00:19 - Welcome to the trolley museum

00:21 - we have trolleys from all over the world

00:23 - importantly

00:24 - you will not just

00:25 - look at trolleys

00:27 - or hear about trolleys when you come down here you will ride

00:30 - a trolley

00:32 - An antique trolley that could be one hundred years old

00:35 - that is operating on our line and.

00:39 - Is

00:40 - accurate to the period including

00:42 - details such as the ad cards

00:44 - they will be accurate at a time period that that trolley was

00:48 - restored to so that's important

00:50 - so there are many ways our museum can acquire a trolley sometimes we get a phone call

00:55 - or sometimes we know

00:57 - that there's a trolley out there

00:59 - we believe that

01:01 - is important for interpretation

01:03 - and we'll contact the owner. there are fewer and fewer trolleys around now obviously

01:09 - but there are private collectors out there and for example with our

01:13 - newly restored.

01:15 - Pcc seventeen thirteen which is the terrible trolley

01:18 - we knew that that car was in a barn in Ohio by a private collector yes there are private

01:24 - collectors so we contacted this person who just happened to had to get rid of it

01:29 - for a number of reasons and that's how we acquired

01:31 - that particular car and then we restored it

01:33 - but sometimes we get a phone call

01:35 - saying hey i have a car are you interested

01:38 - and it's

01:39 - important to our mission

01:41 - to preserve what we can

01:43 - but it also has to be significant the car has to be

01:45 - special in history like is it the last one of its kind left

01:49 - was it a particular model that was important or innovative at the time

01:54 - so all those factors go into our accepting

01:57 - a car

01:58 - so this trolley.

02:00 - Was actually built for this particular line.

02:04 - Also the other line that ran out into the

02:06 - charleroi area

02:08 - so in many ways this is a homecoming for this trolley

02:11 - being back on its own rails again.

02:14 - Do you have one car that is your favorite one that you think is really distinctive.

02:19 - My favorite

02:20 - trolley right now is seventeen thirteen the terrible trolley because it's such a

02:24 - beautiful trolley and it's something that i

02:27 - actually remember as a child here in Pittsburgh

02:29 - i remember when it was rolled out on the city

02:32 - of Pittsburgh streets

02:33 - during the fan rally for Superbowl fourteen

02:37 - it was a very exciting time

02:39 - for this region

02:40 - with our super steelers winning four super bowls

02:43 - the car after we acquired it.

02:46 - Was restored in a little over two years which is an amazing restoration time

02:51 - usually takes up to five or even ten years or

02:53 - longer to restore a car so this car was restored

02:55 - fairly quickly and the paint job is absolutely gorgeous

02:58 - it's comfortable it's quiet

03:00 - it rides very smooth

03:02 - we actually have two volunteers

03:05 - currently with us who operated the car when it was in

03:07 - operation for the port authority of allegheny county.