When “Phoenix Park” became “East Lake Park”
Some of the earliest photos of streetcars on the Washington Street line display the sign, "To The Natatorium" as in this photo, courtesy...
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Jan 3, 2023
Street Railroading in Arizona, 1905
This article is a reprint from the monthly Street Railway Review of 1905 Windsor & Kenfield Publishers Street railway men who have been...
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Dec 20, 2022
Phoenix in the Roaring '20s
From ‘Wild West’ Town to Modern City - By Douglas Towne The Roaring ‘20s accomplished for Phoenix what Henry Higgins did for Eliza...
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Dec 15, 2022
Rising from the Ashes
In the fall of 2020 the Phoenix Trolley Museum was contacted by Mike Bystrom of Restaurant Equipment Hunter explaining that he had a...
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Nov 28, 2022
The Story of Phoenix’s Power and Electric Streetcars
We begin with the Arizona Republican, 12 September 1893, page 1: Within two weeks the mule service on the Phoenix street railway will...
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Nov 28, 2022
This is a short passage describing the impact of electric trolleys being introduced in 1893.
When Motorneer C. L. Longstreth turned the electricity on, a great cheer went up from the pleased and excited hundreds... for this marks...
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Nov 28, 2022
A Streetcar Named Obsession
A lawyer, a builder and a millwright found that you still can take a streetcar. If you have the time, guts and the proper permits, you...
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