The Shore Line Trolley Museum maintains several diverse collections of equipment, photographs, documents and artifacts which preserve the history and heritage of the Trolley Era.
Vehicle Collection
The Museum owns nearly 100 vintage transit vehicles. The collection includes some of America’s oldest single-truck cars, many examples of wooden and steel streetcars from the Golden Era of street railways, and several representatives of the modern streamlined era. Rapid transit, interurban and work cars round out the collection. Browse the highlights here.
Rapid Transit Cars
- 503
- 1349
- 6688
- 1689
- 5466
- 1227
- The Mineola
- 999
Work Equipment
- S36
- Shunter
- 12
- W3
- 302
- 1504
- 5002
Museum Archives
The museum archives contain nearly 65,000 photographic images, over 4,000 books and documents, and about 1,000 small artifacts such as tokens, hat badges and ticket punches. The archives are available by appointment to qualified researchers. The museum is happy to provide copies of photographs for both commercial and non-commercial use. Please contact archives@shorelinetrolley.org or call the office.