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Print photos from various trips to trolley museums long ago.








Shoreline Trolley Museum in East Haven Connecticut.






Connecticut Trolley Museum in East Windsor Connecticut.
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More photos.







Baltimore Maryland Streetcar Museum.




National Capital Trolley Museum in Colesville Maryland.
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More photos.




Photos taken in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1994.



Photos taken in Scranton Pennsylvania in 1999.

Anyone else has trolley photos feel free to post them here.
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cool
well Philly does use a WIDE gauge of track but they did that on purpose
So's no Standard Gauge trains could run on their tracks
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When trolleys ruled.


A simpler time.
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Nothing beats a street car. Everyone wanted an automobile and they couldn't
get rid of them fast enough. Very interesting video.
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quote:
Nothing beats a street car. Everyone wanted an automobile and they couldn't
get rid of them fast enough. Very interesting video.

Originally posted by Chops124 - November 25 2021 :  12:40:18 AM


oh I blame that on GM Firestone & Standard Oil for secretly buying the trolley lines & replacing them with buses
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy
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