Trolley Tales
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Interurban and the Farmer
In the 1890’s, when the first interurbans were built, farms could be, truly, isolated. In today’s age of automobiles and improved roads connecting almost every corner of the country, it may be hard to conceive just how isolated were most…
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More Carbarns
Last week we looked at the car barns of Cleveland after the formation of Cleveland Railway. Of course, all trolley systems needed barns and maintenance facilities. Here are a few more city facilities located in Northern Ohio. Akron’s Northern Ohio…
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Cleveland Car Barns
Or Car Houses or Operating Stations, if you prefer: As with all trolley systems, those in Cleveland needed places to store and maintain their fleets of cars and, as with all large cities, Cleveland had a considerable number of them…
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A Progressive Small Town
Many smaller Ohio towns built local trolley lines in the early days, but possibly the smallest was Salem. Remarkably, it also was one of the earliest cities in the entire country to adopt electric cars, beginning service on 23 May,…
