CLE High Speed original seat HK 900D Topton PA 8-20-90
Back in 1990 I paid a visit to Ed Blossom at Topton Pennsylvania. Ed was a famous trolley restorer and was involved with many restoration projects, going back to the ill-fated Magee trolley museum in Bloomsburg PA. Ed passed away in 2004, but the fruits of his labor live on at places like the Electric City Trolley Museum in Scranton. An article about Ed can be found here: www.nymtmuseum.org/headends/05winter/EdBlossomWinter05.html
This set of photos details a Cincinnati & Lake Erie "Highspeed" carbody that was to be restored, but I'm not sure what finally became of this one. This photo shows what Ed told me was the only original surviving Hale & Kilbourn 900D bucket seat from one of the C&LE Highspeed cars. It had been saved by someone who worked for the Crandic, at the time they removed these original seats from the few cars they had purchased second hand from the C&LE.
CLE High Speed original seat HK 900D Topton PA 8-20-90
Back in 1990 I paid a visit to Ed Blossom at Topton Pennsylvania. Ed was a famous trolley restorer and was involved with many restoration projects, going back to the ill-fated Magee trolley museum in Bloomsburg PA. Ed passed away in 2004, but the fruits of his labor live on at places like the Electric City Trolley Museum in Scranton. An article about Ed can be found here: www.nymtmuseum.org/headends/05winter/EdBlossomWinter05.html
This set of photos details a Cincinnati & Lake Erie "Highspeed" carbody that was to be restored, but I'm not sure what finally became of this one. This photo shows what Ed told me was the only original surviving Hale & Kilbourn 900D bucket seat from one of the C&LE Highspeed cars. It had been saved by someone who worked for the Crandic, at the time they removed these original seats from the few cars they had purchased second hand from the C&LE.