Rockhill Trolley Museum

Sweeper 3 has made a rare appearance outside. Nice to see it in the light!

An empty pit track was then filled up with 249, 172, 163, and 355. Tours tomorrow are in for a treat!

Looking like something out of a Frankenstein movie, our DC welder aboard work car 64 is being repaired by volunteer Fred as a resistor failed in the unit. It is requiring some modifications in the unit to get it working again. This piece of equipment came from Johnstown and is extremely handy for welding along the railway using the 600 Volt DC current the trolley operates from. Car 64 is from Porto Portugal and was constructed in their shops in the 1930's. The Rockhill Trolley Museum was the first museum to acquire trolley cars from Porto Portugal with the acquisition of cars 64 and passenger trolley 172 in December, 1967

249 heading to end of track in back of car barn 1. A powered car has not been this far back in a long time!

Did you attend this past weekend event? We know we had fun seeing all the lights at night and all of you enjoying yourselves on the trolley and in the pavilion with hot chocolate and cookies and then seeing Santa. If you have any pictures please comment and post them we would love to see them!

Doing anything tonight? Do anything tomorrow night? Come on down to the East Broad Top and Rockhill trolley museum event and be dazzled with the light displays. It's fun for the entire family! Tickets are still available especially for the 7p trips! ... Please visit https://eastbroadtop.com/christmas-event2020.html for tickets and more information. We really hope to see you! Happy holidays!

Today, Tuesday December 1, is Giving Tuesday. Our museum and other museums have been hit hard this year due to covid-19 shutting us and others down for a period of time. We were lucky enough to reopen for limited operations. We know for many, funds are scarce at this difficult time, and there are many other organizations in a similar plight making similar appeals. But if you do have funds available, any help you can give us to keep the museum pieces in historical working o...rder would be deeply appreciated. Thank you for your support! The General fund is one of the most important funds at the museum. This is used to pay the electric bill, insurance and many other expenses that the museum incurs whether we are open or not. We do have additional projects that are in need of support. Our Rio car 1875 is having its trucks, motors, and wheels refurbished back to operating condition. Car 315 from the Aurora Elgin and Chicago, is being totally rebuilt to its original 1909 condition including reinstalling the exterior stained glass. Philadelphia Bullet car 205 is having its wiring renewed for the interior lights. Please see the pictures below for some of the progress on car 315 Most of our trolleys were built before 1950, some as far back as 1900, making our collection unique. In order to maintain them, we rely on donations. With the cars and projects listed and your love and affection for our museum, we hope that you can give this Tuesday and donate to our museum. We hope you and yours are safe and healthy, and we look forward to seeing you again, riding aboard a trolley at the museum, as soon as possible. Happy Holidays! Click on the following link on how to help. http://rockhilltrolley.org/donate-by-mail/

We are so excited about the Xmas event starting this coming weekend that we are giving you a preview. We have decorated out at Altoff siding, Blacklog Narrows, around the pavilion and at Meadow street station. If you are coming to the event, please take as many photos as you want, and share them with us! We love photos with our trolleys and with you in them!... **Note that though you see more than just the orange cars decorated, the 3 orange ones are the primary transport cars. The red ones will be out on display and used for other needs. Dress warmly for the event as it will be in the low 30s after the sun sets. We will provide the warmth for you in our heated trolleys! If you still want to attend the event, please visit https://eastbroadtop.com/christmas-event2020.html for tickets and more information. Happy Holidays!

Tickets are selling fast, over half sold already. Please if you are interested in this event, buy very soon!! We want to see you there!

A ghoulish figure has taken over...

172 got to stretch her legs after not being out on the line much this year. It was a bumpy ride for sure, out the line and back. She even got out at night, which doesn't happen often!

Tickets are now on sale for the Christmas in Coal country holiday event hosted by the EBT and our trolley museum. We expect tickets to sell fast so if you are even thinking about wanting to go I would buy your tickets very soon! We hope to see you on the trolley!

