More photos from our little excursion.
This needs just a little TLC. The flatcar on which it sits is also very old.
From the ridiculous (above) to the sublime - a private car. The docent was kind enough to let us go inside this private parlor car (meant to be towed). It has been fabulously restored.
This trolley hauled freight.
This is a track sweeper! Anyone know what the bristles are made of? Part 3 will show a fully restored sweeper car.
George
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum - Part 2
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum - Part 2
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Re: Pennsylvania Trolley Museum - Part 2
G3750 wrote: This is a track sweeper! Anyone know what the bristles are made of?
Cane.
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Re: Pennsylvania Trolley Museum - Part 2
George,
I probably should know but can't recall, where is this museum?
(Bad sentence.)
I probably should know but can't recall, where is this museum?
(Bad sentence.)
roger
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I support thread drift.
If God didn't want women to be looked at, He would have made 'em ugly. RAH
Re: Pennsylvania Trolley Museum - Part 2
George,
No need for an answer. Read out of order.
No need for an answer. Read out of order.
roger
I support thread drift.
If God didn't want women to be looked at, He would have made 'em ugly. RAH
I support thread drift.
If God didn't want women to be looked at, He would have made 'em ugly. RAH
Re: Pennsylvania Trolley Museum - Part 2
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:G3750 wrote: This is a track sweeper! Anyone know what the bristles are made of?
Cane.
Bamboo. Put in water and bent around a shaft and fastened in place. Pretty ingenious.
George
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Re: Pennsylvania Trolley Museum - Part 2
rogruth wrote:George,
I probably should know but can't recall, where is this museum?
(Bad sentence.)
Washington, PA.
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Re: Pennsylvania Trolley Museum - Part 2
G3750 wrote:Rufus T. Firefly wrote:G3750 wrote: This is a track sweeper! Anyone know what the bristles are made of?
Cane.
Bamboo. Put in water and bent around a shaft and fastened in place. Pretty ingenious.
I was told cane, but they may be using both names to describe the same thing
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Re: Pennsylvania Trolley Museum - Part 2
G3750 wrote:Rufus T. Firefly wrote:G3750 wrote: This is a track sweeper! Anyone know what the bristles are made of?
Cane.
Bamboo. Put in water and bent around a shaft and fastened in place. Pretty ingenious.
George
Cane (grass), a term for grasses with woody stalks like bamboo.
Cane (vine), the part of a grapevine in commercial viticulture that supports the new growth of shoots, leaves and grape clusters.
Rattan (palm), a term for roughly 600 species of old world climbing palms.
In 1913 the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company devised a machine for making snow sweeper brushes out of Rattan.
Should I post the article under Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines?
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Re: Pennsylvania Trolley Museum - Part 2
Scranton Pa also has a trolley museum. It is open year round. Oct 29 was the last trolley ride for the year. Electric city museum.
I spend entirely too many hours a day tying my shoes
Re: Pennsylvania Trolley Museum - Part 2
The Electric City trolley museum may have shut down the trolley rides
a bit early this year..visited on September 21 for a ride (after managing
to go through Scranton on non-running days for several years ).
They informed me that they could not offer rides because a storm
sometime before had blown trees down on the ROW and the wires
were down "in places". They could not give me a date on when
they expected to be up and running again.
It is a nice ride through the tunnel and along the creek. My wife and
I saw deer alongside the trolleycar on one of our trips.
a bit early this year..visited on September 21 for a ride (after managing
to go through Scranton on non-running days for several years ).
They informed me that they could not offer rides because a storm
sometime before had blown trees down on the ROW and the wires
were down "in places". They could not give me a date on when
they expected to be up and running again.
It is a nice ride through the tunnel and along the creek. My wife and
I saw deer alongside the trolleycar on one of our trips.
Take care,
Wolfgang
Wolfgang
Re: Pennsylvania Trolley Museum - Part 2
Nice pictures. Why would a trolley have dishes?
Once I built a railroad, I made it run,
Made it race against time.
Once I built a railroad, now it's done --
Brother, can you spare a dime?
Made it race against time.
Once I built a railroad, now it's done --
Brother, can you spare a dime?
Re: Pennsylvania Trolley Museum - Part 2
Chuck,
I think the dishes are in a private car.
I think the dishes are in a private car.
roger
I support thread drift.
If God didn't want women to be looked at, He would have made 'em ugly. RAH
I support thread drift.
If God didn't want women to be looked at, He would have made 'em ugly. RAH
Re: Pennsylvania Trolley Museum - Part 2
Wow, a private trolley. That's what I want for Christmas!
Once I built a railroad, I made it run,
Made it race against time.
Once I built a railroad, now it's done --
Brother, can you spare a dime?
Made it race against time.
Once I built a railroad, now it's done --
Brother, can you spare a dime?
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