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“electric railway history of Pennsylvania”
The Electric City Trolley Museum is a collaborative effort involving many partners. Together they have created a premier electric railway museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania. In 1887, Scranton was Pennsylvania’s first city with a successful pioneer trolley line and became known as “The Electric City.” The museum collection provides a highly representative picture of the electric railway history of eastern Pennsylvania, from the Philadelphia region to Northeast Pennsylvania. The museum was created by the Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority. Lackawanna County manages the museum day-to-day. The facility itself, located on the Steamtown National Historic Site, is on long-term lease from the National Park Service. The trolleys operate over tracks owned by both Steamtown and the Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority, including a portion of the historic Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley “Laurel Line” third-rail interurban right-of-way.
We had such a fun time here! We did a quick ride of the trolley & it was fantastic, you see a lot of cool parts of PA and Scranton. There's even a really cool train where only 25 were made, 8... Read more
Small museum but fun. We learned so much about the history of trolley from this place. Friendly staff. Definitely worth visiting if you are nearby. Great place to bring a family. Read more
Small and some descriptive displays regarding trolleys. I was overall not impressed for the $6.00 per person admission. Only two trolleys you can actually enter. Lots of open space where there... Read more
Electric City Trolley Museum
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