Trolley Museum of New York

The Halloween Extravaganza was so much fun! Thank you all. Hope to have many more fun and exciting events like this. We do not own the rights to this music.

What an amazing Halloween riding on the trolley. Thank you to everyone who participated. We know all the ghouls and gobblins had a blast. Happy Halloween from all of us at the Trolley Museum of New York! # HalloweenExtravaganza #KingstonTrolleyMuseumOfNewYork

The Western Railway Museum is very excited to announce a new project. The BART Rapid Transit History Center (RTHC)! The RTHC will display up to three of Bart's ...Legacy cars that entered service back in 1972. Guests will learn the full history of the Bay Area Rapid Transit District. Starting with early concepts dating back to the 1920's and moving forward to train testing at the Diablo Test Track. You will learn about BART's challenges of constructing the Trans Bay Tube and the tunnel through the Berkley Hills. The history will progress through the years all the way to present day. We are still working on different concepts and plans for the RTHC and will need your help to make this dream an reality! Once fundraising has started we will make sure you know about it! If your in a giving mood right now we have our General Fund Fundraiser happening right now that you can donate to. https://www.facebook.com/donate/733906060545552/733906073878884/

RIP to a great man.

It was great to see Transport for London's Commissioner Andy Byford first in line to welcome back our visitors when we reopened last Monday. When donating to ou...r appeal, Andy said "The Museum is one of the jewels in TfL’s crown, one that we must do everything to protect ltmuseum.co.uk/support-us See more

The train car known as BART Car 1208 arrived in Hayward on March 26, 1973, brand-spanking new, just six months after the Bay Area Rapid Transit system opened. C...ar 1208 carried millions of riders over the next half-century, until mechanical and structural problems landed it on the list of the first 15 old train cars to be decommissioned. BART is ramping up retirement of old cars as more new Fleet of the Future cars are delivered. Most of the old cars, including Car 1208, will be scrapped for spare parts and sustainable recycling; a few will be set aside for offer to the public for uses like museums, artwork or training. Full article can be read: https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2020/news20200903-0 The vast majority of BART’s existing fleet of around 650 cars will go through a process just like Car 1208 did. Crews at the Hayward Maintenance Yard took apart Car 1208 for spare parts, disposed all hazardous materials and sent the car to Schnitzer Steel at the Port of Oakland for shredding. BART will be giving the public a chance to have a part of BART history and help in this circle of train car life. In the coming months, BART’s Government and Community Relations staff will fan out across the region doing outreach to museums, history centers, other agencies that might want retired cars for first responder training, arts organizations and other groups from throughout the community. A formal request for proposals will be issued in January; at this time, you may informally express interest by emailing [email protected] with your ideas. Some of the suggestions so far have been to use the cars for public artwork, for tiny homes, for food trucks; or even pop-up retail spaces.

Great to see the London Transport Museum has reopened! A wonderful museum to visit when you are in London!

56 years ago today, the R-32's entered service. 56 years of service is unheard of for subway cars. 6-8 trains of R-32’s can be seen in service daily on the J line. What is your favorite subway car type?... New York Transit Museum

More trolley madness! Our visitors were in for a nice treat today as our volunteers moved some of our trolleys in the collection throughout the yard. Visitors got a glimpse of some of our collection, including our Brussels tram no. 1504 and our Gothenburg tram no. 79. Please enjoy these photos, taken by Travis Gorham and Arjun Lal. #tmny #trolleymuseumofnewyork #kingstonny #ulstercounty #newyork #brussels #belgium #gothenburg #sweden #tram