Do you miss San Francisco’s cable cars? This isn’t quite the same, but it might evoke the
same sense of nostalgia. The National Capital Trolley Museum is dedicated to preserving,
interpreting, and promoting the history of urban electric street and interurban railways of
the National Capital region. Through the collection, restoration, and operation of historic
trolleys and related artifacts, the museum aims to educate the public about the vital role of
streetcars in the development of the region and beyond.

Museum highlights are:
• Street Car Hall: At any one time seven or more street cars are on display in this
spacious building. Near the cars are illuminated kiosks with information about the
street cars in the collection and their history. The display includes the oldest street
car in the collection, DC Transit 0522 built in 1898.
• Street cars go the movies: Harold Lloyd’s silent films are excerpted and displayed
continuously in a small theater. Exhibits on the walls leading into the theater link the
importance of movies and street cars to community life in the early part of the 20th
century.
• The Demonstration Railway: (which we will ride as part of our guided tour) is the
largest and most popular exhibit at the museum. The one-mile line goes past Street
Car Hall and the Maintenance Barn and down into the woods past Dodge siding,
along Northwest Branch, and on to Fish Hook loop to turn around for the return trip.
This promises to be a lot of fun. You are welcome to bring friends.

When: June 13, 2026 at 11AM. The tour will last until approximately 12:30 PM. The
museum is opening at 11AM especially for us; it normally opens at noon.

Where: 1313 Bonifant Road, Colesville MD 20905

Admission: $13 for seniors, $15 for ages 14-64, $10 for ages 2-13. Admission can be paid individually at the museum.

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