Trolleyville USA, a nearly 50-year old antique streetcar museum, has lost its home and seeks to relocate to a facility in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. The new complex will be designed to include an interpretative center where the public can view over 40 antique streetcars, car display storage facilities, a state-of-the art restoration facility and a new right-of-way in Cleveland neighborhoods to take a ride on a real piece of history.

Trolleyville is the more familiar name for the Gerald E. Brookins Museum of Electric Railways. Since the early 1960s, Trolleyville has given school children, railway fans and family a chance to see and experience this grand form of transportation.

Our collection is well known by rail enthusiasts as one of the finest and largest operating electric railway museums. Trolleyville currently has over 40 cars in our collection, in various states of repair and restoration. At least 12 of our cars are currently rail-ready and operational.

The Brookins family and the members and trustees of Trolleyville feel it is important for this collection to stay in Cleveland and join other cities such as Dallas and Tampa which have recently opened their own vintage operations in conjunction with their local public transportation systems.

We are actively working with local businesses, The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, The Western Reserve Historical Society and other organizations to keep Trolleyville in Cleveland.

If you are interested in helping us keep the Trolleyville collection together, you can volunteer your time or resources or donate to our non-profit museum. You may also contact us for more information.

For more information about how you can help, please visit our contact page or call (216) 566-0100.