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'History of Rail Transport in the U.S.' page at Wikipedia

'streetcars in North America' page at Wikipedia

Streetcar  Museums
North American streetcar museums list {showing 38 in 1/2022} at Wikipedia
A.P.T.A. Streetcar & Heritage Trolley website {last update 6/2020}
The Preserved North American Electric Railway Cars (PNAERC) List • website {last update 9/2014} • blog

	Connecticut Trolley Museum [est. 1940] in East Windsor, Connecticut managed by the Connecticut Electric Railway Association, Inc. [est. 1940]; maintains over 70 pieces of rail equipment dating back to 1869; open to the public April through December; on the same property is the Connecticut Fire Museum [est. 1968] which exhibits antique fire apparatus and motor coaches official website • entry at Wikipedia • motive power & rolling stock collection
	Illinois Railway Museum [est. 1953] in Union, Illinois the largest railroad museum in the United States preserves over 50 steam-, diesel-, gas- & electric-powered locomotives and lots of rolling stock - plus 42 interurban cars, 8 motor coaches, 25 streetcars, 17 trolley coaches; closed for Winter, open to visitors in April 2022 official website • entry at Wikipedia • motive power & rolling stock collection
	Minnesota Streetcar Museum [est. 1962, split off 2005] in Minneapolis, Minnesota operates six historic streetcars on two heritage/demonstration streetcar lines in Minneapolis and the western suburb of Excelsior; owns two additional carbodies; days/hours of operation not visible on website • official website • entry at Wikipedia • rolling stock collection
	National City Depot Museum - streetcar & railroad history [built 1882, restored in 1998], 922 W. 23rd Street in National City, California    operated by San Diego Electric Railway Association (SDERA) [est. ?]; open Saturdays & Sundays 10am-4pm; groups & special events by appointment
	The National Streetcar Museum at Lowell, Massachusetts    'satellite' museum managed by Seashore Trolley Museum [est. 1939] in Kennebunkport, Maine {75 miles apart} 'in cooperation with' the Lowell National Historical Park [est. 1978]; replica trolley line was opened in 1984, operates on weekends from March thru November official website • entry at Wikipedia
	Old Pueblo Trolley’s Transit Museum [est. 1983, moved 2019] in Tucson, Arizona on the NW corner of So. Fourth Avenue and E. 36th Street    during the summer of 2019 they moved a number of buses, trolleys, and storage into their large railyard on 36th Street; the trolley barn on Eighth Street was repurposed and the restoration shop was also moved to the 36th Street barn; you can visit on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 11am to 3pm, or Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 10am to 4pm homepage at Fourth Avenue Merchants Assn. website • entry at Wikipedia
	Phoenix [AZ] Trolley Museum [est. 1975, moved 2017] aka Arizona Street Railway Museum - 1117 Grand Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona sometimes-working motive power includes Birney Safety Car #116, built in 1928 by the American Car Company of St. Louis, Missouri and the Calcine Electric Locomotive #17 donated by Phelps Dodge Gold & Copper Mining Company in 1987; open Saturdays October thru May official website • entry at Wikipedia
	Seashore Trolley Museum [est. 1939] in Kennebunkport, Maine the world's first and largest museum of mass transit vehicles; managed by the New England Electric Railway Historical Society (NEERHS); trolley rides limited during the COVID pandemic, check status on their website; operates rides on 1.5 miles of the old Atlantic Shore Line Railway [built 1900-1907], shut down 1927] • official website • entry at Wikipedia
	Shore Line Trolley Museum [est. 1945] in East Haven, Connecticut the oldest operating trolley museum in the United States; managed by Branford Electric Railway Assoc., Inc. [est. 1945]; open to the public 'in warmer months', special events include Guest Operator Weekends, Rapid Transit Weekends, an antique auto show, a Hallowe'en pumpkin patch, Christmas trolley rides with Santa, and the annual Members Day open house official website • entry at Wikipedia
	Western Railway Museum [est. 1946, renamed 1985] in Suisun City, California founded as Bay Area Electric Railroad Assn. in 1946; received 22 miles of right-of-way from Union Pacific Railroad in 1993; collection includes 19 streetcars, 26 interurban cars, 2 steam locomotives, 4 diesel switchers, 7 electric locomotives, 3 light rail cars, 6 passenger cars, 27 freight cars, 9 MOW cars; open weekends year-round, Summer dates & times vary; admission for adults is $15, seniors (over 65) are $14, children (2-14) are $12 - includes train rides official website • entry at Wikipedia

