Seashore Trolley Museum has two pairs of these cars. The East Boston Tunnel (EBT) #1 cars were built in 1923, and this EBT #2 pair built in 1924 by Pullman-Standard. These ran from when the East Boston Tunnel was converted from streetcars to rapid transit in 1924 and were retired for good in early 1980. In the early 50's the #1 and #2 cars were rebuilt, and pantographs plus the "Golden Glow" headlights were added for when service was extended out of the tunnels to Orient Heights and eventually Wonderland. The #1 and #2 cars served MBTA Blue Line Riders for 56 years, and these were the only rapid transit cars built in the 1920's to serve as long. When the #3 St. Louis cars arrived in the early 50's, the #1's and #2's mostly served in rush hour service.

These cars had everything a kid curious about trains could want. The windows went down, they have a perfect rail fan window in the front, sometimes you could watch the train operator in action, since there really wasn't a door, You could see and hear everything! As this kid got older, these trains were the first steps in getting to Fenway Park, the Gahhden, Quincy Market, Hahhvahhd Square, games, concerts and lots of fun times in Boston. It's nice to see there are a couple of pairs preserved at Seashore !

Unknown photographer October 7, 2017.
Added to the photo archive by Jay Gadon, October 13, 2017.
Railroad: Seashore Trolley Museum.

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