The interior of its three sections, which mimicked the grandeur of the steam Pullman passenger car of the time, had only a smoking area for men supplied with motormen, luggage and brass spittoons; Main passenger seat section; And the toilet with outside drinking fountain, with a cup dispenser, on the right. The trolleys online experience can be improved with a one-time ten-mile round-trip ride from the wooden platform Steam town Station, where the railroad yard has many steam locomotives, passenger coaches and old-fashioned freight cars. Smoking, the smell of soot, the ringing of bells, the sound of whistles and the rumble of tracks are possible. Of the two operating trolley cars, both are painted Gray to reflect the colour Scranton's first car wore when it opened service in and was made in 1926 and remained in service for half the time. Pole-connected to the power line above it, it ran on a 650-volt direct current motor. It had both a motorman and a conductor. Nickel fare allows for an all-day trip. The entrance was and is through the middle door of the car. It’s remarkably restored interior features wicker seats, strap hangers, a brass, rent-registration box and vintage ads. Air conditioning involves opening windows in the summer. Departing from Steam town and reaching 30-miles per hour in some sections, the Electric City Industrial Trolleys once followed the 19-mile-long Laurel Line Track, passing the Radisson Hotel, which until 1970 was the luxury railroad station, at the Shaft Coal Mine. Was. The entrance, and the Roaring Brook Gorge area, is a small waterfall.
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