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Old 10-26-2009, 09:11 PM
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Default Looking for abandoned trolley cars from the Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway

The title pretty much says it all, I'm trying to find out
if there are any cars or parts of cars left from the Altoona
and Logan Valley Trolley Line. Send me a DM if you
don't want to post publicly and I'll respect your privacy.
Thanks in advance

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Old 10-27-2009, 03:26 PM
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If you read the history of the Trolley service, you will read how at one point most towns had a trolley.

Basically General Motors came out with buses and the trolleys were obsolete.

You can take a bus anywhere there is a road, but you can only take a trolley where there are tracks.

Most trolley cars were cut up or burned for scrap shortly after the 50's and almost none remains.

About your best bet is to find a site that sells Trolley cars and restore one for yourself or just build one from the ground up.
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Old 10-30-2009, 09:37 AM
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Yeah I know most are gone, but some cars have survived as chicken coops,
additions to homes, diners, lake cottages, hunting cabins, etc. I am interested
specifically in any potential Altoona cars, as they ran 1929/30 Osgood Bradley
trolleys and parts are needed for a restoration effort.
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