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Rockhill Trolley Museum

About Rockhill Trolley Museum

The Rockhill Trolley Museum is a museum and heritage railway in Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania that collects and restores trolley, interurban, and transit cars. Founded in 1960, the museum operates what has been historically referred to as the Shade Gap Electric Railway to demonstrate the operable pieces in its collection. "Shade Gap" refers to the name of a branch of the East Broad Top Railroad, from whom the museum leases its property.

The first car acquired by the museum in 1960 is Johnstown Traction #311. Recent acquisitions include Public Service Coordinated Transport (later New Jersey Transit), Newark, NJ Presidents' Conference Committee (PCC) Car #6 and Iowa Terminal Railroad Snow Sweeper #3.

The museum formerly operated under its corporate name, Railways to Yesterday. It changed to its current name to acknowledge and enhance its relationship with, and provide mutual promotional support to, its hometown.

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  4. Public Service PCC 6 SEPTA Bullet 205 and East Broad Top 16 Pose Together04Public Service PCC 6 SEPTA Bullet and East Broad Top 16 Pose TogetherO484~enwiki · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 12 miles of Rockhill Trolley Museum; the closest, Railways to Yesterday, is practically next door.