Random Photos of Trolley Cars

Were any CLRVs saved by museums?

Guessing that this terminal is in Saratoga Springs, NY, & it's a Schenectady car
.Somewhere in New York City

Another New York City Car

Oops! These electrics do not belong here!

Oneonta, Cooperstown & Richfield Springs Railway

Plattsburgh New York, Plattsburgh Traction Company

Public Service Co-Ordinated Transport #2172, NJ

Bobby Ogage posted:

International Railway Company Trolley #23 at Buffalo, New York on February 22, 1948

I think Buffalo was the first city to use the Near-Side car design.  

Philadelphia was the biggest user, with 1,500 of them running by 1915: 

In later years, most of the Nearsides were converted to center exit: 

In addition to Buffalo and Philadelphia, Nearsides ran in Chicago and Atlantic City.

Mitch 

                                       Mitch, where ARE you...

M. Mitchel,

Please explain what a "nearside" trolley car is.

Suburban Railway operated in Providence R.I & 675 & 690 were used on the BUTTERWOODS line

Syracuse Street Railway Trolley

Troy & New England Railway #7

United Traction Company #820 @ Quail St Car Barn

United Traction Company 832 @ #5 Delaware St

Waterford New York Bridge with United Traction Trolley #323

Watervliet Turnpike and Railway #44, 1st Troy -Albany Car

briansilvermustang posted:

This is a sad thing to see, a trolley car rotting away.

briansilvermustang posted:

                                       Mitch, where ARE you...

Odd trolley poles on that critter! 

Bobby Ogage posted:

M. Mitchel,

Please explain what a "nearside" trolley car is.

Sure!  Take a trolley like this:

Cars like this would board from the rear platform.  So, the procedure at an intersection would be for the car to cross, then stop with the rear platform at the corner (the 'far side' across the street).   

The Nearside car, on the other hand, is designed to load from the front:  

So, it would stop before the intersection and not block it while loading. 

Before the Nearsides were converted to center exit cars, entry and exit were done via the front doors, which made things a tad awkward...

Mitch

So "nearside" is relative to a road intersection.

Mt Lowe Scenic Railway

Rhode Island

St. Charles Street, New Orleans 1900

ITS Class D

Bobby Ogage posted:

So "nearside" is relative to a road intersection.

Prezackly!   

Mitch 

Somewhere In Baltimore, MarylandFonda Johnstown & Gloversville 129 was built by Brill in 1932

New Castle, Pennsylvania

Rochester Transit car 48, which ran on the Rochester subway. Passenger service was abandoned in 1956

Car 1000 near Ebbets Field, Home of the Dodgers

Brooklyn & Queens Transit 6018 at Fresh Pond Depot

The bridge in the background of the South Norwalk postcard is the 1890s truss carrying the NY,NH & H main line over the city streets.  It is still there today.  Immediately adjacent is the South Norwalk Switch Tower museum, well worth a visit if you are in the area.

Here is a sepia tone post card showing a trolley parked at the station which was located on the corner of Main and Harbor Streets in Conneaut, OH.  Not sure of the date of this post card but the station was built in 1911.  I have seen color tinted versions of this image.