During World War II, a group of old New York elevated line cars dating from the late 19th century was sent west to the San Francisco Bay Area by the United States Maritime Commission for use by the Shipyard Railway, a temporary wartime electric line transporting workers to the Kaiser Shipyards.
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Two of them however were acquired and have been restored by the Western Railway Museum in Rio Vista, California.
The United States Maritime Commission searched and found obsolete New York City "El" elevated cars awaiting scrap.
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