Rockhill Trolley Museum

The Rockhill Trolley Museum is a museum and heritage railway in Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania that collects and restores trolley, interurban, and transit cars. Founded in 1960, the museum operates what has been historically referred to as the Shade Gap Electric Railway to demonstrate the operable pieces in its collection. "Shade Gap" refers to the name of a branch of the East Broad Top Railroad, from whom the museum leases it property. The first car acquired by the museum in 1960 is Johnstown Traction #311. and Iowa Terminal Railroad Snow Sweeper #3. The museum formerly operated under its corporate name, Railways to Yesterday. It changed to its current name to acknowledge and enhance its relationship with, and provide mutual promotional support to, its hometown. The museum is open from May through October and for special holiday events. For the latter—including Easter, Pumpkin Festival in October, and Christmas in Coal Country—the museum partners with the East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company, which is across the street. While the two organizations are not formally affiliated and do not cross honor tickets, the railroad sells tickets for the combined events with the trolley museum, and the two organizations share volunteers and labor expertise.

NumberTypeHeritageBuilderDateConditionNotes3Snow sweeperEmery, IowaMcGuire Cummings Manufacturing Company1911OperatingAcquired in a trade wherein the National Capital Trolley Museum received Snow Sweeper #09 from the museum6PCC streetcarPublic Service Coordinated Transport, later New Jersey TransitSt. Louis Car Company1949OperatingOriginally Twin City Rapid Transit car #32510SnowplowPhiladelphia and Western RailroadWason Manufacturing Company1915OperatingRetired 1988, last operating trolley snowplow in the United States outside of a museum.12StreetcarValley Railways, west of Harrisburg, PennsylvaniaJackson and Sharp Company1895Inoperable61StreetcarPhiladelphia SuburbanBrill1925InoperableCenter door107Snow sweeperScranton TransitChicago and Joliet Electric Railway1910OperatingSteeplecab162StreetcarPhiladelphia and WesternBrill1927InoperableHigh speed interurban car163StreetcarYork RailwaysBrill1924OperatingRare curved sides car172TramCCFP/STCP (Porto, Portugal)CCFP1929OperatingSemi convertible (open/closed) car.205TramPhiladelphia and WesternBrill1931OperatingOnly operating Brill bullet, originally 3rd rail powered249TramCCFP/STCPBrill1904OperatingSemi convertible.311StreetcarJohnstown Traction CompanyWason Manufacturing Company1922OperatingFirst car of the museum.315StreetcarChicago Aurora and Elgin RailroadG. C. Kuhlman Car Company1909OperatingWooden interurban car355StreetcarJohnstown Traction CompanySt. Louis Car Company1926Operating402Box motorPhiladelphia and WesternDetroit United Railway1920OperatingDouble ended710TramHarrisburg RailwaysBrill1913InoperableSemi convertible.1009Rapid transit carDelaware River Port Authority Bridge line carBrill1936InoperableSold to Philadelphia Broad Street Subway for $10,000 following the formation of the PATCO Speedline in 1968.1019Siemens–Duewag U2San Diego TrolleyDuewag1982OperatingOnly operating articulated car from San Diego, California on the East Coast. Most modern vehicle in collection.1875TramRio de Janeiro TramwaysBrill1912Operating2743PCC streetcarPhiladelphia Transportation Company, later SEPTASt. Louis Car Company1947OperatingOriginally Pennsylvania trolley gauge19137CaboosePennsylvania Railroad1900sNot usedN 5 steelC 64Freight flatCCFP/STCPCCFP1933OperatingNow used as a track maintenance. carD 39Tower carSEPTAPhiladelphia Rapid Transit1908not OperatingOverhead wire maintenance car. M 25GE 25 ton switcherAdtranzGE Transportation1942OperatingOriginally owned by United States NavyM 100Railroad speederUnited States NavyKalamazoo Manufacturing Company1945OperatingPetrol engineX 4Cherry picker carRockhill Trolley Museum1998OperatingX 39CabooseCentral of Georgia RailwayNot usedWoodenBT 1Boom truckCurry Supply CompanyGMC1981OperatingLiberty Liner
Independence HallElectrolinerPhiladelphia SuburbanSt. Louis Car Company1941OperatingOriginally Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad No. 803 804Ballast carRockhill Trolley Museum1999In useRailroad tie nipperRockhill Trolley Museum2000In use