Organizations Preserving North American Railway Cars

Desc: A steam railroad history museum created from the former Ohio Central steam excursion program, Age of Steam owns three Lackawanna MU cars used as part of its passenger car fleet.

Desc: A tourist railroad owns several Lackawanna and Canadian National MU cars used in train service.

Desc: ARM leases a single Canadian National electric MU car from Alberta Prairie Rail Excursions for use in train service.

Desc: Museum centered on Pennsylvania Railroad operations, collection includes a Pennsylvania GG1 electric locomotive.

Desc: The Amtrak train station in Harrisburg contains a Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 electric locomotive on static display.

Desc: In front of the local Chamber of Commerce an electric mining locomotive is on display.

Desc: Organization founded in 2002 for the purpose of restoring a Birney and operating it locally.

Desc: Museum operating over 300' of track in Hance Park in Phoenix. Founded in 1977 to preserve Phoenix streetcar 116. Collection includes three Phoenix streetcars and an industrial locomotive.

Desc: Restaurant, includes a Bamberger "Bullet" car as an attraction.

Desc: Tourist line, operates a streetcar pulling a generator over a bridge. Streetcar is an ex-San Antonio car.

Desc: Local history museum, collection includes a single-truck streetcar from Augusta.

Desc: Local history museum which recently acquired a Denver streetcar body.

Desc: Primarily a mainline railroad museum, B&ORRM specializes in early Eastern steam engines but also has a collection of 20th century Eastern mainline equipment. The collection includes a Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 electric lcoomotive and a B&O shunter. Museum is federally funded.

Desc: Streetcar museum concentrating mainly on cars from the Baltimore streetcar system, which was of a unique gauge. Line runs for about 1/2 mile with a turning loop at each end. Collection consists of Baltimore streetcars from all eras. America's first downtown streetcar museum, founded in 1968.

Desc: The local police department uses an ex-Worcester, Massachusetts streetcar as an outbuilding and has restored it to its Porto Alegre street railway colors.

Desc: A Texas interurban car has been rebuilt for dinner train service and operates using an on-board internal combustion engine.

Desc: Local history museum, collection includes an historic single-truck parlor car from the local street railway.

Desc: Tourist line, operating train consists of a diesel pulling a Lackawanna electric MU car.

Desc: Tourist line, operating train consists of a diesel pulling Lackawanna electric MU cars.

Desc: The BHC owns eight Oregon Electric wood interurban cars, all stripped of their electric equipment, most of which have been rebuilt and are towed in train service.

Desc: Tourist railroad, owns a Philadelphia snow sweeper body that is used as a crew bunk car.

Desc: Mainline railroad museum, operating train includes a diesel towing one or two Lackawanna electric MU cars.

Desc: Bombardier is a builder of railway equipment, as well as other miscellaneous products. Their construction plant in Thunder Bay has two Toronto PCC cars on display in front of it.

Desc: B&SV runs trains along portions of the former interurban Fort Dodge Des Moines & Southern route, including a trip over the highest interurban bridge ever built. The train often includes a Chinese steam engine pulling Lackawanna, South Shore or Metra electric MU cars, and B&SV runs a shuttle service at one end of the line using a lone interurban car.

Desc: A single New York subway car is on display in front of Queens Borough Hall.

Desc: BSRA owns a single Boston streetcar, formerly stored at the Branford Electric Railway Association (which see) but currently being restored elsewhere.

Desc: Founded in 1945, began operating 1.5 mile portion of Connecticut Company route "F" in 1947. Line is single-track through woods and salt marsh. Collection mostly CT, RI, NY and NJ area, streetcars, rapid transit, work equipment. Collection is third largest in North America in size.

Desc: Farm museum near Merced, collection includes a San Francisco PCC car.

Desc: Was a small organization dedicated to establishing streetcar service in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn. BHR went defunct in 2003 and in 2005 its collection was seized; most of its PCC's were scrapped and the future of the remainder is uncertain.

Desc: Brookville is in the replica streetcar business and has acquired a number of Philadelphia PCC's and other cars for use as parts or remanufacturing fodder.

Desc: Private collection, most of it stored off of I-70 in Buckeye Lake, Ohio. Collection includes a large number of PCC cars, plus several interurbans and other equipment. Not open to the public.

Desc: English railway museum, includes a New York subway car used as a lunch room.

Desc: The local historical society owns a Northern Texas Traction box motor which is being worked on.

Desc: Local history museum, owns a BCER interurban car that is being restored to possible operation.

Desc: Short electric line, AKA San Jose Trolley, operates through a recreated turn-of-the-century city scene. Collection includes two local streetcars on-site, plus two more local cars and several foreign cars on loan to Valley Transportation Authority (which see).

Desc: The largest railway museum in Canada, CRM has the second-largest electric collection. It specializes in the Montreal streetcar system, but also has cars from elsewhere in eastern Canada. There is an operating streetcar line.

Desc: Primarily a non-rail technology museum, CS&TM owns a small but varied collection of electric railway equipment.

Desc: Downtown city park with several pieces of rail transit equipment on display, including a 1902 interurban car.

Desc: A small tourist railway owns a completely intact ex-New York Central MU commuter car.

Desc: A tourist line in the Catskill Mountains owns three Lackawanna MU cars, two of which have been rebuilt for locomotive-hauled service

Desc: This NRHS chapter operates a small museum at the state fairgrounds; the collection includes an electric locomotive, an electric MU car. A streetcar and an interurban car are located at separate satellite museum locations.

Desc: A small museum, Charlotte Trolley owns two southern streetcars as well as a streetcar from the northeast. A museum known as the Powerhouse Museum has been constructed in the South End neighborhood of Charlotte.

Desc: Hotel redevelopment of Chattanooga Station. Includes an operating ex-New Orleans streetcar as an attraction.

