Jamestown, Westfield & Northwestern
Car 304

This photo shows Jamestown, Westfield & Northwestern Car 304 sitting at the "Boatlanding" station in Jamestown. This car was built by the Cincinnati Car Company in 1914 and was delivered with 60 seats and controls at each end. The coach seats were leather covered while those in the smoking compartment were covered with rattan.

According to an undated document by Harold Ahlstrom, the paint on the JWN&W cars changed over time:

The cars were originally green, with 312 the last to be painted red in the late 1920s.

Sometime between 1936 and 1940 all the small cars (300-305) changed over to the small, circular logo on the sides instead of the full-length "Jamestown, Westfield & Northwestern" above the windows and the "America's Scenic Route" along the side of the car.  303 had a silver loop design in 1945 and the destinations on the side.

The car was stored for many years after a late 1920s accident in which one of the trucks was forced through the floor. It was rebuilt with controls only at one end. It retained its smoking compartment and bucket seats were installed in the car. 

The car had another collision on August 26, 1944 when Car 304 was headed northbound near Bonita and collided with a southbound Car 302.  Lou Hoadley, the engineer on Car 302, was killed in the collision, along with two passengers. The car was scrapped after that accident.

This undated photograph shows the beautiful red color of the JW&NW cars.
Photographer unknown.
This May 1936 photo from the John Woodbury collection shows the car on Third Street in Jamestown.

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