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 Post subject: Trenton & Mercer County / Trenton Transit #288 update
PostPosted: Thu Apr 01, 2021 8:40 am 

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Hello Everyone, ....

Back on March 25th, 2021, Liberty Historic Railway Vice-chairman, and #288 Project manager, Mr. J.r. May gave a presentation to the Hopewell Valley Historical Society here in NJ regarding everyone's favorite trolley! (Well, it's everyone's favorite if you're from the Trenton NJ area.)

Mr. May spoke to a group of over 100 people about this amazing "Ahead of the torch" save, the current status of the project, and what the future holds for this unique streetcar.

The Hopewell Valley Historical Society, along with the Mercer County Library System, have graciously shared the video presentation on line. So if anyone is interested in seeing J.r.'s presentation, feel free to check out the link below and see for yourself why everyone is so excited about this project! ....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFN7JE75GIM&t=14s

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2022 11:30 am 

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 Post subject: Re: Trenton & Mercer County / Trenton Transit #288 update
PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2022 6:07 pm 

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ADMIV - Thanks for the update. Somehow I missed this the first time around so I finally just got to watching the video today. It was a pleasure to watch JR, a person with a track record of success in business and rail preservation, go through his practical step-by-step approach in restoring/rebuilding this artifact. Great news that 288 is now moving to an indoor space where it can be worked on.


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 Post subject: Re: Trenton & Mercer County / Trenton Transit #288 update
PostPosted: Sun Jun 19, 2022 1:48 pm 

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Hello everyone,

Thank you ADMIV for sharing the post!

Liberty Historic Railway, Inc (LHRy.org) entered into a lease for a portion of a secure siding in Farmingdale, NJ as the first step in the effort to restore one of only two known surviving trolleys from the once extensive streetcar system in Trenton, NJ. #288 is believed to be the only surviving streetcar which hauled passenger. (The other surviving piece of equipment is a former MOW / sweeper.)

For those of you who are on Facebook, you can follow this project on the #288 Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/TrentonTrolley/

A mix of paid contractors and volunteers is envisioned. If you live in, or are close enough to, the Farmingdale, NJ area and would like to help out on the project, feel free to reach out to LHRy directly.

While LHRy is currently funding this project itself, donations towards this project are always welcomed. See the LHRy website for details.

https://www.lhry.org/donate

Stay tuned for more surprises in the coming months. That's all for now folks...

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