[PRCo] Trolleyville USA

[Bob Rathke]

A friend in Cleveland just sent me a couple of articles from the Plain Dealer updating the situation at Trolleyville USA in Columbia Park, Ohio.  One of the articles is about the mobile home owners' court battle with the new owners of the park who raised their rent.  

The second article (March 4, 2002) reports the latest plans for Trolleyville USA to vacate the property in less than five years (they must remove the 30+ cars, buildings and trackage). The cost of moving is estimated at $2-3 million.  The article says that Warren, Ohio is a possible destination for the collection; the city would like to have an operating trolley museum in its economic improvement plan.

The article includes a couple of photos of the Trolleyville collection, including 4145 with a "Kennywood" roll sign.

Bob 3/9/02