And there we met a trolley man so dedicated that he took 2600 out of the barn and gave us the full 3 mile ride, lecture, and an hours long walking tour of the entire facility. Based along the rout of the Hartford and Springfield Electric Railway’s East Windsor line, the Museum was founded in 1940; it’s l.5 mile track passes a small airfield with its own trolley stop and the area where many of the original cars were burned after the line went bankrupt in 1926. The single track has passing sidings with spring switches.

Sprawled on 17 acres, the museum has several work barns and tracks in the trees with magnificent incredible rusting hulks of history waiting for restoration and the love of dedicated volunteers.

Well worth a visit, one can spend an entire day exploring and dreaming of yesteryear wandering around the huge collection of rolling stock in various stages of restoration.

The Connecticut Trolley Museum is located at 58 North Rd (Rt 140), in East Windsor, Connecticut 06088, USA
LINKS: The Connecticut Electric Railway Association’s Connecticut Trolley Museum website:
http://www.ceraonline.org