One of the varied trove of extant Birney bodies has gone up for sale, according to this post on the Ahead of the Torch Facebook group. The car, shown above, is Kansas City Public Service 1545, and it has an unusual and slightly sordid history. It's a standard single-truck Birney built by American in 1919, notable in part because it remained in service long after most Birneys had gone to scrap. Car 1545 was the last Birney to run for KCPS, on May 1, 1949, and it was one of two KCPS Birneys preserved (sister car 1533 is at the...