Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company

West End

Pete Galayda nd John Faulhaber continue to work on the painting project and the progress really shows.  Here is the newly painted west end of the car.

Painting work is continuing and I am sure in the back of their mind, they are worried that cold weather cannot be far away.  For a change of pace, I have some pics of the interior - a lot of work has been completed in there.  The purpose of these shots is to help determine the state of the upholstery on the various seats.  While it looks OK a lot of it can best be described as FRAGILE.

Walkover

There are 20 walkover seats with the distinctive back sections.

Motorman

There are two 'sport model' motorman seats.

Bench

There are two styles of the nicknamed 'nickle seats' which once cost only a nickle since they were not 'full service' walkover style.  Both a short version and the pictured long version.

Drop Down

Another unusual entry in the Seating Derby.  972 had two drop down benches for seating at each end.  For a crowded car, those at the rear could be pulled down across the unused doorways.