Seashore Trolley Museum Page One
4th of July
Every
year for the 4th of July,
the Seashore Trolley Museum
hosts a
trolley parade, where we
display the numerous
cars in
our collection, and provide an oppertunity for the
public to view cars that don't normally run.
.
PD&Y
Mail and Bagage car 108
basks in the early moring sunlight
outside
of South Boston Carbarn.
CRANDIC
car 118 basks in the sunlight
on the Butler Grove Lead.
SEPTA
PCC 2709 heads out of the
Arlington Loop
for the
inspection trip out the
ex-ASL main line
from
Kennebunk to Biddeford.
Connecticuit
Company open car #303
rests outside the
shop
while undergoing inspection
to determine if the
car is
suitible to join the operating
fleet this year.
This scene could almost pass for a real secondary shop/carbarn.
Connecticuit
Company open car #303
rests outside the
shop
while undergoing inspection
to determine if the
car is
suitible to join the operating
fleet this year.
A large
crowd of people wait to
board EMS 4387 after
riding
car 31 from the Well to
Morrison Hill for
a photo
op of the loaded car.
MBTA
General Motors Fishbowl 6169
sits by the side of
South
Boston Carbarn on display
to the public for the
4th of
July holiday.
CRANDIC
car #118 just refused to
move! The
pole
was up, the power was on,
the compressor
was
working, and the controler
breaker
was
on. As a safety feature,
these cars wold
not
give power to the motors unless
the
doors were closed. However,
they
will let you release the brakes......
Overhead
wire defies gravity on
a daily basis, hanging there
overhead,
suspended by tension
alone. However, every once and
a
while, gravity wins, and a section
of overhead comes down.
Out
comes the linecar, and up goes
the wire.
In
this case, a large section of
wire was torn down
outside
Arundel station, along
with one of the wooden linepoles.
By
Thursday, new poles were in
place, and Chris and Fred Perry
were
hard at work stringing new
supports and trolley wire.
By
Saturday morning, the wire was
back in place, and you could
run
under the new overhead as long
as someone held the
trolley
pole.
Thanks
to good communication, and
knowledge of the
line
crews plans, the line car
controlled
South
Boston Yard, the line truck
stayed by Arundel,
and the
new wire was strung without
any problems,
and
there were no disrutions to
mainline service at all.
Things
went as smoothly as possible.
With
the linecar and linetruck in
place, visitors also got a unique
oppertunity
to see what goes into
keeping a trolley line
maintained
and in good condition.
The people who
keep
the wire where it should be
were just as
important
as those who ran the
streetcars day in and day out.
Do
you have any STm photos from
the 4th of July?
If you would
like to have them posted here, send them to
Trolleyguyweb@yahoo.com
Additional
Seashore Trolley Museum
Photos by myself
and
other contributors are availaible
at :
http://naphotos.nerail.org/show/?byrail:1:Seashore_Trolley_Museum
This page was created on
June 7, 2004
9 :50 PM
Design and photographs
Coppyright StmTrolleyguy
(Mark Sylvester)
Contact me at Trolleyguyweb @ Yahoo.com