While Indiana's electric railway is no more, the trolleys that connected Hoosiers are being rescued. Before the internet, cars, and interstates, trains and trolleys were the kings of connection, ...
These systems of interconnecting electric railways were made possible by a favorable political and business culture and a growing population. Investors saw the need for efficient transportation ...
Coonrod cranes hoist the CRANDIC No. 110 electric trolley onto a flatbed trailer in January 1987 so it can be trucked to a railroad museum in Pennsylvania. Trolleys hauled passengers between Iowa City ...
The Porter County Musuem's new exhibit recalls the county's first interurban rail line, the Valparaiso and Northern Interurban Railway. The Porter County Museum, or PoCo Muse, at 20 Indiana Ave. in ...
State tax credits for qualified rail expenditures on improvements and new infrastructure are expected to help short line ...
AMO, Indiana — The Amo Interurban History Museum's initial plan was to fill just one area of the old depot with donations to illustrate the town's history. But the collection soon spilled into two ...
CLYDE—A history presentation, “Next Stop: Clyde, Ohio, The History of the Lake Shore Electric Railway,” will be presented at the Clyde Museum, 124 W. Buckeye St., www.clydemuseum.org, at 6:30 to 8 p.m ...