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In 1923, the Connecticut Company operated nearly a thousand trolley cars over 785 miles of track. Its fourteen divisions extended from Stamford to Bridgeport, New Haven, Hartford, New London, and Waterbury. The company rostered more than 150 open cars, one of the largest fleets in America, and also owned a luxurious private trolley, car 500, which carried Company executives over the system in opulent splendor.

By the late 1940s, ConnCo trolleys were running only in the City of New Haven, where most of the film included in the program was taken. Several traction buffs visited New Haven and covered the Savid Rock, Lighthouse Park, and Mmauguin lines, chartering private car 500 for some of these excursions. You'll also see vignettes of the Branford Line, a portion of which is now operated by the Shore Line Trolley Museum, and scenes of trolley activities in Holyoke and Springfield, Massachusetts.

The highlight of the program is Sid Silleck's legendary depiction of the open cars carrying football fans to the Yale Bowl. Relive the nostalgic days, when these antique trolleys, loaded to the gills with college students, trundled through the tree-lined streets of New Haven in the tradition of a bygone era!

A number of preserved Connecticut Company open and closed cars can be seen in operation at the Shore Line Museum, East Haven, Ct., the Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor, Ct., and the Seashore Trolley Museum, Kennebunkport, Maine.