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The Connecticut Electric Railway Association, Inc. is the owner and operator of The Connecticut Trolley Museum. Founded in October 1940, it is the nation's oldest incorporated organization dedicated to the preservation of the trolley era. As a non-profit institution, its educational and historical aim is the establishment of a full scale operating street and interurban railroad system with the...
The Conn. Trolley Museum is dedicated to providing a historically accurate educational experience of the trolley era; through the interpretation, preservation, restoration and operation of an electric railway.
The museum offers rides in antique trolley cars on a 3.5 mile track. The visitors center displays restored trolleys and other artifacts. There is a gift shop and picnic area on the premises.