Pennsylvania Trolley Museum (5/26/18)

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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On the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, I went on what I called a Mister Rogers Road Trip. The first stop on the trip was at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum in Washington, Pennsylvania, which in a 1984 episode of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood had been the Arden Trolley Museum. It was a fun time not only getting to see the preserved cars but to see them in operation and ride on them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63fZPrG49SM

After the museum closed, I then headed to Latrobe to visit Unity Cemetery where Mister Rogers was laid to rest and then to the Hotel Saxonburg in Saxonburg for dinner, which was where in a 1982 episode of Mister Rogers Neighborhood we were taken to see a restaurant. It was a fun trip, and I hope to make it over there again.

Kevin

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Thanks, it was fun to watch.

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Nice! How about a little musical interlude from 1905?

“On A Good Old Trolley Ride.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d3TDPE0K2c

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Never heard that tune before. Definitely would have been fitting.

Kevin

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You know, at the time it was called “Mr. Edison’s Wonderful Talking Machine,” but I’ll bet even ol’ Tom didn’t realize how wonderful it was.

Imagine, hearing the singing voice of a man who lived a century ago, and a song about a subject still near and dear to our hearts.

Wonderful indeed!

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I have been to the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum several times. It is great, and it is worth an out of your way to some place else stop to visit it. Make sure you go when the trolleys are running.

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Been looking for this episode since it first aired in 1984. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nshHYiPGatY

Needless to say, the museum has changed a lot since then.

Kevin