Cornwall Street Railway

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Museum Blog - December 2017

 

Some of us recall the days of trolley buses, and before that, street cars travelling the streets of Cornwall.

A vintage streetcar marked "Hastings East" travels down a street past early 20th-century buildings, including the historic St. George Hotel. Passersby watch it go by, evoking nostalgia.
A Cornwall Street Railway Street Car.

The street car ‘barns’ were located on the site of the current Cornwall Square shopping center. From this hub, crews maintained, repaired, and dispatched the  streetcars that once served as Cornwall’s most unique form of urban transportation.

An old, red tram equipped with large, spinning brush wheels for street cleaning, sits outside a brick depot. Overhead cables are visible.
A Cornwall Street Railway Sweeper Car
A trolley bus passing City Hall.
An Electric Locomotive passing in front of a trolley bus at "Paper Mill Hill".
A Cornwall Street Railway Parade float, travelling down Second Street.