From Mahwah to Moscow – North Jersey’s Trolley Era via Model and Memorabilia
In an era before most people could afford automobiles, the trolley provided economical mass transit. Dreamt to run from Suffern through Paterson and into New York City, the North Jersey Rapid Transit Trolley ran from 1908 and 1928. Its unfortunate demise came when two trolley’s collided tragically head-on in Glen Rock. Yet, the tracks lived on to service the Trans-Siberian Railway that ran from Moscow to Vladivostok.
See the fascinating trolley artifacts of the North Jersey Electric Railway Historical Society on special loan from the Liberty Historic Railway. View the incredible one-of-a kind, exact-to-scale Hollis Bachman Model Trolley Collection, and delight in the moving miniature NJRT trolley railway. Mahwah’s 1929 Erie Caboose will also be open for special viewing during this exhibit
See it all at the Old Station Museum located at Old Station Lane, adjacent to the Mahwah train station, Ramapo Avenue. Open Sundays 2pm – 4pm, June 26 – Sept 26. Suggested donation $3.00 adults, children free.