Model Train Journal

Here's a C&G car in the square in front of the fountain in Chambersburg heading off to Fayetteville. There's a 2nd car in the background to the left....

Any guess at date of photo?

rex desilets wrote:Any guess at date of photo?

~1910-15 +/- 5 years

Thanks.
I feel a kitbash of a Bachmann trolley coming on. Must lie down until it passes

here is a trolley from a local auction. I forgo to bid on it. With the auctioneers juice it went for $109.00

O scale? If so, not a bad price. Kind of neat in a way.

The CG&W interchange with the H&F in Shady Grove. You had to get off the CG&W and walk over to the H&F car - H&F was standard gauge and the CG&W was PA trolley gauge......

Love that photo you have provided above of that "trolley meet" because it reminded me of this liittle guy I have on the layout. I really like this little guy. It was especially enjoyable being able to so clearly see that "people-scooper" on the front of the trolley, in particular on the left, in your photo, Rufus, because I remember them well and am glad this model I have includes such a detail and seems such a good model, using what you've shown us as a guide.

Living in greater Pittsburgh in my youth during the 50's, I used to get on trolleys and ride just for the sake of riding, taking them to the end of routes and back. Having a model of one on the layout was a must, early on. I had originally planned a route for this one significantly longer than around this neighborhood but decided it required too much track going through a particular narrow area of the layout, so I reduced its reach.
Murph

Murph,

Always nice to see photos of your layout. Thanks.

Thank you, Roger. It is very nice when somebody responds, and I especially appreciate when you do.
Murph

Nice trolley scene, Murph. Like the way you've managed to sink the track into the road - all you need is some overhead wire. Maybe you can put the trailing pole secured by the retriever line to give more of an illusion of using overhead??

Chambersburg & Shippensburg #30

Some H&F action via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/424557524323297/):



1911 when the Frederick Railroad Company's trolley number 31 paused at the square corner in downtown Frederick to capture this image. Kemp's Dry Goods store at 15 North Market can be seen in the background:



Hagerstown Square, 1936



West Washington Street, downtown Hagerstown, Maryland, 1935:



Summit Ave, Hagerstown, Md:



and one C, G & W (same source):

Chambersburg, Greencastle & Waynesboro street railway trolley approaching Coldsprings Park, Waynesboro, PA. Circa 1910:

Jim: lovely photos. Thanks for sharing them

Nice H&F photos!

And a CG&W that I did not have a copy of too!