The Seashore Trolley Museum has gathered films from several photographers, which feature many of the important trolley lines, that served the northern New England states of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.

The tape starts off with views of the Springfield Terminal Railway Company. This line offered passenger service until 1947 and electric freight service until 1956. Scenes show the passenger equipment and freight service on the line in the 1940s.

Next we pay a brief visit to Claremont, New Hampshire to view the operations of the Claremont Railway with its electric freight locomotive.

Then we travel to Manchester, New Hampshire for a look at the operations of the Manchester Street Railway. We see scenes on Elm Street in downtown Manchester and suburban operations on the lines to Goffstown and Goff's Falls. There are some scenes of the work equipment that is brought out for the railfans on a charter trip.

We pay a brief visit to Berlin, New Hampshire for a rare look at some equipment of the Berlin Street Railway.

We visit Sanford, Maine for a quick look at the last trolley line in Maine, the York Utilities Company.

Then we proceed to Old Orchard Beach, Maine for a look at the operations of the Biddeford and Saco Railroad Company in the streetcar days. Rare footage shows Seashore Trolley Museum car 31 in fantrip service at Five Points in Biddeford.

We return to Biddeford about 15 years later for a look at the bus operations of the Biddeford and Saco Railroad Company. There are also scenes of the shops in Biddeford.

We proceed north on our tour for a quick stop in Portland, Maine and view the trolleys of the Portland Railroad Company.

Then it's on to Lewiston and Auburn for color scenes of the Androscoggin and Kennebec Railway in its last years of trolley service.

Finally we pay a quick visit to Old Town, Maine for a view of the Bangor Hydro-Electric Company's trolley operations between Old Town and Bangor.

The scenes shown here are actual screen shots captured from the videotape.

The tape runs for 45 minutes and includes black and white and color film footage. There is narration with background music.

Price: $24.95 (Also Available in PAL Format - $29.95)

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Seashore Trolley Museum
P. O. Box A
Kennebunkport, Maine 04046-1690

(207) 967-2712 (Office and Museum Store)

E-mail: store@trolleymuseum.org