Help Support PTM’s Parts for the Future!

Posted onAuthorRoger DuPuis II

The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum has been fortunate to acquire many spare parts for its fleet of historic streetcars over the years and provide inside storage for these parts.

Thanks to the help of the Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad (M&H RR), the Friends of Philadelphia Trolleys, other trolley museums, CicKo Transportation, and Alex Paris Contracting, FPT also has acquired Red Arrow “80 car” 83, as well as many rare spare parts that will be a great help in restoring and maintaining its fleet of historic Philadelphia streetcars.

The museum also recently acquired many parts from PTC/SEPTA sweeper C-121 and PTC/SEPTA PCCs 2095 and 2725. These parts will help the museum eventually restore and operate Red Arrow Car 83, PRT Standard Car 2282, PTC 8042, and SEPTA PCC 2723.

The M&H RR is almost 200 miles away from PTM and hundreds of hours of volunteer and paid staff time have been devoted to this project over the past year.

All of the allocated parts have been relocated to PTM and are safely stored indoors. Most of the museum’s costs have been met, but $4,000 still needs to be raised to cover all of its costs.

Please consider donating to this important project that will help to keep PTM’s trolleys running! Please see the attached flyer if you are interested in donating.