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Littlestown Trolley

 

The year was 1908 and the Ladies were smartly attired in dresses that gave them a smi-hourglass waist, and some daring damsels wore their dresses so that their ankles were visible with pratically every step. Young men wore their trousers tight at the ankles and straw hats blossomed on both men and women. The trolley line was going to be completed so that local folk could get to the Hanover Fair. A whole raft of leaders, the burgess, bankers and members of the Council were among those on the first passenger list. Twenty passengers per car was the limit and for the Fair, special cars ran almost every half hour were jamed. At first the line came only to the edge of the town, but it was later extended to the center of the town and later cars held thirty passengers. The trolleyvisited back and forth from Littlestown to McSherrystown to Hanover, and one change over in Hanover and continue to York, This line was in service until 1932 when the increasing use of the automobile caused it to be abandoned. They switched to buses, which continued until 1954.

Discussion for the Littlestown-to-Hanover Trolley began in 1895 and the trolley began running in 1908. The trolley was electric powered. A traction motor propelled the trolley, and air was pressurized by an electric motor to work the brakes. The system ran on 600 volts DC. There were identical controls at either end of the trolley so that it could travel either direction.
Trolley and horse and carriage off in the distance.





Littlestown’s Trolley was part of the York Light Rail System. The line came from Hanover through McSherrystown, and then to Littlestown.

 

 


 

 

 



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