My trip to the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum

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My trip to the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum

Postby G3750 » Sat Oct 28, 2017 10:59 pm

OK Rufus, this is for you!

Judy and I spent a wonderful couple of hours at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum today in Washington, PA. We rode the trolley (#32 "Stella") from the admissions building to the display building and then got a terrific guided tour from a very knowledgeable docent. I took a bunch of photos. Here are a select few.

Nice generic drawing of the inner workings of a trolley car.
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In the center of the photo is Hummelstown, PA. We used to live there! I was very surprised to see that picture.
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Some 'splainin' for us trolley-deficient knuckle-draggers.
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This is a horse-drawn car.
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My better half.
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Our docent and the horse-drawn car.
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This looks like something Rufus has built!
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The ubiquitous Presidents Commission Car decked out in Port Authority Transit (Pittsburgh) livery. Destination is Pitt Stadium or Forbes Field in the Oakland neighborhood.
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For more info, please visit. https://pa-trolley.org/

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Re: My trip to the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sun Oct 29, 2017 12:50 pm

Thanks!

Nice photo of that differential dump car -- I do really need to make a pilgrimage there.
There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.


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