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In [[1992]] Marshall Johnson donated car number 10 (which his father had bought and saved when the Shelburne Falls & Colrain Street Railway shut down) to a small group of people who restored the car back to working order.
In [[1992]] Marshall Johnson donated car number 10 (which his father had bought and saved when the Shelburne Falls & Colrain Street Railway shut down) to a small group of people who restored the car back to working order.


The museum also has a small assortment of equipment that is not related to the Shelburne Falls & Colrain Street Railway like [[Baldwin Locomotive Works|Baldwin]] [[0-4-0]] [[tank locomotive]], ex-[[Central Vermont]] [[caboose]], a Central Vermont [[handcar]], and other [[railroad]] and trolley equipment.
The museum also has a small assortment of equipment that is not related to the Shelburne Falls & Colrain Street Railway like a ex-[[Central Vermont]] [[caboose]], a Central Vermont [[handcar]], and other [[railroad]] and trolley equipment.


The Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum is located in the old Buckland Freight yard.
The Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum is located in the old Buckland Freight yard.

Revision as of 03:10, 17 October 2008

Car# 10 running in the Buckland freight yard.

The Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum is a small railroad museum in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, United States.

The museum (SFTM) is dedicated to preserving and operating car number 10 of the former Shelburne Falls and Colrain Street Railway. This is a combination passenger-baggage trolley car built by the Wason Manufacturing Company of Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1896 and is the last known trolley car from the Shelburne Falls & Colrain Street Railway.

In 1992 Marshall Johnson donated car number 10 (which his father had bought and saved when the Shelburne Falls & Colrain Street Railway shut down) to a small group of people who restored the car back to working order.

The museum also has a small assortment of equipment that is not related to the Shelburne Falls & Colrain Street Railway like a ex-Central Vermont caboose, a Central Vermont handcar, and other railroad and trolley equipment.

The Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum is located in the old Buckland Freight yard.

42°35′58″N 72°44′19″W / 42.599494°N 72.738744°W / 42.599494; -72.738744 42°35′58″N 72°19′44″W / 42.599494°N 72.328834°W / 42.599494; -72.328834