430 Meadow Street, Rockhill Furnace, PA 17249 | Weekends: +1 814-447-9576 | Weekdays: +1 610-428-7200

Open Car Update
To donate to the Open Car 1875 Fund, please visit our Donations Page.
430 Meadow Street, Rockhill Furnace, PA 17249 | Weekends: +1 814-447-9576 | Weekdays: +1 610-428-7200
Pennsylvania's First Operating Trolley Museum
Pennsylvania's First Operating Trolley Museum















To donate to the Open Car 1875 Fund, please visit our Donations Page.

If you prefer to donate by mail, please send check or money order to: Railways to Yesterday, Inc. PO Box 1601 Allentown PA 18105 If there is not a downloadable form related to the project, please note either “General Fund,” or the specific project or campaign in the memo line.

The Rockhill Trolley Museum, located at 430 Meadow St., Rockhill Furnace, PA 17249, has been granted $10,000 from the John Emery Rail Heritage Trust in Illinois towards the restoration of one of their unique cars, the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin wooden interurban electric trolley Car 315, built by the Kuhlman Car Company in Cleveland OH in 1909.
Ornately decorated with stained glass windows and fine woodwork, it was built to reach 80 miles an hour. The Rockhill Trolley Museum acquired it in 1961 and it has been one of their most popular operating cars. Interurban car 315 is currently being restored to the condition it was built in 1909 through the 1920’s. Museum President, Joel Salomon, explained that Car 315 is an excellent example of the grand splendor of interurban travel experienced at the beginning of this century for everyday people.