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Boston, West End 4-axle motor car # 438
  Boston West End 4-axle motor car # 438 
Photo from the 1897 inventory

Posted by AlexSan · Odesa           Date: about 1897

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Boston, West End 4-axle motor car # 438

Operator/Facility:Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Since...:1891
Model:West End 4-axle motor car
Built:1891
Current state:Withdrawn
Purpose:Passenger vehicle
Scrapped:1919
Remarks:1891 ex Newburyport 2-axle motor car
This car was ordered as a horse car in 1888 and altered to electric traction before delivery. The 425-444 series were the first electric cars in Boston.

Closed 16' body. Rebuilt to a closed 25' body by the West End Street Railway shops in 1891.

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