The Rockhill Collection, Pt. 1

IRM has been donated a large collection of archive materials from the Rockhill Trolley Museum, as they are trying to rationalize their library holdings.  All of these documents and pictures are Midwest-related, and we thank RTM for their generosity.  I've started scanning in some of the more interesting photos.  In some cases there are detailed notes on the back of the photo, in many cases there's nothing.  So for many of the mystery pictures we welcome constructive suggestions.

 This is not perhaps a great picture, but here is our horse car, now on display at the front of Barn 7:

And this is hardly better, but again it shows a car in our collection:

Here, on the other hand, is the one that got away:

Many of the following pictures appear to have been taken in or around St. Louis.

The mystery here is why he refers to it as a Class "Y":

The 102, of course, was a sister to our 101:

Then we have several mystery photos.  I'm guessing these were taken in St. Louis, but beyond that I don't know.  Send us a postcard with your suggestions and win a prize.

St. Louis Public Service PCC -FH

St. Louis Public Service car in front of the public library on Olive -FH

St. Louis Public Service Peter Witt -FH

Connecticut Company -FH

Connecticut Company -FH

Connecticut Company -FH

Montreal Tramways 274, the first car owned by the Canadian Railway Historical Society (now the Canadian Railway Museum), while still on MT property. -FH

Look, Sam, he printed my suggestion about the work motor.  I'm famous!