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Arden Trolley Museum and Its Cars STAPLED
Arden Trolley Museum and Its Cars
STAPLED
Approx. 18 Pages
Contents: Each includes a short history, misc information and usually a photo.
Pittsburgh 639, 3487, 4398, 722, 5326, 3756, 1138, M37
NEw Orleans 832
Johnston 350
West Penn 832, 1
Monongahela 3000
Locomotive 69
Besemmer 23
Railroad equipment
Specifications of Trolleys and Locomotives at Arden Trolley Museum
One of the vital forces in the early development of American cities was the arrival of the electric streetcar at the end of the nineteenth century. Its quiet, efficient propulsion was far ahead of the transport of the time, and its higher speeds made it possible for people to live much farther from their work than when they had to depend on walking or the slow horsecars of that era. Cities literally expanded along the streetcar routes built out from the city center by promotors.
The streetcar served the city well, through two world wars and a depression, before affluence and the dominance of the automobile caused the decline of public transport and gradual disappearance of the trolley.
Existing museums could not preserve an item that could be 60 feet long and weigh 25 tons, so several groups were established in various parts of the country to preserve the vanishing trolleys for future generations. There are now at least 18 trolley museums in the United States.
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