Trolleys in the United States

By Henry Mulvey

One of Frank J. Sprague’s original electric trolleys

Boston open trolley at ridership capacity at the height of the trolley era

Trolleys entering and exiting America’s first subway in Boston

Trolley operating in one of Boston’s streetcar suburbs

Standard trolley from the 1910’s

Interurban trolley in Connecticut

Boston interurban trolley in Middleton, Massachusetts

Heavy interurban in the Midwest. This trolley ran between Chicago and Milwaukee.

1930’s “Peter Witt” trolley in Baltimore

First PCC trolley ever manufactured

PCC in Philadelphia

Typical LRV from the 1980’s

Modern streetcar in Portland Oregon in the 2000’s

100% wheelchair accessible 2015 streetcar/LRV