Postcard - Currently running Jones & Co. Trolley Cars made in West Troy/Watervliet

This card is from a picture of the Jones factory purchased in Massachusetts,
a builders plate
from #838 in Kennebunk and a personal picture of the original JoePostcard enjoying the ride.
The trolley used in filming Ironweed was a Jones trolley.
It ran "live" from Washington Ave. to Clinton Ave. on Lark St..
Ran for Consolidated Railway in Connecticut as part of Yale 'Football fleet' in 1946
when Yankee
Stadium was being refurbished.
Currently in operation at the Seashore Trolley Museum near Kennebunkport, Maine.
Jones started in 1839, making wagons for the Gold Rush in California.
With that business evaporating and near bankruptcy, they started making electric trolley cars in 1880.
They acquired a global reputation for Quality and efficiency.
Orders came in from all over the world, including 600 cars to the Bombay Tramway in India
and others from Canada, South America, Europe and Asia.
If you have pictures or historical data of the Jones Company, which made over 1,000 trolleys,
feel free to submit what you have. We may ask to use it.
website - Kingston, NY - Trolley Museum of NY
- - - - - - - - - the story of a fascinating and rewarding day as a volunteer conductor
website - East Haven, CT - Shore Line Trolley Museum - aka Branford
- - - - - - - - - guest operator - certain weekends - $40
website - East Windsor, CT - Connecticut Trolley Museum - aka Warehouse Point
website - Shelburne Falls, MA - Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum
- - - - - - - - - instant motorman - $15
website - Rush (Rochester) NY - The NY Museum of Transportation
- - - - - - - - - 1/4 mi. trolley ride, 2 mi. rail ride, more
website - Kennebunkport, ME - Seashore Trolley Museum
- - - - - - - - - be a motorman - $50
If you have the urge to see an old 2 foot wide track operational rail operation, journey up north
a little further past Portland and Brunswick to the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway and Museum.
Kids, both young and old will love it.
website - Waterville, ME -
Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway.
- - - - - - - - - less than half size of modern railroads, and almost always with steam locomotives.
Trolley and Rail Museums typically use volunteer motormen and conductors.
A week or once a month, re-live and demonstrate a slice of American history.
Postcards issued - 2007, 1987