Trolley & Railroad Memorabilia

This is a small sample of the items on display at the Fort Smith Trolley Museum. For details on our "rolling stock," please see the Roster of Equipment.

Fort Smith Light & Traction Car #224, a restored Birney safety car, has been in operation at the Fort Smith Trolley Museum since May of 1991.

Photographs
Fort Smith Light & Traction Car #25, a Brill semi-convertible car, pictured at Electric Park on the 11th Street line circa ?

Fort Smith Light & Traction Car #29, a 21' 8" semi-convertible car, was built by Danville Car Company in 1910.

Fort Smith Light & Traction Car #31, showing Park Hill destination sign. The sign just below the front window reads, "To Sparks Hospital."

Fort Smith Light & Traction Car #51
Engineers, supervisors, and invited guests appear on conclusion of the first streetcar run across the new bridge between Fort Smith and Van Buren. Overhead trolley wires were not yet in place, and car #51 was moved across the bridge by animal power, driven by William Pink Spradley, Sr.

A railroad telegrapher's desk sits in the car barn.

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Fort Smith Trolley Museum
100 South 4th Street
Fort Smith, Arkansas 72901
(479) 783-0205
info@fstm.org

Owned and Operated By:
Fort Smith Streetcar Restoration Association Inc.
2121 Wolfe Lane
Fort Smith, AR 72901