Products. A quirky little mystery from 1947 on the summit of Mount Hood is finally solved. FamilySearch.org — Free Family History and Genealogy Records. Council Crest Cars. Car 503 gained international recognition when it was leased to San Francisco's Market Street Railway for participation in their Trolley Festival, during two summers, 1983 and 1984. Car 503 was used as the test vehicle during start-up of the Willamette Shore Railway from Portland to Lake Oswego in 1987, but it was returned to Glenwood when it was determined that its platforms were too weak for further heavy use.
In 1991, Car 503 briefly returned to downtown Portland for display and testing in conjunction with the startup of Portland Vintage Trolley. In 1997, Car 503 left the Trolley Park for the last time, when it was moved to the OERHS Museum in Brooks. The other Council Crest car to escape the wrecker's torch was Car 506, which was on display outside the Center Street Shops for a time after retirement. Columbia River Maritime Museum hopes to build a boat building school.