Todd Matthews Finds A Tacoma Streetcar...

Todd Matthews of the Tacoma Daily Index spent a significant part of this last weekend Skagit County with Tom and Vince Mendenhall – the father-and-son team that owns Historic Railway Restoration. Since the late-1980s, the Mendenhalls have restored a number of streetcars for cities throughout the U.S. and Canada.  They also own a 1908, 49-foot Turtleback streetcar that once operated in Tacoma. 

Todd’s feature article today is about Historic Railway Restoration, his trip to Rockport, Washington, and the state of the old Tacoma streetcar he found.  The story also includes a link to a photo essay with six pictures.  The story is timed perfectly with the completion of the city’s feasibility study.

The Tacoma car looks like it could use some love… soon.

Amazing work, Todd. 

Link to the Tacoma Daily Index

Photo by Todd Matthews