San Francisco [CA] Cable Car Museum [est. 1974]

Active  Streetcar  Lines

3-mile Astoria Riverfront Trolley [est. 1999]
1913 American Car Company of St. Louis diesel-electric (wireless) trolley car 'Old 300' is in daily use (in season)
official website • entry at Wikipedia

Bay Area Rapid Transit [launched 1972] of California

cable cars
JT's Cable Car fansite

replica trolley & electric streetcar rides at Disney Parks and Resorts
Wikipedia's list of rail transport in Walt Disney Parks & Resorts

Horse-Drawn Streetcars ride [est. 1992] at Disneyland Paris [est. 1992] in France short 3-foot narrow-gauge street-level tramway, route length unknown • entry at Wikipedia DisneySea Electric Railway ride [est. 2001] at Tokyo DisneySea [est. 2001] in Japan short 2-foot 6-inch narrow-gauge elevated electric railway, route length unknown official homepage • entry at Wikipedia Red Car Trolley ride [est. 2012] at Disneyland California Adventure [est. 2001] in Anaheim, California two replica trolley cars modelled on streetcars of the Pacific Electric Railway [1901-61] of Southern California; route length is 1,744 feet (532 meters) or 1/3 of a mile along the main street of the Cali-fornia-themed park; car 717 is painted in the later red-orange color scheme, car 623 is painted in the original red 'Hollywood car' color scheme • official homepage • entry at Wikipedia

  Fort Collins [CO] Municipal Railway streetcar line [1907-1951; restored 1985]

Halton County Radial Railway [est. 1953, open 1972] of Milton, Ontario, Canada
operating electric railway and museum
official website • entry at Wikipedia

Nevada County [CA] Traction Company [est. 1988]   { webpage gone 1/2022 }

Old Pueblo Trolley [est. 1983, moved 2019] operating transit museum in Tucson, Arizona   

   Platte Valley Trolley [est. 1989] of the Denver Tramway Heritage Society

San Diego [CA] Trolley [est. 1981] is a modern 70-mile-long light-rail system

SunLink Streetcar [launched 7/2014] runs along a 3.9-mile route in Downtown Tucson, Arizona

          
  historic Waterfront Red Car Trolley Line [re-opened July 2003] in San Pedro, California
there is also a free rubber-tire Red Car Trolley bus - hours of operation unknown   

          
   Sun Metro Streetcar Line [six restored P.C.C. cars, open 11/2018] in El Paso, Texas
entry at Wikipedia

Streetcar  Builders,  Past  &  Present
Builders of Wooden Railway Cars Index Page at Mid-Continent Railway Museum
Wikipedia's list of rolling stock manufacturers in U.S.A.

American Car Company of St. Louis, Missouri

Barney and Smith Car Company [1949-1921] of Dayton, Ohio
Founded in 1849 as Thresher, Packard & Company; last rename 1892; folded in 1921; manufactured railway passenger cars,
electric street railway & interurban railcars, railroad chapel cars - 'and all kinds of castings'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_and_Smith_Car_Company
Barney and Smith page at Ohio History Central
4/2006 article on Barney & Smith at Mid-Continent Railway Museum: page 1 + page 2

	"A History of The Barney & Smith Car Company of Dayton, Ohio: With Short Biographical Sketches of Some of The Men Connected With The Company, Together With Reminiscences of Some Interesting Events" [1911] by Harry M. Estabrook Univ Michigan Library 9¾x6¾ pb [4/2009] for $18.88 available as free online etext at Dayton History Books website
	"The Barney & Smith Car Company: Car Builders Dayton, Ohio" [1993] by Scott D. Trostel Includes 46-page reconstructed builder's roster for passenger, freight, and electric equipment plus bibliography Cam-Tech Publng hardcover [1/93] out of print/used

