If streetcars, or trams, someday make a return to downtown Des Moines, it’ll be hard to imagine a happier group than the men who had breakfast together at The Machine Shed one Monday last month.
They were there for the inaugural meeting of Des Moines Streetcar Friends, a collection of former motormen, local historians and railroad enthusiasts with an average age of close to 80.
The gathering was arranged by one of the youngsters at the table, Earl Short, 70, of Waukee, to further discussion of building a streetcar museum in Des Moines.
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