80th Anniversary Year - Seashore Trolley Museum - A look at the 50s

Cover of the 1954 Annual Report featuring

1914 Dallas Railway & Terminal Co.

No. 454. This car operated every year in

Dallas from 1914 until 1954 and has operated

every year at Seashore Trolley Museum

since 1954. Incredible!

     Ever wonder what the ride was like in 1958 at the Route One Terminal operation? Keep reading and you'll find the embedded link to a short video that includes vintage movie footage from the Terminal.

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The General Manager's 1954 report includes

public operations for visitors for the first time.

It includes that Car 31 was found to be

in excellent mechanical condition even though

it had not operated for fifteen years.

This photo from the 1955 Annual Report shows a portion of

the Museum campus. This photo was taken from the

roof of the restoration shop (Shop 1).

The 1957 Annual Report, features, then

Governor of Maine, Edmund Muskie, in Boston,

inspecting Seashore's newest acquisition, 

1903 No. 105, Cable Grip Cable Car from

Dunedin Cable Co.

1957 also saw the construction of track and overhead at the

new public operations of the Museum at Route 1 on the

Arundel/Biddeford town line. Seashore Junction Terminal

started operating in 1958. This image has the overhead work

being done at the visitor terminal building where guests would

board the cars.

Mid-Fifties visit Seashore Trolley Museum

by the Eaton family. Thank you to Ernie Eaton

for sharing. We would love to have others

share their family movie vids from

the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. 

1958 issue of "Historic Cars of Seashore Trolley Museum".

Here the cover features two Connecticut open cars operating

at the new Terminal operation.

By 1958, the Museum's collection had grown to more than

sixty pieces of railway equipment. Here is an image of the

Terminal operation at Route One.

The 1939 Liverpool Corporation Transport  No.

293 was featured in the 1958 Annual Report

operating at the new Terminal operation, though

the double-decker tram didn't actually arrive at

Seashore until the spring of 1959.

The last electric trolley car to carry public passengers

in Maine was the 1926 York Utilities Co. No. 88.

April 27, 1947, was the final farewell excursion trip.

No. 88 is seen here on the Terminal line in 1958.

Page 1 of 2 lists the collection totaling more than 60 in 1958.

Liberty Bell - 1931 No. 1030

is seen here in an early fifties video during

walk-a-round of Seashore Trolley Museum

from Gerhard Salomom Collection

Page 2 of 2

Cars in the "new" South Boston yard. 1914 No. 454 Dallas,

1925 No. 144 Blackpool, & 1930 No. 621 Montreal &

Southern Counties.

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We continue the restoration work on the 1912, Narcissus, the only surviving high-speed, luxury interurban coach of the Portland-Lewiston Interurban. 

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Being more than a century old, the stately, "Elegant Ride," Narcissus, is a gem.  This shimmering precious stone of Maine transportation history is brilliantly resplendent as it emanates so many elements of history, including; time, places, people, and events, that it was coupled to, that when just a smattering of its seemingly innumerable stories are shared, the contents captivates, fascinates, then generates, interest to learn more 🙋. The majestic Narcissus is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The restoration of this majestic icon of Maine's electric railway history is but one in a series of captivating stories containing an abundance of incredible coalition of narratives.

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     The Narcissus is featured in the national Gold Award-winning novel, Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride. The "Elegant Ride" is the Narcissus. Theodore Roosevelt was a passenger on the Narcissus on August 18, 1914, between Lewiston and Portland, Maine, while campaigning for the Progressive Party candidates.

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Independent book publisher, Phil Morse, holding

the Gold Book Award Winner plaque for

 the Middle Reader category for The Eric

Hoffer Book Award. Congratulations to

award-winning Maine author,

Jean M. Flahive