J.G. Brill Company [1868-1954] of Philadelphia
manufactured over 45,000 gasoline- and electric-powered streetcars, buses, and motorcars
museum info page • entry at Wikipedia

"History of The J.G. Brill Company" [2001] by Debra D. Brill Indiana Univ Press 11x8½ hardcover [8/2001] for $57.43

restored Brill Motorcar #55      
restored 1929 Brill Motorcar #120  
partially-restored Brill Motorcar #201    

Brookville Equipment Corp. [est. 1918], 175 Evans Street in Brookville, Pennsylvania
builders of locomotives & passenger transit & mining locomotives; also restore streetcars & other equipment
company's 100-year history book - free online as 9.47MB .PDF file

Edwards Rail Cars Mfg. Co. [est. 1921; re-est. 1998] in Montgomery, Alabama

Gomaco Trolley Company [corp. est. 1965; new division 1982] of Ida Grove, Iowa
Gomaco has built or restored replica/heritage streetcars delivered to: Little Rock, Arkansas; Fresno & Glendale & Los Angeles, California; Denver, Colorado;
Tampa, Florida; Lowell, Massachusetts; St. Louis, Missouri; Charlotte, North Carolina; Portland, Oregon; Hill City, South Dakota; Memphis, Tennessee;
Galveston, Texas; Issaquah, Washington; and distant Taiwan
official website • list of deliveries {last update 2017} • entry at Wikipedia

Jewett Car Company [1893-1919] of Jewett & Newark, Ohio
manufactured streetcars & interurban cars, notably for the Pacific Electric Railway of Los Angeles and San Francisco's Municipal Railway
company's history page at American Rails website • entry at Wikipedia
surviving Municipal Railway car #130, built 1914
surviving Municipal Railway car #162, built 1914
surviving London & Port Stanley Railway of Canada car #8, built 1915
surviving Black Hills Central Railroad car #304, built ??, reconditioned 2/2016

"From Small Town to Downtown: A History of the Jewett Car Company, 1893-1919" [2004] by Lawrence A. Brough & James H. Graebner Indiana Univ Press hardcover [4/2004] for $38.72

        
G.C. Kuhlman Car Company [1892-1932] of Cleveland, Ohio
built electric streetcars and interurban cars and steel diners; acquired by J.G. Brill in 1904, but the brand continued
entry at Wikipedia • article with photos on the Mid-Continent Railway Museum website

surviving G.C. Kuhlman streetcar #205: built in 1927; operated in Louisville, Kentucky until 1934; operated in Terre Haute, Indiana from 1936 to 1939; operated as
car #4003 in Portland, Oregon from 1940 to 1958; currently awaits preservation as Indiana Railroad #205 at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois   

surviving G.C. Kuhlman Lake Shore Electric interurban freight trailer #810: built 1924, preserved & in service at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois   

Niles Car & Manufacturing Company [1901-1917] of Niles, Ohio
company's history page at American Rails website • entry at Wikipedia
Historical Society of Niles, Ohio - local streetcar history

surviving Mesaba Railway car #10 - built by Niles in 1912, body & parts in storage at Minnesota Streetcar Museum [est. 1962, split off 2005]

"The Electric Pullman: A History of The Niles Car & Manufacturing Company, 1901-1917" [2013] by Lawrence A. Brough Kindle Edition from Indiana Univ Press [4/2013] for $12.99 Indiana Univ Press 10x7 hardcover [4/2013] for $32.00

St. Louis Car Company [1887-1974] of St. Louis, Missouri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Car_Company
LaClede Car Company [1893-1903] of St. Louis, Missouri = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laclede_Car_Company

Siemens Industry Rail Systems Plant [est. 1992], 7464 French Road in South Sacramento, California

Historic  Streetcar  Lines
Wikipedia's list of interurban railways in North America
'Streetcars in Los Angeles' entry at Wikipedia

                                
historic  Pacific  Electric  Railway  [1901-61]  of  Southern  California
Pacific Electric Railway Company entry at Wikipedia
Wikipedia's list of Pacific Electric streetcar lines