Desc: Car 1, the first rapid transit car built for the Chicago "L" system, is displayed in the city's history museum.

Desc: Regular transit provider in Chicago, CTA owns a pair of historic elevated cars which are occasionally run.

Desc: The local historical society owns a Cincinnati streetcar and displays it in Cincinnati Union Station.

Desc: Cincinnati Railway, formerly part of the Indiana & Ohio Railroad, operates excursion trains over the I&O using four Lackawanna electric MU cars. Information is sought.

Desc: Several ex-Newark PCC's have been acquired to be rebuilt for use on a short heritage trolley line.

Desc: An ex-Third Avenue Railway streetcar is on display in a park in Bertioga.

Desc: The City of Corsicana owns a Texas Electric interurban car body.

Desc: An ex-Boston Birney that was later sold to Curitiba has been restored and put on display at Praça Tiradentes

Desc: The City of Deux-Montagnes owns a Canadian National electric locomotive.

Desc: The City of East Haven uses a Connecticut Company streetcar, leased from the Branford Electric Railway Association, as a visitors center.

Desc: Mel Ott Park in Gretna displays a small electric locomotive.

Desc: The City of Harlowton owns a Milwaukee Road boxcab locomotive that is on display in a park.

Desc: The city owns the body of a streetcar which is gradually being restored by students at a local high school.

Desc: An industrial steeplecab is displayed in a downtown park.

Desc: The city owns a streetcar formerly displayed at the local Galt Museum.

Desc: The City of Lynnwood owns and has cosmetically restored a wooden interurban car.

Desc: A heavy electric locomotive is on display in Mount Royal Park in Montreal.

Desc: The body of the last surviving interurban open car is located in Toll Road Park.

Desc: The city owns the restored body of a local streetcar that is in storage at Mahon Park.

Desc: The city is having a PCC car rebuilt to run as a self-propelled car on a riverfront tourist line.

Desc: The body of a heavily modified South Shore freight trailer is displayed at a city park.

Desc: The City of Sheridan owns a streetcar from the local street railway, has restored it and put it on display on the main drag.

Desc: A freight motor from the Hagerstown & Frederick, which ran through Thurmont, is on display on the line's formerl alignment.

Desc: The City of Van Alstyne owns a Texas Electric freight motor and freight trailer, stored in a city park.

Desc: The City of Vancouver operates a downtown trolley line using two BCER interurban cars.

Desc: Displayed in two separate locations in Veracruz are mainline electric locomotives from Ferrocarril Mexicano, and in Parque Zamora there is a Veracruz streetcar on display.

Desc: Displayed in a city park in Villahermosa, Tabasco province, is a Vera Cruz open car.

Desc: A real estate developer owns two streetcar bodies salvaged from a house; the identity of one is unknown.

Desc: A narrow-gauge electric mine locomotive is displayed at the entrance to the mine where it operated until 1999.

Desc: A boating club of some sort in Sao Paulo owns an ex-Third Avenue Railway streetcar that is on display.

Desc: Primarily a mainline railroad museum, CRRM also owns a streetcar from Denver Tramways.

Desc: Mostly a motor bus preservation organization, CC&TM also owns two Roanoke streetcar bodies.

Desc: Eatery, uses a PCC streetcar and a caboose as attractions.

Desc: CTM is one of the larger trolley museums, third in size on the East coast. Mainline consists of ex-Hartford & Springfield ROW. Collection includes New England streetcars, Midwestern interurbans and rapid transit cars.

Desc: Primarily a steam-oriented tourist line, CSRR owns four Canadian National commuter cars, three of which have been rebuilt as coaches to be pulled in train service.

Desc: Diesel-hauled tourist line, uses two Lackawanna electric MU cars in train.

Desc: Local history museum, located in interurban substation, has an interurban car on display outside.

Desc: Regular transit provider in Cornwall, an old electric locomotive is on display at one of CT's facilities.

Desc: Dallas' regular transit company, DART owns a local streetcar that has been restored for a planned museum.

Desc: Primarily a mainline railroad museum, DRM owns two New Haven and two ex-New York Central electric MU commuter cars.

Desc: D&URR is a diesel-hauled tourist line that uses three Pennsylvania electric MU cars as part of the train.

Desc: D-L is a regular freight railroad and owns a pair of Lackawanna electric MU cars.

Desc: PATCO operates a rapid transit line over the Delaware River Bridge in Philadelphia. It owns three pieces of historic equipment: two 1930's rapid transit cars and a 1937 locomotive in regular use.

Desc: A local railway historical society owns a Denver & Intermountain interurban car which is occasionally operated as well as two streetcar bodies in storage.

Desc: A small company that rebuilds antique automobiles is rebuilding the body of a local streetcar.

Desc: Two Duluth streetcar bodies are owned by a local. There are plans to display at least one car in Canal Park.

Desc: Durham is a local history museum that owns several mainline railway cars and a local streetcar body.

Desc: The local historical society owns a Knoxville streetcar it is having restored for display.

Desc: ETER has a collection of Midwest interurban and streetcars and operates over a line built by the Milwaukee Electric and thought to be the country's oldest interurban line in continuous use.

Desc: The largest trolley museum in western Canada, ERR operates a number of local streetcars. Collection includes cars from across the western half of Canada.

Desc: An interurban car body is being held by a rebuilder for future rebuilding work; at least one other electric car is also stored on-site for restoration.

Desc: ECTMA was formed in 1999 as a trolley museum adjacent to Steamtown that would inherit the Buckingham Valley collection of eastern Pennsylvania electric cars. Part of the collection is still in the Philadelphia area; operations have commenced over a restored portion of the Laurel Line interurban.

Desc: ERHA is a club dedicated to electric railway history; it nominally includes four cars that are owned by ERHA members.

