Rockhill Trolley Museum

The Rockhill Trolley Museum, also known by the corporate name Railways to Yesterday, Inc. is a transit museum, located in the town of Rockill Furnace in South Central Pennsylvania. The Rockhill Trolley Museum is also next door to the narrow-gauge East Broad Top Railroad.

History

The Rockhill Trolley Museum is notable as Pennsylvania's oldest operating trolley museum.

Historical timeline

• 1960: Rockhill Trolley Museum formed, under the name of Railways to Yesterday, Inc. The first trolley acquired for the museum is Johnstown Traction Company trolley 311.
• 1990: Acquisition of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority car 205, a J. G. Brill Company "Bullet" rapid-transit car. It is the only type of its kind, presently in operation.

All-time roster

This section is incomplete.

Note: Grey highlighted lines indicate cars no longer with the Rockhill Trolley Museum.

Fleet number(s)	Thumbnail	Build year	Arrived at Rockhill	Builder	On order number	Type	Motors	Trucks	Agency Livery	Notes
3		1911	2012	McGuire-Cummings Car Company	NA	Snow sweeper		McGuire pedestal	Emery, IA	1911-1961 Mason City and Clear Lake Railway 102 1961-1973 Iowa Terminal Railway 3 1973-1989 Midwest Electric Railway Museum 1989-2005 Iowa Trolley Park
6		1949	2011	St. Louis Car Company	1653	Presidents' Conference Committee streetcar	GE 1220E1 (4)	Clark B2	Public Service Coordinated Transport (NJ)	1946-1953 Twin City Rapid Transit Company 325 1953-1971 Public Service Coordinated Transport 6 1971-2011 New Jersey Transit 6
10		1915	1988	Wason Manufacturing Company	NA	Snow plow		Wason	Philadelphia and Western Railroad	1916-1948 Philadelphia and Western Railway 10 1948-1970 Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company 10 1970-1988 Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority 10
12		1895	1990	Jackson and Sharpe Company	NA	Suburban Streetcar		Brill 27F	Valley Railways (PA)	1895-1930 Valley Railways period of unknown location(s)
23		1949	?	St. Louis Car Company	1755	Presidents' Conference Committee streetcar	Westinghouse 1433B (4)	St. Louis MCB	Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority	1949-1970 with Philadelphia Suburban Transportation 23. 1970-1982 with Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority 23.
61		1925	1970	J. G. Brill Company	22045	City and Suburban Streetcar	GE 203L (4)	Brill 27MCB2X		1925-1936 Philadelphia and West Chester Railway 61. 1936-1970 Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company 61.
107		1910	1973	Chicago and Joliet Electric Railway	NA	Snow Sweeper		Peckham	Scranton Transit Company	Steeplecab 1910-1933 Chicago and Joliet Electric Railway 99. 1933-1954 Scranton Transit Company. 1954-1965 Rail City 1965-1973 Magee Transportation Museum
162 "Strafford"		1927	1991	J. G. Brill Company	22529	HIgh-speed interurban	Westinghouse 537 (4)	Brill 27MCB2X	Philadelphia and Western Railroad	1927-1931 Philadelphia and Western Railway 62 1931-1948 Philadelphia and Western Railway 162. 1948-1970 Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company 162. 1970-1991 Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority 162.
163		1924	1972	J. G. Brill Company	22062	Curved-side car	GE 264A (4)	Brill 77E1	York Railways	One of only five total curved-side cars produced by Brill, due to patent infringement, and a lawsuit by the Cincinnati Car Company. This particular trolley is the only known operating trolley of this type from the York Railways system. Originally had J. G. Brill Company 77EX trucks. 1924-1939 York Railways 163. period of unknown location(s).
172		1929		CCFP		Semi-convertible car			CCFP/STCP Porto, Portugal
