Show Me Your Trolleys

MTH Brill Trolley with The Trolley Song (Hanley/Martin) sung by Linda Eder:

This is the song that goes:

Clank, clank, clank went the trolley,

Ding, ding, ding went the bell,

Zing, zing, zing went my heart strings,

From the moment I saw him I fell.

Judy Garland sang it in the movie Meet Me in St. Louis.

Arnold, while not "O" gauge, it is a trolley.  

https://youtu.be/qhhouTfTHz0

Dan Padova posted:

Arnold, while not "O" gauge, it is a trolley.  

https://youtu.be/qhhouTfTHz0

That one's a beauty, Dan. I also like the crystal clear video. Must have been made using something better than an I-Phone camera

Oh, dear.  Where do I start?  ;D 

A sampling: 

Mitch 

M. Mitchell Marmel posted:

Oh, dear.  Where do I start?  ;D 

A sampling: 

Mitch 

Nice trolley collection!

Fabulous!   What a great bunch of trolleys to see.   Just love PCCs 

  Are they all MTH or did you have some scale proportioned  units motorized?    I could not tell from the images of your sampling.

Just great!

Ed Boyle

OK, one last time................. 

                        A few messed up 2r'ers junkers I found on ebay.

SIRT posted:

OK, one last time................. 

Great pictures? Did you weather them or were they rusty and a little beat up to begin with?

Either way, they have great character in their shoddy condition.

I do it all. These would be headed to a museum for restoration as I seen them around 1968.

Thanks 

FYI - When replying, you can cut the photos to avoid so many duplications.

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Nice trolley collection!

Thanks! 

Ed Boyle posted:

Fabulous!   What a great bunch of trolleys to see.   Just love PCCs 

  Are they all MTH or did you have some scale proportioned  units motorized?    I could not tell from the images of your sampling.

 

Thanks!  Those PCCs were all MTH except for the orange Lionel one, which was an unpowered Corgi.  I do have a powered Corgi Chicago car...

More of the fleet...

And I'm noodling about with the idea of turning a K-Line RDC set into EMU cars... 

Mitch 

SIRT posted:

OK, one last time.................

                        A few messed up 2r'ers junkers I found on ebay.

Exquisite weathering!    

Say, I have a prewar bronze cast ACTC Brilliner!  Care to have a go at her? 

Mitch 

Currently only one (1) and it runs on an elevated line from downtown out to the industrial park and back...

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Dan Padova posted:

Arnold, while not "O" gauge, it is a trolley.  

https://youtu.be/qhhouTfTHz0

That one's a beauty, Dan. I also like the crystal clear video. Must have been made using something better than an I-Phone camera

Thanks Arnold.  I use my iPhone to take all of my pictures and videos.  It's not even a new iPhone.  It's a 5c I believe.  

I see some Corgi PCCs are mentioned.  I have one that is unpowered.  My wife bought it for me maybe 25 or 30 years ago.  If I recall, there were motorizing kits for them.  Are these kits still available ?

Gotta luv those trolleys, think I have 4 or 5 laying around for amusement purposes. 

The gentleman that offered the GHB power trucks is retired and has none available for the Corgi cars.  Here are some of mine with upgraded lighting:

This is a Bowser Brill car

Another Bowser Brill car

This is a Corgi DSR PCC car with the GBH power trucks, led interior lighting, led headlight and taillights...

This is a Western Hobby Craft Johnstown car, a real great runner

Marty

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

For many of us, this was the first:

 

The Lionel 60 trolley was my first trolley when I got into Postwar trains at 5 years old. Today I have two Postwar Lionel 60 trolleys, one with blue lettering and a two piece bumper and the other also with blue lettering and a solid one piece bumper.

Martin Derouin posted:

This is a Western Hobby Craft Johnstown car, a real great runner

 

Marty

Still, in my opinion as a big-time trolley fan, the best trolley ever offered in 3-rail O gauge. Kind of a shame that no manufacturer came forward to take over the line after Walt Cameron passed away.