Desc: Primarily a mainline railroad museum, ECRM is based in the old Michigan Central shop in St. Thomas. It owns a local interurban car as well as an electric locomotive.

Desc: A regular freight railroad, the owner of E&LS stores an interurban car in a storage facility on the railroad.

Desc: A pair of Lackawanna MU cars is stored at the Everett Railroad's facility in Claysburg.

Desc: Primarily a collector of mainline railroad diesels, FRRS owns an electric locomotive from Kennecott Copper.

Desc: Ferroclub Argentino is a museum near Buenos Aires that owns a heavily rebuilt Pacific Electric "Hollywood" car and several ex-Pacific Electric steeplecabs.

Desc: The local history museums displays a snow sweeper and an electric locomotive on a piece of track outside.

Desc: Primarily a mainline railroad museum, FRRM owns two Lackawanna electric MU cars that are used in the train.

Desc: The body of a Denver streetcar is on display in this largely auto-oriented museum.

Desc: Operating on original FCMR street trackage, the Society owns two of the five surviving Fort Collins Birney streetcars.

Desc: A single-truck car that once ran in Mandan and Bismarck has been restored and is operated using a retrofitted internal combustion engine.

Desc: Arkansas' only trolley museum is FSTM, which operates on a short line through town with a restored Fort Smith Birney. Nine other streetcars, most from Arkansas, are also in the collection.

Desc: In addition to its light rail lines, "the T" owns two interurban cars that are being restored plus an Ohio freight motor acquired for parts; its body is destined for the Texas State Railroad Museum.

Desc: FRTM began life as the Railway Equipment Leasing & Investment Corp, or RELIC, becoming a nonprofit in 1984. It operates on 1.5 miles of ex-Fox River Electric ROW with a mixture of Chicago-area interurban and rapid transit cars.

Desc: FVHRS was created to acquire a pair of local interurban car which it hopes to operate on ex-British Columbia Electric trackage.

Desc: Founded to preserve Frederick area electric cars, FTC at one point owned two cars. Its current status is uncertain, but the cars are stored in remote locations in poor condition.

Desc: A historical group was formed for the purpose of saving an interurban trailer, which is currently stored at a local bus garage.

Desc: This group owns four Sacramento streetcars, stored in a barn in Sacramento.

Desc: A restaurant in an old Pennsylvania Railroad station includes two MU cars used as dining rooms, one of which is as yet unidentified.

Desc: At its Erie plant, GE stores an ex-Chicago rapid transit car that was used for testing purposes in the 1970's and 1980's.

Desc: This steam- and diesel-powered tourist line includes in its coach fleet a Lackawanna electric MU car.

Desc: A group recently created to move a GG1 electric locomotive to Miami, Florida for use as the centerpiece of a museum dedicated to that type.

Desc: Redeveloped historic amuseument park; owns a PCC car displayed at the park entrance.

Desc: Gomaco's Trolley Division is currently the premier builder of replica streetcars, with cars for Lowell MA, Portland OR, Tampa and Little Rock built or under construction. Nine Philadelphia PCC's are on the property to be stripped for parts, and three other PCC's were recently bought from Midwest Electric.

Desc: The streetcar system in Sarajevo owns a PCC car, bought from Washington DC in 1961, that has been restored and operates in charter service.

Desc: GRER was once the Waterfront Railway in Toledo, which moved to Grand Rapids in the early 1990's. No electric operation is contemplated, and the owner has been slowly selling off the collection.

Desc: Primarily a mainline railroad museum, Great Plains owns an electric locomotive and a freight motor that are stored on-site.

Desc: GCRTA has retained a pair of historic cars on its property. A vintage line car is also in use and one car from the Lake Shore Electric Railway museum colletion is in storage.

Desc: Local history museum, owns the body of a single-truck Birney streetcar that is being restored for display in Centennial Village.

Desc: Local history museum, a restored Pittsburgh PCC is on display in the museum.

Desc: Formed to save the Hagerstown Roundhouse, HRM kept going even after the roundhouse was razed. Included in the primarily mainline railroad collection is a Hagerstown & Frederick interurban.

Desc: Local history museum, formerly the Haileybury Fire Museum. An ex-Toronto streetcar body is on display at the Museum.

Desc: Canada's oldest and largest electric railway museum, HCRR was founded in 1953. Operations are over former interurban trackage. The collection centers on Toronto but includes streetcars and interurbans from across central Canada.

Desc: An Amish furniture store based in the former Illinois Terminal Harristown depot includes an interurban car body displayed in front.

Desc: This primarily mainline railroad museum has recently acquired a pair of industrial electric locomotives that are on display.

Desc: This primarily mainline railroad-oriented tourist line owns a derelict open car from the Saltair interurban line and also uses several Lackawanna MU cars towed in train service.

Desc: Included in the Ford Museum's historic railroad collection are two single-truck streetcars and a recently acquired Pennsylvania Railroad GG-1 locomotive.

Desc: Heritage Park in Calgary encompasses an historical village, and operates two heavily rebuilt suburban cars from Calgary.

Desc: The local historical society has recently acquired the bodies of the last remaining Hershey Transit cars.

Desc: The local history museum has recently acquired the body of the last electric car to run on the Houston North Shore.

Desc: The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART) Line was built in 2000-2002 as a heritage trolley line, using replica cars built to look like double-truck Birneys. It also owns an historic Birney which is operable.

Desc: Local history museum, HPAWSC recently acquired the only two preserved Wichita streetcars and plans to restore the cars for display.

Desc: Two Fresno "Birney" streetcar bodies are owned by a father-son preservation team based in Arlington, Washington. Other car bodies are stored at separate locations; information on these cars is sought.

Desc: HMSF owns a streetcar from the local street railway and displays it on the second floor of the museum.

