by polybalt
Looks like the former Trolleyville collection, now in Cleveland, is being sold off and the Museum dissolved.
http://www.cleveland.com/business/index ... ay_in.html
http://www.cleveland.com/business/index ... ay_in.html
Another big idea for downtown Cleveland derailed before it left the station. A nonprofit group with a warehouse full of old trolley cars is nixing plans to build a tourist-attracting rail loop downtown and a trolley museum nearby. Instead, Lake Shore Electric Railway Inc. wants to put a 30-plus car collection up for auction as soon as July, said Mark Ricchiuto, group spokesman and an executive with Marous Brothers Construction. Civic and elected leaders supported the project, he said. But the economic recession stanched fund raising. The stalled Flats East Bank project hurt as well, he said. The nonprofit group wanted to build a short trolley loop near the east bank and up through the Warehouse District, Ricchiuto said. But Lake Shore Electric can't wait any longer to deal with its debts and mounting costs, Ricchiuto said.This is an excellent collection of streetcars and interurbans, most in good condition. It will be interesting to see where all these cars end up.
Peter Schmidt