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Shelburne
Falls Trolley Museum, Inc
Shelburne Falls,
Massachusetts,
U.S.A.
Transportation,
Trolley, Railway & History Museum |
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Shelburne
Falls Trolley Museum centers around a restored 1896 trolley
that ran from Shelburne Falls, MA to Colrain city. The museum
provides 15-minute interpretive rides on a beautifully restored
1896 wooden electric trolley car. Visitors can experience
what travel was like 100 years ago. Additional displays
in Visitors Center show scenes from the local trolley line,
including the Bridge of Flowers, which was built to carry
the trolleys.
Location
14 Depot Street
Shelburne Falls, MA 01370
Directions
Rt 2 West from Greenfield MA (I91), take Rt 2A EAST (third
Shelburne Falls exit, State Street) follow signs in center
of town, up Depot Street, go to end of freight yard to Visitors
Center.
Hours
Weekends
and holidays, 11am-5pm, June to October
Admission
Admission
to the TrolleyShop and the Visitors Center and grounds is
free.
Trolley rides: tickets for a 15-minute ride on the trolley
car are $2.50 for adults, $1.25 for children ages 6-12,
children 5 and under are free.
Contact
Tel.: 413.625.9443
E-mail: trolley@sftm.org
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About
the Museum
Formed in 1992 to restore Car. No. 10. Restoration completed
in 1999. Visitors Center opened in 1996, additional rolling
stock added since then.
The museum provides 15-minute interpretive rides on a beautifully
restored 1896 wooden electric trolley car. Visitors can experience
what travel was like 100 years ago. Additional displays in Visitors
Center show scenes from the local trolley line, including the
Bridge of Flowers, which was built to carry the trolleys.
Car No 10 is a 1896 electric wooden trolley, saved and
restored by the
museum. For thirty years it carried freight and passengers on
the
Shelburne Falls and Colrain Street Railway. Then it sat in a
farmers yard
for 65 years, waiting to be preserved. It now looks and runs
just as it did
100 years ago.
CV Caboose 4015 is a classic wooden railroad caboose, built
in 1910, and
undergoing restoration.
Baldwin 0-4-0T No. 10 is one of two self-firing steam
locomotives ever
built, and awaits restoration.
Pictures and artifacts in the Visitors Center detail the history
of the local trolley and steam railroads.
We
thankThe Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum for providing the information
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For
additional information, visit the Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum
official Web site:
http://www.sftm.org |
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