Any opinions on the best way to convert a Walt Cameron trolley to TMCC, including the antenna?

Arnold,

   Unfortunately my little yellow Street Car is long gone, however I own the MTH P2 Pittsburgh, Pa Street Car with Frank doing the Stop Announcements.  One of the OGR members was nice enough to make that happen for me.  It is one of my prize O Gauge Possessions.

PCRR/Dave

Dave:

Here is "the little yellow trolley" Rollin' Down the Line to the tune of The Trolley Song performed by Linda Eder:

Pine Creek Railroad posted:

Arnold,

   Unfortunately my little yellow Street Car is long gone, however I own the MTH P2 Pittsburgh, Pa Street Car with Frank doing the Stop Announcements.  One of the OGR members was nice enough to make that happen for me.  It is one of my prize O Gauge Possessions.

As a side note, if you'd like to hear Yr. Humble Servant's mellow baritone,  you need to go no further than the MTH Red Arrow or Pittsburgh Railways Brill...

I commence yakking at the 0:55 mark.   

Mitch 

Also have another MTH Bump 'n Go. A blue one....I had three and sold my yellow one. Didn't need three trolley's for one short track (used to have several bump and go trolley lines). The LIRR Unit is a custom MTH for Trainworld from a year or two ago. 

Dan Padova posted:

I see some Corgi PCCs are mentioned.  I have one that is unpowered.  My wife bought it for me maybe 25 or 30 years ago.  If I recall, there were motorizing kits for them.  Are these kits still available ?

http://www.bowser-trains.com/history/oscalecorgi.html

Unfortunately, the PCC trucks (which I use on my PCC) have been discontinued.  They do pop up on eBay now and then, however.  

Mitch 

SJC posted:

 

Also have another MTH Bump 'n Go. A blue one....I had three and sold my yellow one. Didn't need three trolley's for one short track (used to have several bump and go trolley lines). The LIRR Unit is a custom MTH for Trainworld from a year or two ago. 

Trolley was very nice, and I also liked the smokestack in the background polluting the air.

If you insulate the trolley pole from the metal roof with a plastic bushing, I would think you could use that for a antenna.   Should run fine with a cruise lite and LED lighting...

Marty

Allan Miller posted:

Martin Derouin posted:

This is a Western Hobby Craft Johnstown car, a real great runner

 

Marty

Still, in my opinion as a big-time trolley fan, the best trolley ever offered in 3-rail O gauge. Kind of a shame that no manufacturer came forward to take over the line after Walt Cameron passed away.

Allan,

I joined an O scale club when I was 15.  The traction line was built by guys who were all retired.  I learned all about freight motors, Nachod signals, how to hand lay track and switches for street use.  I even got to meet Richard Wagner.  What an education! 

Lou N 

                                          delivery of the new town trolley...

As seen for so many years, among the suburbs and smaller cities in the metropolitan Pittsburgh area, back in the 40's & 50's, here's my nod, on my layout, to "Street Cars" as we, also, called them...

FrankM, Moon Township, USA

Moonson posted:

As seen for so many years, among the suburbs and smaller cities in the metropolitan Pittsburgh area, back in the 40's & 50's, here's my nod, on my layout, to "Street Cars" as we, also, called them...

FrankM, Moon Township, USA

Spectacular structures, scenery, trains, trolleys, etc. 

Frank, your layout looks so good, are you a master model railroader?

Supplementing what Frank just posted, here’s some more Pittsburgh streetcar activity showing 4 PCC’s. 

Bill

Here's one that I recently completed.....

mwb posted:

Here's one that I recently completed.....

Rugged

Here are my only 2 trolleys...An MTH PCC and a Bowser...

NJ Hirailers Trolley Barn

PAUL ROMANO posted:

NJ Hirailers Trolley Barn

Masterful

One I made a few years ago....

PAUL ROMANO posted:

NJ Hirailers Trolley Barn

Paul: 

Nice work.  Are those Corgi PCC's?  And where did you get the 2-rail streetcar track & switch?

Bill