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Bobby Ogage posted:
I would like to know what is happening in this photo of trolley cars on Staten Island, NY. What colors were these car? There are few photos of Staten Island trolley cars posted on the internet. It would be nice to know more about Staten Island's trolley system.

Bobby, Now this article may actually have something to do with your question. More close to when your picture was taken, also from the Staten Island Leader, this one is from August 8,1924. Seems like there was a system wide changeover as trolleys were being rebuild to operate as 1-man trolleys. Maybe they were stored here and taken to the car barns when space permitted for the repairs to be done. Just a guess, though.

Also, I noticed in your neat picture that there are a few young boys off to the left of the truck. I would imagine this would have been pretty entertaining to watch.

Tom

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