David98 posted:Does anyone have photos of the Willow Grove trolley or the Willow Grove fair that ran at the end of the line in the summer?
Here's a few happy snaps:
http://www.subchat.com/read.asp?Id=1390476
Mitch
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David98 posted:Does anyone have photos of the Willow Grove trolley or the Willow Grove fair that ran at the end of the line in the summer?
Here's a few happy snaps:
http://www.subchat.com/read.asp?Id=1390476
Mitch
Thanks, Mitch!
My grandparents met at the Willow Grove fairgrounds at the end of that trolley line, then married in 1938. I guess you could say that's the reason I exist.
Does anyone have photos of the trolleys running at that time, or of the fairgrounds themselves?
David
David98 posted:Thanks, Mitch!
My grandparents met at the Willow Grove fairgrounds at the end of that trolley line, then married in 1938. I guess you could say that's the reason I exist.
Does anyone have photos of the trolleys running at that time, or of the fairgrounds themselves?
David
All I could locate with a quick search. Right place?
I have never been there, but my best guess is that you nailed it-thanks!
David
David98 posted:Thanks, Mitch!
My grandparents met at the Willow Grove fairgrounds at the end of that trolley line, then married in 1938. I guess you could say that's the reason I exist.
Does anyone have photos of the trolleys running at that time, or of the fairgrounds themselves?
Here's color movies from 1942:
Here's a promo movie for the park, circa 1956:
And Part 1 of a history of Willow Grove Park:
Mitch
History of Willow Grove Park, Parts 2-5:
Mitch
http://www.monon.monon.org/rr/nirr.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...ickr_-_drewj1946.jpg
A South Shore train in HO scale...
Was off-line for a few days or on a mobile that would not accept the links, so, Mitch, I just saw your Willow Grove Park video links. Wow! Thanks so much!
David
David98 posted:Was off-line for a few days or on a mobile that would not accept the links, so, Mitch, I just saw your Willow Grove Park video links. Wow! Thanks so much!
David
Glad to help!
Mitch
The Trieste–Opicina tram is an unusual hybrid tramway and funicular railway in the city of Trieste, Italy.
Arrival at Opicina, passing loop, descending the funicular section and run from bottom of incline to Trieste terminus https://youtu.be/ZvkVlb3zovs
Greenpoint Brooklyn. My guess is the time is sometime in very late 1949 or early 1950. That is because if you look closely, the trolley wires over Manhattan Avenue are double-strung, indicating they are ready to run the electric trolleybuses.soon and that happened around December 1949 and the movie showing at the RKO, "Montana" with Erroll Flynn, was released in January 1950. Photographer unknown.
More from Greenpoint Brooklyn. The Nassau Theater that was on the south side of Nassau Avenue between Manhattan Avenue and Leonard Street. This photo is from 1928. Note that the GG subway line had not yet been built so there is no subway entrance on the corner of Nassau and Manhattan. I believe the trolley shown was a shuttle that went along Nassau Avenue from Manhattan Avenue down to Gardner Avenue.
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