 | In the early 1900's mass transportation of workers and shoppers in most major cities (New York depicted here) were augmented by Trolley Lines. What we see here is an example of one of Lionel's #8 (Pay as you go) Trolley with several passengers ready to board. The skyline is NY city circa 1912. The Police Patty Wagon is a 1910 Hubley toy. | |
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Madison Hardware was (until a few years ago) the oldest Lionel Service Station in the country. For those who visited it (as I did on many occasions) would have loved to see a steam engine running down the middle of 23rd Street... but this again is what one person can imagine and create. The engine is number #51 (Circa 1911), thin rimmed engine. This elevated trolley line shows what one can do with less than 12 inches of space to build a layout. |  | |
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During the turn of the century, most workers relied on the trolley system to get them to and from work in the big cities as automobiles were just too expensive for the common man. This trolley number 210 is a reissue by the Lionel Corporation of their number 100 Motor Car "100 Electric Rapid Transit" Circa 1914-1915. In The Great Train Room the trolly line runs from New York to Chicago which in reality would never happen as trolleys were strictly inter-city systems. But with imagination a model builder can do anything. | |