Desc: Mainline railroad museum concentrating on Indiana History, has acquired two Chicago-area mainline electric commuter cars. Two interurban cars owned by RAIL Foundation are also in storage.

Desc: Horseshore Curve Chapter owns two Lackawanna electric MU cars for use in its excursion train.

Desc: An inn formerly known as the "Trolley Stop" features a Birney streetcar used for dining space.

Desc: Founded in 1953 in North Chicago, moved to Union in 1964, began operations in 1966. Line includes 4.9-mile main line capable of 40mph operation and 1-mile streetcar loop. Total collection size is approximately 400 pieces, including steam engines, diesels, passenger and freight cars. Electric collection includes Midwestern interurbans, streetcars, rapid transit equipment.

Desc: Primarily a mainline railroad museum, InRyM owned several electric cars until they were sold or scrapped in the 1970's and 1980's. Two loaned South Shore cars are still stored on-site, along with an operational foreign streetcar.

Desc: Indiana's largest electric railway museum, ITM was formerly the Indiana Museum of Transportation & Communication (IMOTAC). The collection consists largely of interurban car bodies and Chicago rapid transit cars. Electric operations ceased in 1998 or 1999, steam and diesel operations continue.

Desc: A static railroad display at the Spokane Fairgrounds, the Chapter owns an electric locomotive and a streetcar body. It has been evicted from the Fairgrounds.

Desc: A Texas Electric interurban RPO is on display in an open-sided shelter next to a Texas Electric substation.

Desc: IATR is a working electric switching line that operates between Mason City and Clear Lake using vintage steeplecabs.

Desc: County history museum owns the body of an open car from the local street railway.

Desc: Small organization based around the train depot in Kankakee; collection is a few steam railroad cars and one streetcar body.

Desc: A Kansas City PCC car has recently been acquired for display in the redeveloped Union Station commercial complex.

Desc: A museum devoted to salt mining also displays a steeplecab locomotive from the Hutchinson & Northern.

Desc: Local transit provider, operates five streetcars on a two-mile heritage line along the lakefront.

Desc: Regular transit provider, owns the body of a Seattle streetcar.

Desc: Local amusement park, owns the body of an area streetcar used as an attraction.

Desc: A steam/diesel-hauled tourist line with a privately owned New York rapid transit car stored on the property.

Desc: The local historical society owns a recently-acquired streetcar body from La Crosse.

Desc: An amusement park leases a Connecticut Company open car from Branford, operating it on a short stretch of track.

Desc: Primarily a mainline railroad museum, LSRM also owns two electric locomotives.

Desc: Primarily a mainline railroad museum concentrating on northern mining roads, LSRM owns a steeplecab and a two-unit boxcab.

Desc: An interurban and box motor are privately owned and stored on the Lake Shore Railway Association tourist line.

Desc: Organization created to foster creation of a heritage trolley line in Lancaster, PA using ex-Philadelphia PCC cars.

Desc: A museum dedicated to Leonard's Department Store has acquired a PCC car from the subway line built by the company.

Desc: The national historical park at Lowell concentrates mainly on that city's industrial heritage, but includes a trolley line and three replica streetcars plus an historic car borrowed from another museum.

Desc: Primarily a mainline railroad museum, Mad River owns an interurban freight motor and a small electric locomotive.

Desc: Local historical society operates a short trolley line using a restored streetcar.

Desc: A railway museum in Mariazell, Austria that operates both steam and electric trains owns two Vienna streetcars originally from New York City.

Desc: Boston's regular transit provider, MBTA operates several vintage work cars and also runs a dozen rebuilt PCC streetcars in regular service.

Desc: MATA offers part-time regular streetcar service along the streets of Dallas, using a mixture of Dallas and foreign cars.

Desc: A freight and tourist railroad counts two Lackawanna MU trailers among its excursion car fleet.

Desc: MTM is situated on an Air Force base north of Detroit. The museum uses a diesel to haul two Chicago rapid transit cars, and also owns three other cars.

Desc: M&H operates a diesel-hauled tourist train using Lackawanna electric MU cars, and also owns a varied collection of streetcars and other electric equipment in storage.

Desc: MERM owns a one-mile loop of track that circles the site of the annual Midwest Old Threshers Reunion. During the Reunion, MERM's cars are run in continual service as regular transportation. Collection consists of various streetcars and interurbans from the Midwest and overseas.

Desc: The mining museum in downtown Chisholm contains a steeplecab locomotive on display.

Desc: MSM was created in 2005 to take over the streetcar divisions of MTM, which had several other diverse operations. Electric operations take place on a short line near Lake Como in Minneapolis and on another line near Lake Minnetonka in Excelsior. Collection includes various Minnesota streetcars.

Desc: Local history museum, owns a Missoula streetcar that is undergoing restoration off-site.

Desc: An interurban freight motor stored in poor condition in Dearborn is privately owned by a group called the Missouri Short Line.

Desc: A chapter of the NRHS, owns two cosmetically restored New York Central electric locomotives along with other mainline railroad equipment.

Desc: The local history museum, devoted to mining, displays an electric locomotive along with tractor truck.

Desc: The local bus company owns a streetcar that is displayed at the old Union Station.

Desc: Primarily a mainline museum, M&SV owns a Chicago rapid transit car that is on display.

Desc: The Mexico City transit system opened a museum near Tetepilco Shops in November 2006. Two streetcars are on display as are two work cars. A third work car is in storage.

Desc: Primarily a mainline railroad museum, MNFM owns a mainline electric locomotive.

Desc: The Comisión Federal de Electricidad runs a museum in Mexico City which includes in its mostly mainline railroad collection an electric boxcab.

Desc: The São Paulo streetcar museum displays a restored car originally built for the Third Avenue Railway System in New York.

