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The Trolley Graveyard

The trolley graveyard in winter

Updated January 2016 | By Matthew Christopher

Located in the woods near a tiny western Pennsylvania town, this trolley graveyard may look like a wreck if you don't know any better but it is in fact one man's personal collection which he has put together over the years. I've been going there for nearly a decade and the owner has become a good friend. He's requested that the location not be divulged because of the heavy vandalism that has followed the internet attention to the site, but loves telling people who visit about the history of the various cars. None of them were involved in anything dramatic like an accident, but he does have cars dating back as far as 1919 and still frequently sells parts to newer lines that are being installed in metropolitan areas.

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Trolley Graveyard Low-Fi portfolio Photos Taken: August 2010 Photos taken: January 2012
Trolley Graveyard | Old Friends
Trolley Graveyard | Last Stop
Trolley Graveyard | Empty Sockets
Trolley Graveyard | Ghost Train
Trolley Graveyard | You Light Me From Within
Trolley Graveyard | Graffiti By Night
Trolley Graveyard | Vandalized Bicentennial Car
Trolley Graveyard | About to Pounce
Trolley Graveyard | Sun-Dappled
Trolley Graveyard | Hillside View
Trolley Graveyard | End of the Line
Trolley Graveyard | between heaven and earth
Trolley Graveyard | Agape
Trolley Graveyard | RTA Line Trolley
Trolley Graveyard | Railway Stream
Trolley Graveyard | 1949 St. Louis Streamliner SEPTA Car
Trolley Graveyard | the lengths i went to reach you
Trolley Graveyard | Contemplative Bird
Trolley Graveyard | Rusty Star
Trolley Graveyard | Orange and White St Louis PCC PA Transit Car
Trolley Graveyard | 1947 Yellow St Louis PCC PA Transit Car
Trolley Graveyard | Good Advice
Trolley Graveyard | 1947 Yellow St Louis PCC PA Transit Car
Trolley Graveyard | Overgrown
Trolley Graveyard | Vanishing Logo
Trolley Graveyard | Dreamlike
Trolley Graveyard | Vertigo
Trolley Graveyard | can't mourn everything
Trolley Graveyard | Boston Green Line Trolleys
Trolley Graveyard | Slumped
Trolley Graveyard | Park St. Green Line Streetcar
Trolley Graveyard | Ghostly
Trolley Graveyard | Philadelphia Bicentennial Cars
Trolley Graveyard | Pullman Standard PCC North Station Car
Trolley Graveyard | 1947 Yellow St Louis PCC PA Transit Car
Trolley Graveyard | Next Stop, Tetanus