[PRCo] Re: Ohio trolleys

[Edward G Skuchas]

When on business in Akron, I spent a few hours tracking down some of the Northern Ohio line.  The main office building and terminal area are intact with the shed roof providing cover for parking.  Traced the main line north out of town finding bridge piers and other identifiers of the old line.  Evidently there is a sub station farther north now with a different use.  The line caught my interest because of its Limited service using three car trains on a "high speed" right of way.

As for Trolleyville, I wonder what the Brookin's family interest is the trolley equipment.  Do they still own it?  Was it set up as a not for profit corporation.  Do they still fund it?

Edward G. Skuchas, PE
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Rathke 
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 9:44 PM
To: Pittsburgh Trolley List
Subject: [PRCo] Ohio trolleys



You may recall the string of e-mails about a month ago regarding the
closing of the trolley line at the mobile home park near Cleveland, and
the possibility of a Pittsburgh trolley being there.  My friend in
Cleveland who alerted me to the closing just sent me the following
update on the mobile home park:

"I saw in the paper where the people who bought out the
trailer park that held TrolleyLand Cleveland have
jacked up the rents and the town is thinking of taking
the place over.  Lots of seniors live there and they
are up in arms over the rent hikes.  If the city took
over they might not have to move the streetcars.

Also saw where on the east side of Cleveland - really
in the country - there is some move afoot to set up a
trolley museum  along some of the route of the old
abandoned trolleys that ran out into the countryside
in first quarter of 1900?s   I even setup a Boy Scout
bike trip that did not ride the right of way but did
follow close by the route.  We got Bicentennial badges
for setting up a history trip in 1976.

Cleveland had routes going out in all directions.  One
ran through our church grounds on its way to Chagrin
Falls and on to Hiram Ohio.  Can still see some right
of way in a few places."

Maybe you guys planning to scout abandoned trolley right of way in the
Tri-State area can make a side trip up to Cleveland :-)

Bob 8/15/01