Desc: One of the sites owned by Historic Pensacola is a warehouse converted into a replica cityscape, complete with streetcar.

Desc: The local history museum owns the body of a Mobile streetcar, currently in storage off-site.

Desc: Primarily a mainline railroad museum, MAR (formerly Age of Steam) owns a cosmetically restored GG-1 electric locomotive.

Desc: Large museum with large mainline and electric collections. Operation is over 1000' of electrified track. Collection includes St. Louis area streetcars and interurbans, and miscellaneous locomotives. Most of electric collection stored.

Desc: Collection includes Washington streetcars, PCC's from various cities, foreign cars. A devastating fire in September 2003 destroyed eight cars, including five North American cars.

Desc: NMIH owns the former Bethlehem Steel complex, including nine wide-gauge electrified dump cars that are currently in storage.

Desc: Small, primarily mainline railroad museum, collection includes a Penn Central electric locomotive and an interurban on loan.

Desc: NPS oversees a variety of national parks, including Steamtown (which see). Several South Shore interurban cars are stored in various locations for a long-planned but never built heritage line.

Desc: Primarily mainline railroad museum, collection includes a Pennsylvania Railroad electric locomotive on display.

Desc: England's largest electric railway museum, NTM operates a sizeable collection of British trams on a demonstration railway. Included in the collection is a New York streetcar.

Desc: The L.A. Natural History Museum owns a well-hidden Pacific Electric sand car, displayed in the basement.

Desc: A very nice little trolley line, NETS runs for about 1 mile along the banks of the Kootenay River. Collection includes two restored British Columbia streetcars.

Desc: Primarily a mainline railroad museum, NN owns two electric locomotives and two electric MU cars used in regular train service.

Desc: The NH&I, a short line railroad with a sizeable passenger/tourist business, recently purchased an electric MU car.

Desc: The regular transit provider in Newark, NJT until recently ran a number of PCC's in regular service. Most have been sold, others are now in storage. A vintage snow sweeper is also still rostered.

Desc: The regular transit provider in New Orleans, NORTA operates a sizeable fleet of refurbished 1920's streetcars. Its infrastructure was hard hit by Hurricane Katrina in 2005; rebuilding is ongoing and the status of individual cars is not known for certain except where noted.

Desc: A homebuilding and development company has acquired several PCC streetcars for promotional use at a new subdivision.

Desc: The NYCTA is the country's largest transit agency, owning thousands of subway cars and buses. Among the vast fleet are over a dozen pieces of vintage subway equipment, some occasionally used. NYCTA also owns and operates the New York Transit Museum, which see.

Desc: A museum concentrating on upstate New York traction, NYMT operates over a railroad connecting it with the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum, which see. Collection includes various Northeast interurbans, streetcars, and rapid transit cars.

Desc: At the State Museum in Empire State Plaza there is a modified New York City subway car on display.

Desc: The Transit Museum is unique in that it is actually situated in the New York subway. Various refurbished New York subway cars are on static display. NYTM is owned by the New York City Transit Authority.

Desc: Primarily a mainline railroad museum concentrating on North Carolina railroading, NCTM is based in the old Southern shop complex. Collection includes an electric locomotive and a New Orleans streetcar.

Desc: This organization owns a New Jersey streetcar body that is undergoing work, plus the hulk of a snow sweeper. The collection is not open to the public, nor does operation take place.

Desc: A member of this urban revitalization outfit owns three streetcar bodies, which NPMS hopes will form the nucleus of a heritage trolley line. Also involved is the San Diego Electric Railway Association, which see.

Desc: NTHT owns three bodies that are in storage, as well as four cars from the Tandy Subway. The collection is not open to the public.

Desc: Ohio's largest electric railway museum, NORM's collection consists largely of carbodies and PCC cars from the Cleveland area. Two barns have been constructed, track is being built, and a piece of work equipment is operational. Restoration work on several cars is ongoing.

Desc: Small railroad museum, owns and displays two electric locomotives used in mining service in nearby Sudbury.

Desc: The local transit provider in Ottawa, OC Transpo owns a pair of Ottawa streetcars, one of which is being restored by a group of volunteers.

Desc: Some years ago a streetcar that had been retired in the 1930's was discovered in a garage in Ohio in pristine (though aged) condition, and is now in storage. Another car discovered concurrently was restored as a horsecar.

Desc: ORM was one of the earliest electric railway museums, and at first one of the most successful. During the 1960's and 1970's it operated its very historic fleet of electric cars alongside a restored steam engine. Starting in 1975, ORM's membership dissolved and the collection became mainly an assortment of wrecks. Most cars are in very poor shape, but one is still operational.

Desc: This is a small group of individuals who own a handful of area interurban car bodies that are stored near Trolley's Restaurant in McAlester.

Desc: A real estate development company has had a streetcar restored and placed on display at one of its sites.

Desc: OPT operates cars on the busy streets of Tucson near the University of Arizona on original, uncovered street railway trackage. The operating fleet includes two foreign cars; various streetcars are in storage.

Desc: A spaghetti restaurant in Denver owns the body of a local streetcar used as a dining room centerpiece.

Desc: A spaghetti restaurant south of Los Angeles owns the body of a streetcar from Portland used as a dining room centerpiece.

Desc: A spaghetti restaurant in Portland owns the body of a local Birney used as a dining room centerpiece.

Desc: A spaghetti restaurant in St. Louis owns the body of a streetcar used as a dining room centerpiece.

Desc: A spaghetti restaurant in Vancouver owns the body of a local streetcar used as a dining room centerpiece.

Desc: This outfit is set up as an historic village with various attractions in the different structures. A Reading electric MU car has had hotel rooms installed in it.

Desc: Small museum open by reservation only, has a Kennecott Copper steeplecab on display.