205		1931	1990	J. G. Brill Company	22932	Brill Bullet	GE 706B (4)	Brill 89E2	Philadelphia and Western Railroad	1931-1948 Philadelphia and Western Railway 205 1948-1970 Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company 205. 1970-1990 Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority 205.
249		1904		J. G. Brill Company		Semi-convertible car			CCFP/STCP Porto, Portugal
311		1922	1960	Wason Manufacturing Company	134	Birney Safety Car		Brill 77E1	Johnstown Traction Company	1922-1941 with Bangor Railway and Electric 14. 1941-1960 with Johnstown Traction Company 311.
315		1909	1962	G. C. Kuhlman Car Company	404	Wooden interurban car	GE 66B (4)	Baldwin 84-35	Chicago, Aurora and Elgin Railroad	1909-1922 Aurora Elgin and Chicago Railway 315. 1922-1962 Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railway 315
355		1926	1970	St. Louis Car Company	1380	Streetcar	Westinghouse 510A2 (4)	St Louis EDJ64	Johnstown Traction Company	1925-1960 Johnstown Traction Company 355. 1960-1970 Clark's Trading Post
402		1920	1990	Detroit United Railway	NA	Box Motor	GE 201 (4)	Standard C80P	Philadelphia and Western Railroad	1920-1934 Eastern Michigan Railway 2010 1934-1948 Philadelphia and Western Railway 402. 1948-1970 Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company 402. 1970-1990 Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority 402.
710		1913	?	J. G. Brill Company	19465	City and Suburban Streetcar		Brill 27MCB1	Harrisburg Railways Company	1914-1939 Harrisburg Railways Company 710. period of unknown location(s).
1009		1936	1984	J. G. Brill Company	23258	Rapid transit car "Philadelphia Subway"	Westinghouse 555A1 (4)	Commonwealth	Delaware River Port Authority Bridge Authority	1936-1952 Delaware River Joint Commission 1009. 1952-1968 Delaware River Port Authority 1009 1968-1984 Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority 1009.
1019		1982	2014	Siemens		Light Rail Vehicle (LRV)			San Diego Metropolitan Transit System	1983-2014 San Diego Metropolitan Transit System 1019.
1875		1912		J. G. Brill Company		Open Streetcar			Rio de Janiero Tramways
2743		1947	1994	St. Louis Car Company	1649	Presidents’ Conference Committee streetcar	GE1220A1 (4)	Clark B2	Philadelphia Transportation Company	1947-1968 Philadelphia Transportation Company 2743. 1968-1994 Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority 2743.
19137		19??				Caboose (class N-5))			Pennsylvania Railroad	Ex-ConRail 19137. Exx-Pennsylvania Railroad 477129
C-64		1933		CCFP		Freight flat			CCFP/STCP
D-39		1908	2003	Philadelphia Rapid Transit	NA	Tower Car		Curtis C-1112	Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority	As part of the maintenance fleet, the car was used as and ash car (1908-1916), box motor (1916-1922), work motor (1922-1940), PTC work motor (1940-1950), PTC rubbish car T-17 (1950-1955), PTC wrecker T-17 (1955-1968) and SEPTA wrecker T17 (1968-1984). 1908-1912 Philadelphia Rapid Transit 2621. 1912-1916 Philadelphia Rapid Transit P12 1916-1940 Philadelphia Rapid Transit F25. 1940-1950 Philadelphia Transportation Company F25. period of unknown status. 1984-2003 Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority D39.
M-25		1942		GE Transportation Systems	NA	GE 25 ton Switcher			Adtranz
M-100		1945		Kalamazoo Manufacturing	NA	Railroad Speeder			United States Navy
X-4		1998		Rockhill Trolley Museum	NA	Cherry Picker Car
X-39					NA	Caboose			Central Railway of Georgia
BT-1		1981		GMC	NA	Boom Truck			Curry Supply Company
Liberty Liner "Independence Hall"		1941		St. Louis Car Company		Electroliner			Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company	Originally Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
		1999		Rockhill Trolley Museum	NA	Ballast Car
		2000		Rockhill Trolley Museum	NA	Railroad tie nipper

Further Reading

• Wikipedia article

External links

Official site