In today’s trolley post, Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Rich Kohr shows where the Gettysburg Electric Trolley came out of the woods directly behind him on the north side of Little Round Top, and south of the Wheatfield Road (in the fo[...]
The Gettysburg Electric Trolley Tour
In today’s trolley post, we explore the Gettysburg Electric Trolley’s location in Plum Run Valley (Valley of Death) and how it climbed the north slope of Little Round Top. This view was taken facing east between 1893 and 1902. We are c[...]
In today’s trolley post, we explore the tracks in the area of Devil’s Den. It is believed that there was a double set of tracks in this area. The photographer in this view is at Devil’s Den. The bridge on the right of this photo [...]
In today’s trolley post, the trolley tracks came out of Rose’s Woods towards Plum Run in the area between Devil’s Den and Big Round Top. Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Rich Kohr is striking his classic “trolley pose&[...]
The Gettysburg Electric Trolley ran through the area of Rose’s Wheatfield. The Stony Hill/Loop area is in the left background. The Wheatfield is in the right background. Brooke Avenue is at the camera position running towards the trolley. Th[...]
Licensed Battlefield Guide Rich Kohr is bringing the trolley south along the Emmitsburg Road towards the Peach Orchard. The red barn of the Alexander Spangler Farm is on the far left. The Joseph Sherfy Farm buildings are above Rich’s hand. T[...]
This photograph, taken from the top of the tower in Ziegler’s Grove during the 1913 Veterans Reunion, shows a Trolley “inbound” (going towards the town of Gettysburg) on the Emmitsburg Road. The houses to the Trolley’s righ[...]
The Gettysburg Battlefield Trolley, or Electric Trolley exited the area of what is now Evergreen Cemetery in the background, and came towards our camera position, to intersect with the Taneytown Road just to the right of the white crosswalk behind[...]
The Gettysburg Electric Trolley operated in the town and on the battlefield from 1893 to 1916. There were seven trolley cars, each named for a corps commander in the United States Army. This car is the General Howard at the north end of Little Rou[...]