This car was built in 1888 as a horsecar and converted by Henry Whitney's West End Railway Co. to run as the first electric trolley car in Brookline. The groundbreaking streetcar line started service in 1889 as part of the widening of Beacon Street and ran from Union Square, Allston over Harvard Street, Beacon Street, Massachusetts Avenue, and Boylston Street. The coupling for horses was left in place in case of the need for a tow.

[Courtesy of Historic New England]