With recent progress on ex-Trolleyville cars (a third Trolleyville car is also likely to run in the coming months for the first time since it left Ohio), and given that it's now been just over a decade since the Great Dispersal of the Trolleyville collection that was coordinated by Branford's Bill Wall, I figured it was time for an alumni report. What ended up happening to all of the equipment from Trolleyville?
Connecticut Trolley Museum
ISU 1 - this line car has been stored under cover since 2010 and has just been made operational
CA&S 101 - stored indoors since 2010, it was vandalized by copper thieves in 2012 and has not run at CTM
AE&C 303 - stored indoors and operated on occasion, though its large size makes it unwieldy for regular use at CTM
Fort Smith Trolley Museum
CTUSU 9 - the more complete of two Veracruz open cars owned by FSTM, this car is said to be undergoing restoration work
Fox River Trolley Museum
SHRT 304 - stored indoors in good condition and operated on a regular basis
CA&E 458 - currently stored inside and the subject of a major re-roofing project
Illinois Railway Museum
SHRT 18 - the last car to leave Cleveland (in 2013), stored tarped until 2016, just made operational
CTUSU 19 - in good condition and operated on a regular basis
CA&E 36 - restored to operation mid-2010s, operated on a regular basis
GCRTA 63 - stored indoors since 2016, made operational but unrestored and not currently in use
CA&E 319 - restored early-2010s, operated on a regular basis
CA&E 409 - in good condition and operated on a regular basis
CA&E 451 - undergoing restoration work to as-built condition, work updates here
CA&E 453 - the only extant Trolleyville car to change hands post-2010; at Electric City Trolley Museum 2010-2019, moved to IRM in 2019, now stored indoors awaiting restoration
CA&E 460 - in good condition and operated on a regular basis
National Capital Trolley Museum
Blackpool 606 - British "Boat Car" not on the PNAERC roster, in good condition and operable
TTC 4602 - in good condition and operated on a regular basis
New York Museum of Transportation
CTS 021 - stored indoors in good condition and in use
Northern Ohio Railway Museum
GCRTA 172 - stored outdoors in fair condition
SHRT 303 - undergoing restoration including heavy work on the end of the car
CRC 1225 - stored indoors in good condition
SHRT OX - stored indoors in good condition
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum
CSR 2227 - restored to operation early-2010s, operated on a regular basis
PRys 4145 - left Cleveland in mid-2009 before the rest of the collection was dispersed; in good condition and operated on a regular basis
TR&L "Toledo" - stored indoors in good condition, some restoration work has been done
Seashore Trolley Museum
GCRTA 113 - stored outside since 2010 in moderate condition
CRC 2365 - tarped and in outside storage since 2010
Cars lost since 2010
SHRT 71 - Pullman PCC car in poor condition, sold to Electric City 2009, scrapped for parts at NORM in 2010
SHRT 76 - Pullman PCC car in poor condition, sold to Electric City 2009, scrapped for parts at NORM in 2010
CA&S 100 - Iowa box motor in poor condition, was sold to PTM to strip for parts. Some components are slated to go to the parlor car "Toledo."
MBTA 3334 - this Dallas double-end PCC was stored at IRM by owner McKinney Avenue from 2009 until 2015, when it was moved to Dallas. MATA ended up scrapping it in 2017.
Overall the Trolleyville collection has fared extremely well, which is fitting given the good condition of most of the pieces when they were in North Olmsted and Cleveland. Of the 31 electric cars listed here, only four were scrapped. All but three of the remaining cars are currently stored under cover and 14, or more than half of the extant cars, are currently operational with a further four (at least) the subject of active restoration work.
Corrections are welcomed. This doesn't count electric cars that left Trolleyville before the Great Dispersal like AE&FRE 306 at IRM or GCRTA 163 at ORM nor does it count a couple of steam railroad cabooses that found new homes in 2010.
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