September 8, 2000
NEWS
RELEASE
Contact: Peter Folger, President & Curator, Seashore Trolley Museum, Business (207) 967-2712,
Res.: 207-283-8902, Cell: 207-450-4766, Public 967-2800, folger@gwi.net
Press Contact: Greg Burke of IMS-21, (207) 985-1766, greg@ims21.net
New
England Trolleys on Video
The Seashore Trolley Museum is proud to announce the release of four new video programs featuring the many trolley lines throughout New England. These collector videos are now available at the Museum for $24.95 each. Videos can also be purchased by calling the Museum, by visiting the Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport or visiting their website (www.trolleymuseum.org). The below are now available:
This video features trolley operations in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. See the Biddeford and Saco Railroad Company, Portland Railroad, Androscoggin and Kennebec Railways, Springfield Terminal Railway, Claremont Railway, Manchester Street Railway. Scenes are black & white with some color, accompanied by narration and background music. Running time is approximately 45 minutes.
This video features trolley operations in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. See the cars running in New Haven, Hartford, Springfield, Mass., Worcester, Boston, Quincy and New Bedford. There are also scenes of the American Car Sprinkler Co., Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Co., Grafton and Upton Railroad and the United Electric Railway in Providence. Mostly black & white with some color scenes. Running time is approximately 63 minutes.
This video features the operations of the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway in the 1930s and 1940s. Scenes show the trolleys in Haverhill, Lynn, Medford, Quincy and Brockton. You’ll see a boy put up the pole on more than one occasion on Quincy’s Hough’s Neck line. Later in the video are some scenes of the Boston Elevated Railway, the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad and the Union Freight Railroad. Scenes are mostly black & white with some color. Running time is approximately 54 minutes.
This video shows the trolley operations of the Connecticut Company in New Haven between 1937 and 1947. All scenes are in beautiful color from the camera of Ken DeCelle. Ken took movies of regular operations and many of the trolley excursions before World War II. Many cars are shown and there are scenes of work equipment at the car barn. Finally Ken shows some operations at the Branford Electric Railway Association museum site in 1947 while it was still connected to the Connecticut Company tracks and electric power. This video is in color and runs for approximately 67 minutes.
Each video sells for $24.95. Members of the Seashore Trolley Museum may take a 10% discount off this price.
To order please indicate the titles desired and include
$3.50 for the first video and $1.00 for each additional video for postage and
send to: Seashore Trolley Museum Store, P. O. Box A, Kennebunkport, ME
04046-1690. Telephone orders may be taken at (207) 967-2712.
Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express are accepted. Maine
residents must add the state sales tax. Delivery charges to areas outside the U.
S. are higher. Check the Web for
more information and video scenes at www.trolleymuseum.org.
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The Seashore Trolley Museum has been operated by the New England Electric Railway Historical Society since 1939 as a 501(c)3 non-profit educational institution. The Museum is currently enjoying its 61st season of operation.