Trolley Museum of New York

The Trolley Museum of New York is located at 89 East Strand, Kingston, New York. The museum was founded in 1955 in Brooklyn to save some of the last trolley cars still in New York City. During the early years of the museum's existance, it had no permanent home. The growing collection of trolley and subway cars were stored in various locations, such as Staten Island and northern New Jersey.

Trolley Museum History and Exhibits

• In 1983 the museum finally found a permanent home in Kingston, occupying the abandoned site of the Ulster and Delaware Railroad (U&D).
• As a condition of the museum's charter with the city of Kingston, the museum had to immediately begin public operations.
• At the opening of the Trolley Museum, everything in the museum collection was electric powered and the U&D tracks were not equipped for electric operation.
• The museum acquired a Doodlebug (rail car) from Connecticut (a former Sperry Rail Service car) and began public operation on July 4, 1983.
• In the first year, less than a mile of track was usable, but within a two years the run was extended to Kingston Point and provides scenic views of the Hudson River.
• In 2000 the museum began operating a trolley from Johnstown, Pennsylvania after a nine year restoration.