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In our last news article, we talked about how our collection at the museum is growing and that we needed a place to store and display the new pieces.  Over the past couple of months, we have been busy getting our property ready for new track. With the help of volunteers and equipment, we worked…

A good sign that a museum is doing something right is if their collection continues to grow.  Thankfully at the Trolley Museum, we are doing just that!  We have been very fortunate over the past 6+ months to be given the opportunity to add two pieces of rolling stock to our growing collection. Mr. Paul…

For a while now the Trolley Museum has worked on creating a new “sign” for our property that would let people know where the museum is in Fort Smith.  One idea lead to another and eventually the idea to build a sign holder from a novelty miniature streetcar gained traction and took to the rails,…

A few months ago, a man by the name of Mr. John Holt visited the trolley museum while he and his wife were in Fort Smith attending an event and had some free time on their hands.  During their visit, Mr. Holt indicated that he had a rail speeder in his possession that he was…

Over the course of restoring Hot Springs Street Railway #50, we have had many milestones throughout the years, such as restoring the wooden body, rebuilding the wheel/truck assembly, getting all the pieces back together so that it can be complete streetcar again. Restoring a streetcar is usually not an easy process (nor a quick one…

The trolley museum is in the process of “sprucing up” the buildings and displays on the museum grounds.  This includes Fort Smith Light & Traction Streetcar #224 that operates daily from May 1st to November 1st.  Over the years, museum volunteers painted the streetcar by hand using a foam brush to minimize brush strokes.  This procedure…

It all started with making a new sign… It is amazing how ideas are born. The museum wanted to put a new sign close to the street advertising the trolley museum.  It was decided to use a small work crew flat car from the Frisco railroad.  Though this flat car is a museum artifact, it…