	"Pacific Electric Railway, Volume 1: The Northern Division" [2001] Compiled by Donald Duke Golden West Books 8½x11¼ pb [12/2001] for $25.08
	"Pacific Electric Railway, Volume 2: The Eastern Division" [2002] Compiled by Donald Duke Golden West Books 8x10¾ pb [12/2002] for $35.41
	"Pacific Electric Railway, Volume 3: The Southern Division" [2005] Compiled by Donald Duke Golden West Books 8½x11 pb [1/2005] for $33.45
	"Pacific Electric Railway, Volume 4: The Western Division" [2004] Compiled by Donald Duke Golden West Books 8½x11 pb [12/2004] for $34.79

	"This Was Pacific Electric" on DVD [2008] Produced by Christine Vasquez, directed by Thom Eberhardt, hosted by Stephanie Edwards 115 minutes of still photographs and archive footage from 1872 to 1961 plus modern footage, including visits to P.E. remnant locations Sky City Prodns b&w/color DVD [6/2008] out of prodn/used 96-minute Amazon Instant Video [2014] SD rental $3.99, SD purchase $9.99
	"Pacific Electric and Los Angeles Streetcars" on DVD [2010] includes 30-minute "Pacific Electric: The Twilight Years" filmed by Bruce Ward - 1950s views of Hollywood cars on the Watts Local and Big Red Cars on the Long Beach, San Pedro, Bellflower, and Catalina Lines, the tower cars on the four-track mainline, and the last of the 'Juice Jacks' in action on Santa Monica Blvd. and at Butte Street Yard; also 35-minute "Los Angeles Streetcars: The Final Years" - fondly remembered narrow-gauge 'Yellow Cars' on an end-to-end tour of the W and S lines, the last to use H-Series type streetcars; in 1958, the MTA took over and converted the whole system to streamlined PCC-type cars, most of which were painted two-tone green - you'll see the entire routes of the five remaining lines: R, S, V, P, and J - then you'll go to the Georgia Street Car House on the last day of operation and the Vernon Yard as retired cars are placed in storage Pentrex b&w/color DVD [4/2010] for $14.95
	"Pacific Electric & Los Angeles Railway: Back To Early Times" on DVD [2017] 1 hour 53 minute DVD includes color movie film from 1940 to the complete end in 1963, accurate sound recordings, and specially-created maps & graphics 'presented with a well-researched and meaningful historic narrative' Charles Smiley Presents b&w/color DVD [2017] for $28.95
	"Don Olsen's Pacific Electric Trilogy - 3 DVD Set" [release date unknown] T.G.M.P/Catenary Video Prodns color DVD set [2016?] 3 disks - overpriced "Part 1 Southern District" - covers the Long Beach/San Pedro, Newport Beach, Santa Ana, and El Segundo/- Torrance lines and the evolution of ten- and twelve-hundred class cars and the famous 'blimps' 70-minute T.G.M.P/Catenary Video Prodns DVD [date unknown] for $26.56 "Part 2 Western District" - covers the Burbank, Valley, and Venice Short lines, focusing on 600 class cars, venerable 800s in rare shots along the Redondo Beach-Del Rey Line, 950s & 1000s, and PE"s newest cars, the thirty PCCs in the 5000 class; also 100s and Birneys in local service; footage of operations to Santa Monica, cresting the Cahuenga Pass, and skimming along the Ivanhoe Hills on private right-of-way, downtown L.A. with the Subway and Hill Street Terminals, congested Hill Street and its tunnels, and facilities at Toluca yard, West Hollywood, and Ocean Park carhouses 70-minute T.G.M.P/Catenary Video Prodns DVD [date unknown] for $26.56 "Part 3 Northern District" - covers seven lines - Watts-Sierra Vista, Alhambra-Temple City, two Pasadena lines, Sierra Madre, Monrovia-Glendora, and San Bernardino - featuring sights & sounds of the Big Red ten-, eleven-, and twelve-hundred series cars - plus special New Year's Day trains and R.P.O. box motor operations 70-minute T.G.M.P/Catenary Video Prodns DVD [date unknown] for $26.56

