The Northern Ohio Railway Museum, in northeast Ohio, has joined the fraternity of operating trolley museums. This is an event that has been anticipated for a long time.
Today we gave demonstration trolley rides to our first paying passengers with runs from 11am to 3pm. We used Shaker Heights Rapid Transit Car 12. This car was built in 1914 by the Kuhlman Car Company of Cleveland. This day of operation allowed the museum to check off the final goal in its mission statement. "Our goals are to collect, preserve, restore, display and operate streetcars and other railway equipment for the education of the public.
We are happy to report the day went well and many happy passengers were the result. Most of our passengers were families, many with small children. Most of those young kids were sporting Thomas the Tank Engine attire. Never underestimate the power of the little blue engine on our industry!
Concerning the kids attire, at the end of their visit they were still wearing their Thomas gear, but many had they had some new kid sized attire with a distant cousin of Thomas on it, Shaker Car 12! If your wondering, the shirts are also available in adult sizes. It was a good day in the Museum store too!
Video of the day has been posted at the Northern Ohio Railway Museum Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/Northern-Ohio- ... 544183676/
The museum is taking this step into public operation slowly and will be operating on the second Saturday of each month. Our next public operation day will be July 8th. Come for a visit and take a ride with us.
Steve Heister
Northern Ohio Railway Museum
http://www.northernohiorailwaymuseum.org
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File comment: The crew of the first revenue trolley at N.O.R.M. Left, Conductor Ed Ollick, right, Motorman Steve Heister. lrDSC_2848.jpg [ 172.08 KiB | Viewed 9297 times ] |
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File comment: Conductor Ed Ollick punches the tickets of our passengers. lrDSC_2857.jpg [ 130.43 KiB | Viewed 9297 times ] |
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File comment: Our first passengers disembark after the first trip of the day. Carbarn tours docent Mark Adamcik, back to the camera, is on the platform to collect his next tour group. lrDSC_2862.jpg [ 115.29 KiB | Viewed 9297 times ] |