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Matt Cosgro photo, all rights reserved. Used with permission.
The older of the two North Shore Line coaches owned by Seashore is No. 420, built by Pullman in 1928 as a parlor observation trailer. Originally, it had an open observation platform and its interior furnishings included 16 pivoting upholstered chairs. Eight more passengers were accommodated in the partitioned-off smoking compartment, for a total seating capacity of 24. Washroom facilities were provided, and there was a kitchenette where light refreshments could be prepared. Operation of the parlor-observation cars on the North Shore Line was discontinued in 1932 and No. 420 was placed into storage, where it remained until 1943. In that year it was rebuilt to a straight passenger coach. The kitchenette, washroom and smoking compartment were removed and the rotating chairs replaced conventional seats. The observation platform was replaced by a vestibule identical to that on its original front end. Two motors were applied and the car was used in suburban service until abandonment in 1963.
History from Historic Cars: The National Collection at the Seashore Trolley Museum by Ben Minnich
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