Comments on: A Streetcar Revisited

By: Adam From Detroit

Adam From Detroit — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:42:02 +0000

though i will agree, many times certain stuff is best left as-is

By: Adam From Detroit

Adam From Detroit — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:39:58 +0000

well speaking from experience, if you don’t “poach” these artifacts, half the time they end up in the garbage dump.

either you, somebody else, or mother nature is going to claim them, so you might as well get first dibs on stuff that’s left to rot.

part of my house IS a museum, dedicated to all the artifacts ive “poached” over the years

By: Gordy

Gordy — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:51:02 +0000

That part really had no identifing features on it, it was a piece of metal, so value in someones basement would be questionable. But then nothing would surprise me
The museum in Lake Linden may also have removed it, who knows.
If anyone has a any spare cash laying around (Bill Gates are you reading this), the car could probably be hauled out, well whats left of it. It was in bad shape before this updated feature, you would probably have a pile of parts and wood if you moved it.
Its sad to see, but money for this kind of stuff just isn’t there.

I believe it was used for a cattle feeding shelter in its after street car life, rather than a camp.

By: John From the Prairie

John From the Prairie — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:34:37 +0000

You already know I love rivets. My second hardware love is carriage bolts.

It’s a crying shame that
a) this historic interurban railcar is almost gone [i've seen antique car restorers build a car from less, so all is not lost]
b) the vandals have stolen what are actual artifacts off it

great. so the trolley pole base is sitting in someone’s living room. whoop dee frickin doo. at least in a museum the general public would get to see it.

artifact nabbers are as bad as poachers.