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The Shore Line Trolley Museum publishes its newsletter, The Tripper every month, containing news of recent events at the museum, historical articles, and monthly reports of the various railway departments.

The Branford Electric Railway Journal is a historical and technical journal, published every two years. Rich with text and rare photographs, it covers in great detail several routes, car types, technical or historical themes in each issue.

Ride Down Memory Lane is the official guidebook of the Shore Line Trolley Museum. It contains 75 pages of facts, figures and pictures of the museum, the collection, and the trolley car era.

Subscriptions to The Tripper and The Journal are included with all categories of membership. Back issues are available by contacting the museum. The most recent copy of Ride Down Memory Lane is included with each new membership, and is available at the museum gift shop.

Recent News

Contained below are summaries of various articles and press releases. Full text for most articles is freely available online, and may be used for private, non-commercial purposes. All material is copyrighted by the Branford Electric Railway Assoc.

New Haven Streetcars Book
A new book written by four museum members on the streetcars of the New Haven area has been tremendously successful. full text

Museum Receives Support from Community
Spring 2003 The museum was the recipient of support from the community in two separate ceremonies during the Spring of 2003. full text

Open car 1425 at the Yale Bowl
October 5 2001 The museum exhibited open car 1425 at the Yale Bowl in conjunction with Yale's tercentennial celebrations full text

Car G returns home
October 3 2001 Car G, on loan to the New York Transit Museum, returned home in October 2001. full text

Newark PCC 27 arrives at museum
September 27 2001 The museum has acquired Newark City Subway PCC car 27. full text

Mineola in the News Again
More accurately, it should be said, the Mineola was in the Times, The New York Times, that is. An article appeared in the Metro section of the Tuesday, June 26th issue. This is the second recent major press coverage of The Mineola, the private subway car of financier August Belmont (the car had a spot on The History Channel this past September) arranged by members Bill Wall and Nate Gerstein.
Museum Receives Third Rail and Catenary Artifacts
The museum recently received a donation of historic New Haven RR third rail and catenary sections. Read this historical article from the July 2001 issue of the museum's newsletter. full text

Museum Hosts Business After Hours / Beacon Hill Plan Presented
The museum hosted an event with the Branford and East Haven Chambers of Commerce, including the presentation of the new Land Management Plan for Beacon Hill. full text

NRHS Grant for NOPSI 850
August 12 2000 The museum has received a grant from the National Railway Historical Society for completion of work on New Orleans car 850. full text

Mineola to be featured on History Channel
Mineola, the private car of Interborough Rapid Transit financier August Belmont, will be featured on The History Channel's program History's Lost and Found); full text

SNET/CLHO Grant
July 31 2000 Southern New England Telecommunications Corp. and the Connecticut League of History Organizations have funded an online exhibit that allows virtual visitors to explore the history of trolley service in their Connecticut hometown. full text

Museum Celebrates Centennial
July 29 2000 The museum celebrated the centennial of its historic Branford Electric Railway on July 29 2000 with the opening of a major new exhibit entitled "Connecticut Trolleys". full text

Amherst Railway Society Grant
May 8 2000 The museum is proud to announce that it has received a grant from the Amherst Railway Society towards the restoration work on Connecticut Company wooden trolley car 1602. We extend our sincere gratitude to the Amherst Railway Society, which supports historic railway preservation throughout the northeast.
Car 855 Eagle Scout Project
Nov 27 1999 The Town of East Haven and Boy Scout Troop 401 have renovated trolley car 855, which serves as the East Haven Tourist Info Center. full text

Reception for Sprague family
May 15 1999 The Shore Line Trolley museum hosted a private reception for the descendants of Frank J. Sprague and their guests, on the occasion of the opening of a new exhibit on Sprague's early career. The exhibit features a restored 1884 Sprague industrial motor. full text

The Last Run of Car G
September 6 1998 A ceremonial last run, prior to its 5-year loan to the New York City Transit Museum, of the oldest preserved rapid transit car, Manhattan El. car G, was held on Sunday Sep. 6 1998 for members of both museums. On November 17, the car made its voyage back to New York. full text

The Sprague Collection
August 1998 A interesting collection of materials concerning Frank J. Sprague has been donated to the museum by the Sprague family. full text

A Crane for a Crane
June 1998 A multi-way trade involving two museums, a public transit agency, and a car builder transpired during the winter and spring of 1998, in which The Branford Electric Railway Assoc. (BERA) received a functional DifCo crane and in exchange the Baltimore Streetcar Museum finally got Baltimore crane 3715. full text

A Crane for a Crane, Part 2
July 1998 The story continues; full text

Yale University and Museum partner to study air quality in wetlands
January 10, 1998 The Shore Line Trolley Museum has facilitated a study by Yale's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies of the airborne mercury in the wetlands near the museum. This study will continue and be expanded in 1998. full text

Car 775 (aka 193) Restoration Completed
July 4, 1997 (updated November 3, 1997) 93 year old Connecticut suburban trolley car #775 (originally #193) made its debut today after 6 months of restoration work in the museum's carshop. full text

Shore Line Trolley Museum's Car 1414 at Lake Compounce
June 10, 1997 (updated October 18, 1997) The Shore Line Trolley Museum has leased a 75-seat Connecticut open car, built in 1911, to Lake Compounce, the country's oldest amusement park, located in Bristol CT. full text

The Shore Line Trolley Museum
17 River Street
East Haven, CT 06512
(203) 467-6927

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