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Electric City Trolley Museum

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196: 275: 263: 299: 311: 27: 287: 489:. "Trolley car buffs last night indicated they will appeal an ordinance banning storage and operation of the antiques at a Jobstown trolley museum in this township.... The club moved 14 trolleys to rural Jobstown last September from Tansboro in Camden County. Located on a four and a half acre tract, the trolleys run a short stretch of former railroad track running through the property. Township committee last night, without comment, adopted an ordinance banning the operation." 335: 323: 354: 234:. The trip, including a long tunnel, replicates a typical 1920s interurban ride. The new tracks and trolley barn are part of a $ 2 million project financed by capital funds from the county and the state. The barn has space for up to nine trolleys, allowing the county museum to spend more time working to bring defunct cars back to running order. It has a gallery where visitors can observe the repairs. 186:
to Fitzwater Street. Real estate development pressure however forced the museum to move the cars from pier to pier several times. When the cars had to be moved to an outdoor location at Laurel Street they were vandalized and electrical components stripped by scrap thieves. The museum left Penns
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through which a portion of railroad track ran. The local residents did not want a tourist attraction in their backyard and the governing body passed an ordinance in 1973 prohibiting trolley operation in the municipality.
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In 2006, the museum opened a 2,000-foot (610 m) extension connecting the county's trolley line from the Steamtown National Historic Site to a new station and trolley restoration facility next to
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Established in 1999, the Electric City Trolley Museum is owned by the Electric City Trolley Museum Association. The museum began as
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to replace the train in the news station's backyard, but it was too large.
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scene depicting Scranton. The diorama had been gifted to
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Scranton
Pennsylvania
transport museum
www.ectma.org
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Steamtown National Historic Site
trolleys
interurbans
Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad
Lackawanna County
Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad
Tansboro
Winslow Township, New Jersey
Jobstown
Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey
Buckingham Township
New Hope Railroad
Delaware River
Philadelphia
Belt Line Railroad
Benjamin Franklin Bridge

trolleys
interurbans
Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad
Lackawanna County
Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad
PNC Field
Moosic, Pennsylvania

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