March 2011 Main Line vol3 No1 copy - the Seashore Trolley Museum

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The Christian Science Monitor of July 7, 1961 had some fun with a trolley arriving three weeks late at the Port of Boston. The Monitor was referring to Sydney Tramways No. 1700 (1925 Meadowbank Manufacturing Co.) arriving in the Port of Boston on the United States Lines freighter Pioneer Gem enroute to Seashore. Unfortunately the Pioneer Gem arrived on the very day that a general maritime strike, ultimately lasting three weeks, paralyzed East Coast ports. Today Sydney 1700 is one of the workhorses of Seashoreʼs demonstration railway. Information Requests – The Library continues to receive and respond to information requests through the Museumʼs website. Requests seem to come in waves of specific varieties. In the past month there has been an interest in box motors and express motors - C&LE 648 and Oshawa 300 among others. Our answering requests often provide new materials to the museum. The individual seeking info on C&LE 648 sent some material in return that was new to us. Please note that although a great deal of material has been moved into storage this material is inventoried and retrievable. Although not yet fully computerized this inventory allows us to continue, actually expand, our ability to fulfill information requests. The volunteers at YCCC who are computerizing our inventory sheets now have some 2,500 publications in the system. We will happily undertake a search based upon a request to the library link on the Seashore website or to the librarian.
Do You Recognize- Answer to the February Issue: We jumped across the pond to North Wales for the Februaryʼs entry. This picture is of Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Electric Railway Ltd. open car No. 22 departing Colwyn Bay, North Wales enroute to Llandudno - the dasher sign reads Llandudno Pier. The pier is a resort pier with entertainment, shops, etc., that still exists today. Unfortunately the tram line closed in 1956. No. 22 was a single deck open “toast-rack” tram, so called because of its resemblance to the device that was commonly used on breakfast tables in the UK to make sure that the breakfast toast was both cold and dry prior to it being consumed. No. 22 joined the L&CBER in 1920 and was scrapped in 1956 with the closure of the line. This Monthʼs Do You Recognize - In this image we have come back from Europe to New England and we have also gone back a bit in time. This is a postcard view of a scene that no longer exists today. Basically nothing that can be seen in this image currently exists although the area is known by the same name.
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