Film clips of the Holyoke Street Railway taken in the late 1930s
Silent color footage of trolley cars 178 and 116 of the Holyoke Street Railway Co. traveling into the Willimansett section of Chicopee, MA. This film was shot sometime in the late 1930s, just before the trolley system was dismantled. Footage is courtesy of the Holyoke History Room and Archives of the Holyoke Public Library.
Silent black and white footage of the Holyoke Street Railway Co. Footage includes: the Willamansett car traveling in Chicopee, the Oakdale car at the corner of High and Appleton St., Car 118 traveling towards City Hall, a car on Dwight St., a car traveling on Canal St., car 168 turning from the corner of Appleton to High St., Schoolchildren boarding a Special Car for an outing to Mountain Park. This film was shot sometime in the late 1930s, just before the trolley system was dismantled. Footage is courtesy of the Holyoke History Room and Archives of the Holyoke Public Library.
Silent color footage of the Holyoke Street Railway Co.
Footage includes: Car 116 traveling towards Amherst, arriving at the dance pavilion at Mountain Park, traveling on Main St. at the corner of Cabot St., traveling on Northampton St., High St. at the corner of Suffolk St., from Mountain Park to Route 5. This film was shot sometime in the late 1930s, just before the trolley system was dismantled. Footage is courtesy of the Holyoke History Room and Archives of the Holyoke Public Library.
Silent black & white footage of a trolley car of the Holyoke Street Railway of Holyoke, MA being trailed out of the car barn on North Bridge St. and traveling on Bridge St in South Hadley Falls. This film was shot sometime in the late 1930s, just before the trolley system was dismantled. Footage is courtesy of the Holyoke History Room and Archives of the Holyoke Public Library.