns. June 9, 2007 |
 355 Flashback to 2005 March 30, 2007 With it coming to an end, it is fitting to look back at where this project was exactly two years ago. Photo: Joel S |