Streetcar 696

This is a collection of photos and discriptions showing the reconstruction of Streetcar 696 in Ottawa Canada. This project has been going on for a couple of decades and will most likely continue well into the future. It is hoped that 696 will one day be mobile again as a tourist attraction in our nation's capital.

Sunday, February 11, 2018

The beginning of the wooden Body

at February 11, 2018

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