About a month or so ago, DCA was invited to the former Trolleyville collection currently being held in a warehouse near the Science center. It is open to the public on the weekends.

 

I also threw in some of the original ads from inside cars. Funny stuff.

 

(The photos are a bit grainy - too bad. Your stuck with it until I get a new camera.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And a few old timer pictures for giggles....

 

 

 

 

 

Somebody, please do something with this collection! (hopefully downtown)

Excellent photos! I visited Trolleyville years ago when they were still offering rides at their old site. Theirs is one of the best collections in the country, I think, and their restorations are really good. I'd love to see those operating in Cleveland.

 

The idea of coal stoves in trolleys and interurbans scares me. I have mental images of them breaking loose in a wreck and rocketing the length of the car mowing down people before bursting open and setting the wreckage on fire.

 

The idea of coal stoves in trolleys and interurbans scares me. I have mental images of them breaking loose in a wreck and rocketing the length of the car mowing down people before bursting open and setting the wreckage on fire.

 

That actually sounds pretty sweet!

It SUCKS that these things are stuffed away in a warehouse and not rolling around on tracks throughout downtown!!  Oh well, those days are gone I guess.  I also LOVE the vintage photos of downtown....man would I love to see those streets packed during the day (and night) like that again.

It SUCKS that these things are stuffed away in a warehouse and not rolling around on tracks throughout downtown!!  Oh well, those days are gone I guess. 

 

Not necessarily. The reason why this collection was moved downtown was to put it close to where the group wants to run them. At first, on the Waterfront Line with a new carbarn and museum near the South Harbor station. Their long-range plan is to have a downtown streetcar circulator or two.

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