**We have about 85 pumpkins*** Reminder: Tomorrow (Saturday Oct 24th) we will have a final day of pumpkin patch. Trolleys will depart Meadow Street starting at 10a and running until the last trip at 4p. You will get to ride out to Blacklog Narrows and then to the pumpkin patch, where kids will be able to pick out a pumpkin. There will be no decorating though.... The weather is suppose to be mostly sunny and in the low 60s! On Sunday, we will have a regular operating day starting at 10a and running until 4p. Sunny and temps in the 50s on Sunday. Come see the fall colors either day as it is beautiful there this time of the year! Kids come dressed in Halloween costumes will be just $5!

Many of you asked about our Christmas plans. With the EBT reopening this year we have a great opportunity to work with them for future events. With Xmas around the corner, we will be working with them for what should be a pretty awesome event. Below you will find the press release from the EBT. Come take a train ride and a trolley ride and see Santa and model trains as we celebrate our first "Christmas in Coal Country"! Caboose tickets are on sale now, and open-car tickets g...o on sale October 23rd (this Friday). Here's our full announcement: Railroad, Trolley Museum Plan ‘Christmas in Coal Country’ Event Children of all ages can bundle up and enjoy train and trolley rides along with cookies and hot chocolate when Santa Claus visits the East Broad Top Railroad and the Rockhill Trolley Museum in early December. The railroad’s station and its train will be beautifully decorated for the Christmas season, as will the trolleys and the trolley museum (across Meadow Street from the EBT station). Passengers can book seats on one of the railroad’s open cars or reserve an entire eight-person caboose heated with a coal stove perfect for a family or a group of friends. The EBT’s red-and-green M-7 diesel will pull the train on a four-mile round trip over newly refurbished track, then deliver passengers to the trolley museum for a trolley ride out to the Blacklog Narrows. Afterward, passengers can warm up with hot chocolate and a cookie, tour a model railroad, and visit with Santa (at a safe distance, of course). The railroad and the trolley museum will carefully limit the number of riders on each train and trolley car, and surfaces will be wiped down between runs. Visitors’ temperatures will be checked when they arrive, and everyone is asked to bring a mask for situations where social distancing is difficult, such as on the trolley cars and in the Gift Shop. The event will take place December 4, 5, 11, and 12, come rain, snow, or sunshine. Tickets include the train and trolley rides, hot chocolate and a cookie, and a chance to say Hi to Santa and visit the model railroad. The tickets are only being sold online. Caboose tickets are available now ($225 for up to eight people) and open-car seats will go on sale October 23 ($25 for adults, $20 for children aged 2 through 12). Friday trains will run at 4, 5, 6, and 7 p.m., while Saturday trains will run at 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 p.m. Wheelchairs can be accommodated in one of the EBT open cars and on one of the trolleys, but the historic cabooses are not accessible. Call the railroad for further information. Note that schedules and equipment are subject to change as circumstances dictate. In the event that state Covid guidelines force us to cancel the event, tickets will be refunded. Otherwise, tickets are not refundable or transferable. For tickets, go to https://eastbroadtop.com/christmas-event2020.html. We look forward to seeing you!

Happy 1019 Day!! Today is 10/19 and we celebrate the San Diego LRV at our museum. Built in 1982 by Siemens-Duewag, it is our 'newest' trolley, even at 38 years old. ... Here it is operating during different events and different years! Have a great day!

We had another fun day at our socially distanced Pumpkin Patch Trolley yesterday. First trolley departs at 10:00 a.m. the last trolley at 4:20 p.m. all children 12 years and under get a free pumpkin. Decorating supplies are available back at the museum area on tables outside or inside the pavilion. Or you can take your pumpkin home to decorate. More information can be found below at the link http://rockhilltrolley.org/events_calendar/... We're looking forward to seeing you here.