Event Series Trolleyology

Trolleyology: Cemetery Transit: A History of Death Riding the Rails

Transportation and the cemetery have been linked for centuries, from 19th-century ferries carrying the dead in New York City to early 20th-century funerary street cars in Mexico City. Every city had to find a way to move its departed citizens to their final stop, such as Pittsburgh's Citizens Passenger Railway Horsecar, which in 1859 established a route between Fifth Avenue and a cemetery. This online talk led by Allison Meier, the author of Grave (Bloomsbury, 2023) and a cemetery tour guide, will chronicle these surprising connections between the dead and transit both in the United States and around the world, including a look at some historic curios like the London Necropolis Railway and presidential funeral trains.

Free
Event Series Trick or Trolley

Trick or Trolley

As summer winds down and fall approaches, it means one thing: fall fun at the Museum! The Museum will host our annual Trick or Trolley event. Visitors are invited to […]

Event Series Trick or Trolley

Trick or Trolley

As summer winds down and fall approaches, it means one thing: fall fun at the Museum! The Museum will host our annual Trick or Trolley event. Visitors are invited to […]

Event Series Santa Trolley

Santa Trolley

Pennsylvania Trolley Museum’s stockings are hung by the trolleys with care with the knowledge that Santa Claus will soon be there! While aboard a beautifully restored antique streetcar, visitors will […]

Event Series Santa Trolley

Santa Trolley

Pennsylvania Trolley Museum’s stockings are hung by the trolleys with care with the knowledge that Santa Claus will soon be there! While aboard a beautifully restored antique streetcar, visitors will […]

Event Series Santa Trolley

Santa Trolley

Pennsylvania Trolley Museum’s stockings are hung by the trolleys with care with the knowledge that Santa Claus will soon be there! While aboard a beautifully restored antique streetcar, visitors will […]

Event Series Santa Trolley

Santa Trolley

Pennsylvania Trolley Museum’s stockings are hung by the trolleys with care with the knowledge that Santa Claus will soon be there! While aboard a beautifully restored antique streetcar, visitors will […]

Event Series Santa Trolley

Santa Trolley

Pennsylvania Trolley Museum’s stockings are hung by the trolleys with care with the knowledge that Santa Claus will soon be there! While aboard a beautifully restored antique streetcar, visitors will […]

Event Series Santa Trolley

Santa Trolley

Pennsylvania Trolley Museum’s stockings are hung by the trolleys with care with the knowledge that Santa Claus will soon be there! While aboard a beautifully restored antique streetcar, visitors will […]

Event Series Santa Trolley

Santa Trolley

Pennsylvania Trolley Museum’s stockings are hung by the trolleys with care with the knowledge that Santa Claus will soon be there! While aboard a beautifully restored antique streetcar, visitors will […]

Event Series Santa Trolley

Santa Trolley

Pennsylvania Trolley Museum’s stockings are hung by the trolleys with care with the knowledge that Santa Claus will soon be there! While aboard a beautifully restored antique streetcar, visitors will […]

Event Series Santa Trolley

Santa Trolley

Pennsylvania Trolley Museum’s stockings are hung by the trolleys with care with the knowledge that Santa Claus will soon be there! While aboard a beautifully restored antique streetcar, visitors will […]

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