Other  Historic  Streetcar  Lines

"California Electric Trilogy, Plus Ride The Pacific Electric in 1939: Featuring the Key System, the Sacramento Northern, and the Pacific Electric" [2012] 46-minutes of film from noted rail photographer John Kirkland, computer-enhanced by Pentrex: climb aboard a Key System interurban train at the downtown San Francisco Terminal and stand alongside the motorman as it rolls across the Bay Bridge, then explore each of Key System's five lines, running on city streets and through their own private rights-of-way to Oakland, Piedmont, and Berkeley; two Sacramento Northern railfan excur-sions, one using interurban passenger equipment and the other pulled by an electric freight locomotive; then chase a westbound Sacramento Northern freight from Walnut Creek to Oakland, powered by two electric loco-motives. In Southern California, Pacific Electric 'blimps' and 'Hollywood cars' wend their way through automo-bile traffic on city streets and then roar down P.E.'s four-track main line to Watts; Catalina Steamship specials take you right to the docks in Wilmington; then follow regular trains to San Pedro and downtown Long Beach Pentrex b&w/color DVD [2/2012] for $29.95 Pentrex b&w/color VHS [2/2012] out of prodn/used

Reading  Material

	"Interurban Interlude: A History of The North Jersey Rapid Transit Company" [1968] by Cdr. E.J. Quinby Model Craftsman Publng 11x8¼ hardcover [1968] out of print/used Model Craftsman Publng 11¼x8¼ hardcover [1968] out of print/used
	"Electric Railways Around San Francisco Bay, Volume 1: Bay Area Rapid Transit - East Bay Transit - Interurban Electric (S.P.) - Key System" [1999] Compiled by Donald Duke Golden West Books 8½x11 pb [9/99] for $25.60
	"Electric Railways Around San Francisco Bay, Volume 2: Market Street Railway - Municipal Railway of San Francisco - Northwestern Pacific RR - Petaluma & Santa Rosa RR - Sacramento Northern Railway - San Francisco, Napa & Calistoga RR - Shipyard Railway" [2000] Compiled by Donald Duke Golden West Books 8¼x10½ pb [9/2000] for $26.95
	"Built To Move Millions: Streetcar Building In Ohio, 1900-1940" [2008] by Craig R. Semsel In addition to the five major car builders that were active in Ohio during this period, the book discusses Ohio companies that manufactured the various components that went into these vehicles Kindle Edition from Indiana Univ Press [4/2008] for $12.99 Indiana Univ Press 10x7 hardcover [4/2008] for $49.95
	"The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and The Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway" [2014] by Doug Most Kindle Edition from St. Martin's/Macmillan [2/2014] for $12.74 St. Martin's Press 9½x6½ hardcover [2/2014] for $19.29
	"Electric Interurbans and The American People (Railroads Past and Present)" [2016] by H. Roger Grant, Foreword by Norm Carlson Electric interurban railroads were designed to assist shoppers, salesmen, farmers, commuters, and pleasure-seekers alike with short distance travel and were essential to economic growth; author explores the rise & fall of this fleeting form of transportation that started in the early 1900s and was defunct just 30 years later. Kindle Edition from Indiana Univ Press [10/2016] for $13.49 Indiana Univ Press 10x7¼ hardcover [10/2016] for $37.68

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Railroad Equipment Pages at Spirit of America Bookstore

on page 1: top of page • short history • Whyte's notation system • locomotive power • steam locomotives

on page 2: top of page • articulated locomotives • geared locomotives • diesel locomotives • electric locomotives

on page 3: top of page • gasoline-powered locomotives • other designs

on page 4: top of page • passenger trains • freight cars • maintenance equipment • stations, tunnels & bridges •
books • videos & other media • image gallery • links

here on page 5 - Streetcars, Subways & Interurban Lines
top of page • streetcar museums • active streetcar lines • streetcar builders • historic streetcar lines • reading material • image gallery

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on page two:  top of page • games • RR history • narrow gauge RRs • historic RR lines

on page three:  top of page • transcontinental railroads • railroad moguls • railroad recordings

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