Desc: Orange Empire is the continent's fourth-largest electric railway museum, and is one of only two in the U.S. to operate electric, steam and diesel. It is also the only trolley museum to operate dual-gauge electrified trackage. Collection includes Pacific Electric and other area interurbans, LARys streetcars and other southwestern equipment.

Desc: Only major trolley museum with a Pacific Northwest focus. Collection includes various streetcars, interurbans and locomotives, with an emphasis on the Portland area.

Desc: The last surviving streetcar from Memphis is preserved at the local history museum in Tupelo as a hamburger stand.

Desc: Restaurant, formerly known as Andy's Diner, includes two Oregon Electric wood interurban cars and an as-yet unidentified MU commuter car.

Desc: The O&SC is one of the Minnesota Transportation Museum's branches, and operates a tourist train along the Mississippi River. A Lackawanna electric MU car is used as a coach.

Desc: Ossawippi Express is a restaurant that uses a number of railway cars as an attraction. One is a heavyweight interurban car used as the gift shop.

Desc: The local zoo in Sorocaba has an ex-Third Avenue Railway streetcar on display.

Desc: This group owns a number of El Paso PCC and city cars, most stored at the airport in poor shape, and has been trying for some time (without success) to reinstate streetcar operation in El Paso and Juarez, Mexico.

Desc: A small private collection of Pittsburgh PCC cars dubbed "Penn Ohio Electric Railway" is stored in a barn outside Ashley, Ohio.

Desc: PTM, formerly the Arden Trolley Museum, is a wide-gauge museum operating a wide array of Pennsylvania streetcars. Pittsburgh is the museum's main focus. One end of the line terminates at the County Fairgrounds.

Desc: A movement is underway to establish a heritage trolley line in Petaluma using a box motor currently under restoration. The group's collection also includes a wooden commuter coach and an interurban car body.

Desc: PPHSR owns a collection consisting mainly of several Philadelphia PCC's and a few Colorado streetcars. Operation is over 600' or so of track, using one of the PCC's.

Desc: The Pioneer Village in Minden owns a streetcar body which is stored in a barn among other miscellaneous stuff.

Desc: PAT retains a rebuilt PCC car that is on display outside its South Hills Village repair facility.

Desc: The local chamber of commerce uses as its office a Long Island Railroad commuter car.

Desc: The Port of Los Angeles recently opened a tourist trolley line on the alignment of the Pacific Electric's San Pedro line. The fleet consists of one rebuilt PE car and two replicas.

Desc: This narrow-gauge tourist line has in its collection a heavily rebuilt Los Angeles streetcar powered by an automobile engine.

Desc: The local history museum owns the last Milwaukee Road "Little Joe" locomotive and displays it in the parking lot of the state prison.

Desc: PSA acquired several Pittsburgh PCC cars after they were retired for testing purposes; some are still retained.

Desc: The local railway and forestry museum owns a mainline electric locomotive on static display.

Desc: An individual living near Bujaralo owns a PCC car that was built for Washington DC and later ran in Barcelona.

Desc: Retail location, incorporates four South Shore interurban cars into store. Has had various tenants.

Desc: A Louisville streetcar trailer body is displayed in a riverside park area.

Desc: An individual from Fort Worth owns a box motor body. An interurban parlor car was recently deaccessed.

Desc: Two Erie-Lackawanna MU cars are owned and stored at the freight depot near the New York Central yard.

Desc: An individual owns a streetcar body formerly used as part of a McDonald's, acquired in cooperation with McKinney Avenue Transit.

Desc: An individual living in Denver recently acquired the body of a Denver streetcar in a trade with the Greeley Municipal Museum.

Desc: An individual owns a Shaker Heights PCC car bought from an Ohio museum in 2000 as well as the body of a Little Rock Birney, the only surviving car from that city.

Desc: An individual calling himself "Cadillac Jack" owns an operational Los Angeles PCC which is run on several hundred feet of track.

Desc: An individual living in Spain owns a PCC car that was built for Washington DC and later ran in Barcelona.

Desc: An individual owns an El Paso PCC car and stores it in the downtown area.

Desc: Two single-truck streetcar bodies from Anniston, one partly restored, are privately owned and in storage.

Desc: A Philadelphia PCC car in very poor shape is privately owned and stored near Geigertown.

Desc: Four pieces of street railway equipment are privately owned and stored near Glenmoore. Two are indoors and seing restorative work.

Desc: A Lake Shore Electric interurban car body is preserved on a farm in northern Ohio.

Desc: The body of a Toronto streetcar is privately owned and stored near Honey Harbour.

Desc: A San Francisco PCC car was recently acquired by an unknown individual in Idaho.

Desc: The body of a Birney car has been acquired for restoration by a Lewiston man.

Desc: A local historian owns the body of an Arkansas Valley Interurban car.

Desc: A Philadelphia "Peter Witt" streetcar is privately owned and stored in an open-sided barn in Mount Hope.

Desc: A Hagerstown & Frederick carbody, cosmetically restored, is privately owned and is put on display during the annual Trolley Festival.

Desc: A Toronto PCC car, privately owned, is stored near Perris.

Desc: An individual owns six Philadelphia PCC cars. They are stored in South Philadelphia, and have been put up for sale.

Desc: A privately owned Lackawanna electric MU car is stored in poor shape in south Pittsburgh.

Desc: A privately owned LRV is stored on a railroad siding in Richmond.

Desc: A local interurban car is stored in poor shape east of the Saltair Pavilion.

Desc: Three Washington electric cars are privately owned and stored in poor shape in Snoqualmie. A British Columbia car is also owned, stored at the Northwest Railway Museum.

Desc: A number of Pittsburgh area electric cars are stored on private property in Uniontown. Two are in an open-ended barn, and one is being restored.

Desc: The Pullman site is custodian of the old Pullman factory complex and surrounding areas. A set of Chicago rapid transit cars is owned by the Pullman site and stored on Transit Authority property.

