Does anyone remember a long-defunct railroad museum called "Trolleyland"? It was located in Grand Mound WA beside the i5. It was a project spearheaded by Richard Andy Hansen (1928-2005) which ultimately never worked out.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/7ifkSNcUhmH5BrERA

If anyone has any knowledge, documents, or photos (especially of the 3 BC Electric interurbans) I would love to see them.

Thread from two years ago: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=46217

I have read through that already, I was hoping that a new thread would bring in new information from people who might know more about the topic, but missed the thread when it was posted.

It is preferred that you add to old existing threads rather than starting a new thread, so that all the information will remain easy to access. Something like"anyone have any more information?" would be fine.

The late Harold Borovec lived in Centralia and photographed many rail subjects. Martin Hansen "Logger Hogger" owns the Borovec collection. Ask him about photos. Harold's son still lives in the aria and may have memories of Trolleyland.

This was a long time ago. As I recall they were in the Steam Directory. Maybe you can find a collection of those and see what information is in there.

Here is a link to the roster including photos of two of the BCER cars in later ownership.

The car numbers are 1220, 1231, and 1235.

Wesley

"As I recall they were in the Steam Directory."

I have 1967 & 1970, not in either, sorry.

Seattle PI November 23, 1963
R. V. Day, secretary of Trolleyland Electric Railway Museum, has asked (King County) for 300 feet of spur track near the County airport. The rail hobbyists want to install the track on their 15-acre site north of Centralia where they have a Great Northern caboose and a Seattle trolley bus.

Seattle Times June 5, 1975
Seattle trolley bus #798 donated to Trolleyland in 1963. Trolleyland closed some time ago and sold #798 back to METRO Transit for $500.

Stored at Ames Terminal Seattle in 1962.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/204608409806

Some information about these and other surviving BCE interurban cars can be found on a Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_C ... urban_cars

This is a snip of the surviving interurban cars as of 2016:

A few additional comments about the intermediate histories of cars that had been preserved elsewhere between the BC Electric and the current (2016) list.

Car 1225 was acquired in 1958 by Orange Empire Trolley Museum and moved to its site at Perris, California. Subsequently, it was sold back to BC interests (Fraser Valley Heritage Railway Society) in 2005 https://fvhrs.org/car1225/ .

Car 1304 was reported as being acquired by Seashore Trolley Museum of Kennebunkport, Maine, and stored at a location in Oregon. Several decades later, an agent for Seashore showed up to move the car to Maine, and this caused some consternation between the parties. Ultimately, the car was obtained by BC Interests (Fraser Valley Heritage Railway Society) https://fvhrs.org/car1304/.

How/ where can I contact him?

Does Martin Hansen have any connection with "Richard Andy Hansen? He was the president/ general manager of Trolleyland. I found an obituary which said he (Richard) was born in 1928 and died in 2005.

Interestingly I came across that same photo, however before it was winter. I had assumed the photo had taken place at Trolleyland.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fuz9be ... sp=sharing

Do you happen to have any more photos, or know where more may be? I've managed to find photos of the 3 BC Electric Interurbans in Snoqualmie and Seattle, unfortunately no luck on Trolleyland itself.

1220 & 1235 on harbour island - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KRiUhb ... sp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b1LvGb ... sp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11xa1uS ... drive_link

1231 Snoqualmie
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t255TJ ... sp=sharing
(doubts on this one)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S1Oy8n ... sp=sharing

Martin Hansen is no relation to Andy Hansen. He is an attorney in Bend, OR. The color photo of 1231 at Snoqualmie was taken when the car left for BC. The black & white photo was not taken at Snoqualmie.

As far as I know Trolleyland was never a "big deal". It never opened to the public and run by Andy Hansen and a few volunteers.