In the late 1970s, 9-year-old Kimberly Sever of Brookline was caught up in the Pittsburgh pride sparked by Myron Cope’s “Terrible Towel.” Though not a football fan, she noticed how Steelers mania transformed the city, with black-and-gold “terrible” versions of everything. She thought a “Terrible Trolley” would be very cool and, encouraged by her grandmother, wrote Mayor Caliguri with her idea. The mayor replied that he would pass the suggestion to the Port Authority, which ran Pittsburgh’s trolleys. Decades later, the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum contacted Sever to tell her she had inspired the original Terrible Trolley, streetcar 1713, which ran from Pittsburgh to Charleroi starting in 1949. The trolley’s restoration took just over two years, one of the fastest projects in the museum’s history. Restoration manager Michael Buchta said the car was in rough shape with rust, corrosion, and chipping paint. Prime Collision Center donated paintwork using PPG Paints from ATI, helping raise over $90,000, with more funds still needed. Now part of the museum’s operating fleet, the Terrible Trolley will run regularly or be on display for visitors.