Desc: The RAIL Foundation is owned by a man working to build an electrified tourist line to the Indiana Dunes. Several South Shore interurban cars are stored at different sites around Indiana including at the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum, which see.

Desc: Rail Tours operates tourist trains in eastern Pennsylvania. Used as part of the coach fleet are several Reading electric MU cars.

Desc: The local history museum includes several pieces of railroad equipment on display including two Piedmont & Northern interurban cars.

Desc: RMLI is dedicated to preserving the history of the Long Island Railroad. Among the largely non-electric collection are four electric MU cars.

Desc: Primarily a mainline railroad museum, RMNE operates trains over the Naugatuck Railroad. It also owns two New Haven electrics, an MU car and a locomotive.

Desc: Widely regarded as one of the finest railroad museums in the Eastern United States, RRMofPA owns an excellent collection of eastern railroad equipment with a focus on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Several PRR electric locomotives and MU cars are in the collection.

Desc: The RPC was formed in the 1970's to prevent the scrapping of several historic New York subway cars. Its current fleet of subway cars is housed at the Coney Island Shop complex, where some cars are in storage and others are undergoing restorative work.

Desc: The R&N is a coal-hauling freight railroad but also maintains a fleet of excursion train equipment. The backbone of the coach fleet is a dozen Lackawanna electric MU cars.

Desc: The RT&HS is devoted to the preservation of Reading railroad equipment. Included in the partly non-electric collection are 13 electric MU cars, some used in tourist train service as coaches and some on display at the museum site in Hamburg.

Desc: An individual owns and is restoring a Red Arrow suburban car formerly located at Charlotte Trolley.

Desc: The Red Car Museum near Los Angeles owns a Pacific Electric line car which has been restored as a box motor and put on display.

Desc: Primarily a mainline railroad museum, R&GV owns a Lackawanna electric MU car towed by a diesel and the only surviving car from the Rochester subway.

Desc: Rockhill is the largest trolley museum in central Pennsylvania, and owns a varied collection of primarily Pennsylvania electric cars. It operates over a scenic 1.5 mile line, and terminates only feet from the East Broad Top depot.

Desc: A railroad history club's historical foundation owns a restored interurban car, operated on occasion on the grounds of the Denver Federal Center.

Desc: A small NYO&W museum owns a Lackawanna electric MU trailer club car.

Desc: The regular transit provider in Sacramento, SRT owns a restored 1913 streetcar which is operated on the city's light rail lines.

Desc: This organization, devoted to San Diego's streetcar system, recently acquired a handful of streetcars including a Birney body.

Desc: The local historical society owns an old double-truck streetcar which is on display; information on the car is sought.

Desc: The San Diego Railroad Museum owns six Lackawanna electric MU cars that are lettered "San Diego & Arizona" and towed by a diesel in tourist train service.

Desc: Volunteer group working to restore five PCC cars for use on the regular San Diego transit system.

Desc: Muni is the largest operator of preserved streetcars on the West Coast, through the F-Market Line's heritage trolley operation. Rebuilt native and Philadelphia PCC's operate alongside older cars in regular everyday service. Other PCC's and historic streetcars are in storage awaiting restoration, and some service equipment also qualifies as vintage.

Desc: The ST&R (STAR) group owns a local Birney streetcar, cosmetically restored and displayed under a shed near the shops of the Tulsa-Sapulpa Union.

Desc: Largely a mainline railroad museum dedicated to Saskatchewan railroad heritage, SRM also owns three local streetcar bodies.

Desc: The Roundhouse Museum is primarily a mainline railroad museum. Based in the Central of Georgia shop complex, it owns a local streetcar body.

Desc: A local "art center" owns a rebuilt Pittsburgh PCC which is on display out front as an attraction.

Desc: Seashore is North America's oldest and largest electric railway museum. Founded in 1939, it has grown to hold the most comprehensive collection anywhere of North American electric cars. It is the continent's second-largest railway museum. Operations are over a 1-mile line. Collection includes cars from most major American cities, as well as several foreign cars.

Desc: A single PCC car is stored at the shops of the transit authority in Mexico City. Other historic cars have been transferred to the Museo de Transportes Eléctricos, which see.

Desc: SFTM is one of the smallest operating trolley museums, operating one restored car on a short stretch of track.

Desc: The Smithsonian owns two Washington streetcars, one on display and one stored, and a Chicago "L" car intended for an as-yet-unbuilt display.

Desc: Primarily a mainline railroad museum, SCRM owns four Canadian National electric MU cars towed in train service.

Desc: The local history museum owns the body of a local streetcar, currently in storage.

Desc: SEPTA is the regular transit provider in Philadelphia. It owns a number of vintage cars including work cars, rapid transit cars and a small fleet of PCC's heavily rebuilt for heritage line service.

Desc: Primarily a mainline railroad museum, SRM is the largest train museum in the South. It owns the remains of two Georgia streetcars.

Desc: This small tourist line includes in its roster two South Shore interurbans on loan from the National Park Service.

Desc: SRNJ is a regional railroad that recently acquired a Lackawanna MU car, currently in storage.

Desc: A local electric car body has been rebuilt with a gasoline engine, and is operated on occasion in King Jack Park.

Desc: This tourist line operates a small train consisting of a diesel pulling two Illinois Central electric MU cars; a Lackawanna MU car is also stored in poor shape.

Desc: Steamtown is primarily a mainline railroad museum, but also owns seven Lackawanna electric MU cars in various stages of disrepair. Several other MU cars were restored to pre-electrification condition and are used in train service.

Desc: The Steveston group is dedicated to restoring a British Columbia Electric interurban car, work which is progressing in a barn in a city park.

