Jacques Kelly: Museum's restoration of Car 554 brings back the era of open summer streetcars

Built of pine and oak, with a whirling electric motor that powers four flanged wheels, Car 554 once crisscrossed Baltimore and served streetcar passengers attired in cotton and linen and straw hats. From 1896 to 1919, public transit patrons hopped on and off such colorful streetcars open to the…
Source: Sun