gf bought us this for christmas. its so cool.
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i love philadelphia transit stuff. its so cool how it calls out philadelphia stops.
Got that trolley at York from MTH a few years ago at a really good price . Tom
Its pretty cool. We wanted it since we rode an old red arrow trolley from the trolley museum by steamtown.
Its pretty cool. We wanted it since we rode an old red arrow trolley from the trolley museum by steamtown.
The Electric City Trolley Museum, opposite Steamtown in the same parking lot, actually has two operable Red Arrow units, #76 a 1926 center door Brill and #80 a 1932 Master Unit. They also have a number of other Philadelphia pieces in the collection, some restored and some waiting to be. 5205 is a 1923 Brill currently under restoration. Their association website is ectma.org.
If there is a certain piece of equipment that you have a soft spot for, you should know that the ectma keeps an individual account for each car, so a donation specifically given to say car #102, stays with car #102.
The excursion route is an 11 mile round trip partially on the original Laurel Line route with numerous water crossings and perhaps the longest trolley tunnel in the US at 4747 feet.
Originally Posted by Montclaire:
The Electric City Trolley Museum, opposite Steamtown in the same parking lot, actually has two operable Red Arrow units, #76 a 1926 center door Brill and #80 a 1932 Master Unit. They also have a number of other Philadelphia pieces in the collection, some restored and some waiting to be. 5205 is a 1923 Brill currently under restoration. Their association website is ectma.org.
If there is a certain piece of equipment that you have a soft spot for, you should know that the ectma keeps an individual account for each car, so a donation specifically given to say car #102, stays with car #102.
The excursion route is an 11 mile round trip partially on the original Laurel Line route with numerous water crossings and perhaps the longest trolley tunnel in the US at 4747 feet.
i took it a few weeks ago. lots of fun.
Septa refresh my memory.
Was the P&W the same as the RED ARROW?
I used to ride from 69th st to NORRISTOWN on the P&W LINE.
GG1GUYY
they have a brill at the Trolley musuem in pittsburgh, PA. it runs and they restored it back to new. nice brass and wood. ill dig up some shots of it
Originally Posted by septabeep:
i love philadelphia transit stuff. its so cool how it calls out philadelphia stops.
Interestingly enough, I did the station stops for both this car and the Pittsburgh car when I visited MTH a few years back. 
The wisecrack about the ACME in Media was my idea... ;-)
-MMM-
I love the MTH Brills (the PCCs too)
Originally Posted by GG1GUYY:
Septa refresh my memory.
Was the P&W the same as the RED ARROW?
I used to ride from 69th st to NORRISTOWN on the P&W LINE.
GG1GUYY
P&W was a separate company that was bought by Red Arrow. Real old timers still call it the P&W.
Originally Posted by CNJ 3676:
Perhaps one day MTH will see fit to offer us the Brill "Bullet"
Heh. More likely, they'll offer the ex-CTA cars in SEPTA colors, as they have the tooling for that already; just in case, I did a set of station stops for the Norristown High Speed line when I was there some years ago.
-MMM-
I would love to see the Brill Bullet become available, as well. Rode them more times than I care to admit.
....but, why just MTH? Some other company could potentially offer one instead.
Bob B.
(An owner-operator of a 3rd Rail Brass Red Arrow Electroliner)
Originally Posted by CNJ 3676:
The Bullets looked good in SEPTA colors as well:
In case anyone from MTH is reading this.....
Bob
Originally Posted by Bob Bubeck:
I would love to see the Brill Bullet become available, as well. Rode them more times than I care to admit.
....but, why just MTH? Some other company could potentially offer one instead.
Bob B.
(An owner-operator of a 3rd Rail Brass Red Arrow Electroliner)
Sorry. Force of habit I guess. I suppose I've become accustomed to MTH producing uncommon prototypes.
The Strafford car would be nice as well:
Bob
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Somewhere I have pictures of the " Flying Coffins" that flew from 69th Street Station to Norristown. I used to ride it up and back several times. What a thrill!
Bill Berresford
