For a short sixty years, between the waning of the horse and buggy era and the
widespread use of automobiles and trucks, fast and convenient electric trolleys were the
best mode of transportation for both local passengers and freight. Bucks County was
served by 120 miles of trolley lines between the 1890’s and 1950’s.
Sharing his knowledge and photographic images of the golden age of trolleys will be
Mike Szilagyi, author of Bucks County Trolleys, a volume in the Images of Rail series.
The stories of the equipment, the operators, the users, and the routes will be studded
with information specific to Yardley. The town’s residents could take a trolley in any
direction but east – Lambertville, NJ; New Hope; Morrisville; Trenton, NJ; and Newtown.
A power house, now the Cramer Bakery/CVS building, provided electricity for the line.
Trolleys played a fascinating and quirky role in our transportation history. Come find out
how.