Kingston Consolidated Railroad men
Men from the Kingston Consolidated Railroad.
(Photo credit: TMNY collection, catalog #4021)

The Trolley Museum Archives

The Trolley Museum besides the historic trolley cars also has a collection of photographs, postcards, books and other artifacts.

The volunteers are still in the process of cataloging the museum's collection of photographs and other artifacts. However, what has been cataloged so far is summarized here:


Mystery Photos

There are a number of photographs in the museum collection which are unlabeled. This web page is a way for all you rail and traction experts out there to help identify them!

If you know anything about these pictures or their location, please let me know so I can update the museum records. Thanks!


This would seem to be a fan charter, but the photo is unlabeled.
Possibly Philadelphia?

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(Photo credit: TMNY Collection, catalog #4560)

Note the nicely bricked street and the palm trees. I can discern no markings on the trolley. One person has suggested Tampa. Do you agree? 2/23/03 Earl W. Clark Jr. suggests the car is in St. Petersburg FL.

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(Photo credit: TMNY Collection, catalog #5055)

This might be a former Philadelphia Suburban horsecar now in Grand Rapids Mich. Can anyone confirm this?

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(Photo credit: TMNY Collection, catalog #2124)

Identified Photos

These were mysteries, but thanks to our diligent readers, they have been identified:

A Montreal Transportation Commission car

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(Photo credit: TMNY Collection, catalog #2195)

This is the "Chicago Fire" set in Freedomland USA (a short-lived amusement park in the Bronx, NY)

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(Photo credit: TMNY Collection, catalog #486)

From John Swindler: A nice aerial view of Harrisburg PA, the trolley intersection is at Market and North 2nd Streets.

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(Photo credit: TMNY Collection, catalog #269)

From Frank Hicks: The photo was taken on the Philadelphia and Western. Car #446 was built as P&W #46 by St. Louis Car Company in 1907, and in 1929 it was rebuilt with a baggage door for work service and renumbered #446. It was in use until 1955 and in 1976 was acquired by the Buckingham Valley Trolley Association, which repainted it in its original livery, removed the baggage door and renumbered it #46. It is now preserved at the Electric City Trolley Museum in Scranton. The car behind #446 in the photo is one of the 160-series "Strafford" cars that the P&W had.
From James F. Boylan: Location is 72nd St. Shops., Victory Ave, bus garage is across the tracks in the background.

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(Photo credit: TMNY Collection, catalog #4885)

A Standard Steel built car running on the Moodna Viaduct, Erie Railroad, about 1930.

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(Photo credit: TMNY Collection, catalog #369)

See our Visitor's Center for more interesting trolley history!

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