TROLLEY 3

Number 61 is 29 foot 30 seat single truck car built by Jones in 1893 with open platforms.

It has been preserved by the Shoreline Trolley Museum.

Photo by Edward J. Ozog

AT RIVERSIDE IN 1910 ON LINE TO CRESCENT PARK AMUSEMENT PARK

NUMBER 979 WAS BUILT BY NEWBURYPORT IN 1901

TROLLEY LOOP AND CAR STORAGE AT ROCKY POINT

THE AMUSEMENT PARK WAS REACHED BY A SPUR FROM THE BUTTONWOODS LINE

ROCKY POINT AMUSEMENT PARK

CRANSTON REPAIR SHOPS WHEN NEW IN 1901

RHODE ISLAND SUBURBAN RAILWAY - THE RHODE ISLAND COMPANY

NUMBER 1070 WAS A 41-FOOT CAR BUILT BY BRADLEY IN 1911.

BROAD STREET CAR BARN OCTOBER 23, 1938.

NUMBER 1699 WAS A 30-FOOT SINGLE TRUCK SAFETY CAR BUILT BY BRADLEY IN 1922.

CRANSTON STREET AND GANSETT AVENUE OCTOBER 23, 1938.

CAR FOR KENT HEIGHTS ON FOX POINT BOULEVARD, PROVIDENCE.

CAR 1637 WAS BUILT BY LACONIA IN 1917

PHOTO BY R.L.WONSON

AT THE NEW HAVEN INTERCHANGE AT SOUTH AUBURN DURING A FAN TRIP.

CAR 1872 WAS BUILT BY LACONIA IN 1914

NUMBER 2113 IS A 41 FOOT LONG SAFETY CAR.

BRADLEY BUILT 150 OF THIS SERIES FOR UER IN 1922-23

PHOTO BY PHIL H. BONNET

Bradley Safety Car 2117 for Dorrance Street at Chalkstone Avenue.

Use of the long rod allows the motorman to change switch points from the window.

BUTLER AVENUE LINE - BLACKSTONE BOULEVARD, PROVIDENCE

BROAD STREET CAR HOUSE AT THURBERS AVENUE, PROVIDENCE.

The Rhode Island Co. network extended into the West Warwick area with a number of routes centering on Clyde.

EAST SIDE TUNNEL UNDER RISD AND COLLEGE HILL, PROVIDENCE.

THE MILE LONG NEW HAVEN RAILROAD TUNNEL IS A FEW BLOCKS TO THE LEFT

THE 2,000 FOOT LONG TUNNEL WAS BUILT IN 1914 WITH ITS WEST ENTRANCE UNDER THE

RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN. TRACKS WERE REMOVED IN 1948

BUT BUSES STILL USE THE TUNNEL. VIEW FROM WAR MEMORIAL SQUARE.

THE EAST SIDE ENTRANCE TO THE TROLLEY TUNNEL NEAR THAYER STREET, PROVIDENCE

BEFORE THE TUNNEL

Providence was the only city in New England to have a cable car system. Most of the cable system was abandoned when electric cars arrived (cable cars are not powered by electricity, they are pulled though the street by an underground cable which is gripped by the car). However, because of the steepness of College Hill, trolley cars were pushed up the hill by grip cars until the relatively level tunnel was completed under College Hill.

FIFTY UER CARS WERE SOLD TO CAPITAL TRANSIT OF WASHINGTON, D.C. IN 1940.

A LESS THAN GENTLE SWITCHING MOVE BY A NEW HAVEN CREW IN 1949

AFTER THE END OF THE TROLLEY ERA