Magee Shortway Electric Railway
Bloomsburg
This car began life as a kit from J.G. Brill and was assembled in Brazil where it operated in Rio de Janeiro.  In 1965 it and several others were brought back to Bloomsburg, PA to the (Harry) Magee car museum.  All but two of the group were sold off to other museums around the US.  Cars 2 (shown here) and 3 were completely restored for operation on the Magee Shortway Museum that operated alongside the Keystone Shortway until June 23, 1972 when the line was destroyed by Hurricane Agnes.  About a month later, Harry Magee died and the entire museum was parceled out at auction.  Car 2 went to a car museum in Sarasota, FL, since disbanded and is currently stored in a warehouse in the Orlando area.
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