Overview

The National Streetcar Museum at Lowell is an offshoot of Maine's Seashore Trolley Museum, intended to explore the history and rebirth of urban rail transportation. The visitors center is located at 25 Shattuck Street, in Lowell, Massachusetts, near the Lowell National Historical Park Visitors Center.

Lowell, MA had trolley service beginning in 1864, at first horse cars, then by 1889, electric. By 1935 electric trolley service had been discontinued in Lowell, but was brought back in 1984 by the National Park Service. The first streetcars acquired were replicas of Brill Company cars operated by the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company. These were the first accurate replica trolleys built in the United States. Perley Thomas car 966 from New Orleans joined the Lowell operation from Seashore Trolley Museum's collection.

Photo Gallery

Five Random Images
Image 42214 (110k, 820x553) Photo by: Douglas Carrier	Image 46501 (185k, 640x512) Collection of: APTA Heritage Trolley collection via Peter Ehrlich	Image 69685 (58k, 600x450) Photo by: Professor J	Image 107814 (189k, 930x618) Photo by: Peter Ehrlich	Image 122843 (287k, 1044x788) Photo by: David Pirmann

Links

Official Site - National Park Service, Lowell National Historical Park. The official site of the Lowell National Historical Park.

Official Site - Seashore Trolley Museum's National Streetcar Museum at Lowell. Official page of the National Streetcar Museum at Lowell.