Desc: This is a very small tourist line with a roster of less than 10 pieces of equipment. One is a Reading electric MU car in storage.

Desc: The diesel-hauled Stourbridge Line uses as part of its excursion train three rebuilt Lackawanna electric MU cars.

Desc: A local fast-food restaurant uses a Toronto PCC as part of the restaurant, using the car as an auxiliary dining room.

Desc: One of Australia's larger tram museums, STM operates a San Francisco PCC car given them by Muni on semipermanent loan as part of a cultural exchange program.

Desc: Sylvania's local history museum displays an electric locomotive and caboose.

Desc: A tractor and thresher museum includes a Chicago streetcar body among its attractions.

Desc: An individual living near Lake Tahoe owns five PCC cars, in storage and for sale. Several other cars have recently been sold.

Desc: This small organization owns two Tampa-St. Petersburg car bodies. A third, restored car is on loan to Hillsborough Area Regional Transit, which see.

Desc: Currently inactive, the TTCo formerly operated two electric locomotives for the purpose of switching the Pearl Brewery. The Brewery is shut down, and the future of the line is uncertain.

Desc: A stripped Toronto streetcar is stored in a location off-limits to the public.

Desc: The local history museum, The Works (formerly the Institute of Industrial Technology) owns a local interurban car which has been partly restored and is on dislay.

Desc: The local history museum owns a "Birney" streetcar from Muskogee that is being restored for display purposes.

Desc: An antique photo parlor in Heber City uses a Bamberger interurban car as its office; it is located adjacent to the Heber Valley Railroad.

Desc: The TLE&W is a small tourist line which uses as its train a diesel pulling a pair of New York Central electric MU cars.

Desc: The regular transit provider in Toronto, TTC operates several streetcar lines using modern equipment. It also owns three vintage cars used for charters, a Peter Witt and two PCC's.

Desc: Among the collection of this trolley museum is a restored car from the Third Avenue Railway System that is not operated because it is the wrong gauge.

Desc: The transit system in Barcelona recently re-acquired two ex-Washington DC streetcars from a defunct museum and intends to include them in a planned transit museum.

Desc: Situated in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, Travel Town has a collection of largely mainline railroad equipment but also owns four electric cars - an interurban, an electric locomotive and two streetcars.

Desc: This restaurant utilizes, among other attractions, a Philadelphia PCC streetcar used as an ice cream stand.

Desc: The TMNY is a small museum with a mixed collection of foreign and northeast-United States streetcars and New York City subway cars. Operations take place using a streetcar retrofitted with a gas engine.

Desc: A Tulsa streetcar body was acquired recently for cosmetic restoration and inclusion in a mall in downtown Appleton.

Desc: Turner Island Railroad (TIRR) is a one-mile long switching line on which several passenger cars from the defunct Maine Central are stored. TIRR went out of business in 2003; the cars' future is uncertain.

Desc: Lincoln College owns the body of a local streetcar and displays it on occasion for parades and fundraisers.

Desc: The local railroad museum owns a pair of Illinois Central double-deck commuter cars for display purposes.

Desc: The URHS is an organization dedicated to preserving New Jersey's railroad heritage. Since a plan for a museum in Phillipsburg fell through a site at Boonton has been acquired and equipment is slowly being moved there from locations at several north New Jersey rail yards. Collection includes various mainline electric locomotives and MU cars.

Desc: Situated in Ogden Union Station, USRM is primarily a mainline railroad museum but also owns the body of a "Bullet" car in storage.

Desc: Valley Metro is the regular transit provider in Phoenix. A light rail line is under construction, but the only car currently on the property is a Toronto PCC.

Desc: The regular transit provider in San Jose, VTA operates two restored streetcars on loan from California Trolley & Railroad Corporation (which see) in charter service.

Desc: A private hunting club owns the body of a Lake Shore Electric box motor.

Desc: An individual from Windber owns more than 50 PCC cars, stored in the hopes of reselling them.

Desc: The state historical society owns a Richmond Birney which is restored and on display.

Desc: Primarily a mainline railroad museum, VMT also owns and displays a streetcar and two mainline electric locomotives.

Desc: A model railroad club has fixed up an open car body, mounted it on rubber tires and displays it at local events.

Desc: The West Chester Railroad runs tourist train excursions in the Philadelphia area using Reading electric MU cars as coaches.

Desc: Primarily a mainline railroad museum, WCRA owns an electric locomotive and an interurban sleeping car later used by a local railroad.

Desc: The local history museum owns two local streetcars that are displayed in good condition.

Desc: A mining museum displays a narrow-gauge electric mine locomotive, or "lokey."

Desc: Primarily mainline railroad-oriented, the WNYRHS also owns a steeplecab electric locomotive from the Niagara Junction. Information is sought on its condition and whereabouts.

Desc: The second largest electric railway museum on the West Coast, Rio Vista has a sizeable collection of interurban equipment that is operated on a section of Sacramento Northern right-of-way. Area streetcars and rapid transit cars are also operated.

Desc: The local historical museum, located in the old Milwaukee Road depot, displays a small shop switcher.

Desc: The local railroad museum owns the stripped shell of a Dallas streetcar.

Desc: This trolley museum operates out of a regular carbarn on the Vienna street railway system. Among the collection is a restored car originally from the Third Avenue Railway System.

Desc: This small organization owns the body of a local streetcar which is stored in a warehouse.

Desc: This steam-hauled tourist railroad owns a pair of Pennsylvania Railroad MU cars acquired for use in its passenger train.

Desc: A small, primarily mainline railroad museum, WRM owns an industrial locomotive and provides storage space for a local streetcar.

Desc: The latest organization to operate the Yakima streetcar line is YERM, which owns several city-owned local cars along with an Oporto car.

Desc: The cosmetically restored body of a York streetcar is displayed in the city's industrial history museum.