July 26, 1942 – No. 120 – the final modernized, high-speed electrified trolley purchased by the CRANDIC Interurban – sits in the CRANDIC yards, ready for its conversion to the CRANDIC Iowa City to Cedar Rapids line.

Records show that on May 30, 1953, there were four round-trip runs that morning, with six Red Devil Trolleys #111, #116, #117, #118, #119, and #120 taking their turns on the route. The last trolley (#120) left Iowa City at 10:25 am, arriving in Cedar Rapids at 11:15 am. And with that, the Interurban era for the CRANDIC Railway came to an end.

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