Truck Rest

While you are staying in Charlotte you may want to park the rental car and let the city’s trolley take you around to all the interesting sights to see. The old trolley made it possible for the city to grow in the early neighborhoods. It is still a great way for people of all walks of life to get around the city whether it is to get to work or to just see what is going on around the city. The first incarnation of the trolley was in the early 20th century and this mode of transportation is still thriving today.
If one is visiting the city is it is a fun day to spend with the trolley starting at the new museum that was built in devotion for the trolley and its history. They have a different sort of take on the what the trolley contributed to the city. It was always much more than just a ride to a from somewhere. There was a big social story that went along with the train through all the decades social changes. They like to introduce the cars like they are people. Car #85 is the only original electric trolley car still running today. The city was trying to replace the trolleys with buses and so for a while many of the cars were scrapped. But car #85 was spared because it was sold to the Air National Guard to be used as an office. Then it became a diner during the 1940′s and in the 1950′s it was bought by a Daisy Mae Trapp Moore who was in Huntersville for about 150 dollars who used it to house some some family who didn’t have a home. The inside of the trolley had been obviously changed many times from passenger seating to office desk to kitchen to a three room home.
It is fun to see how this trolley and a couple others were saved and sitting in good condition today. If there is an extra day available while you are staying in a fancy hotel than catch a ride to the Trolley Museum in Charlotte and see how this charming transportation is making a rebound.

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