[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh trolley in Ohio

Kenneth Josephson kjosephson at sprintmail.com
Thu Jul 19 21:46:49 EDT 2001




Bob Rathke wrote:

> Some - or all - of this may be old news, but the Cleveland Plain Dealer
> on 7/16/01 had a nearly half-page article, with photos, on the closing
> of Trolleyville USA in Columbia Park near Cleveland.  A New York company
> bought the 1,400 mobile home park on 6/25/01, and they've given the
> former owners five years to remove their 30 trolleys, buildings and
> 2-1/2 miles of track and overhead.

I see two distinct positives to this  story. First, it allows for the
possibility of some other museums to fill in gaps in their collections.
Second, since virtually all mobile home parks are eventually visited by a
tornado, it may allow for the cars to be removed from the "line of fire."
:-)  Ken J.





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