Fort Collins Municipal Railway
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The Fort Collins Municipal Railway operated streetcars in Fort Collins, Colorado. It was restored as a heritage streetcar line in 1984.[1]
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[edit] History
Fort Collins was reportedly the smallest city in the United States to operate streetcars[citation needed] and was the last city in Colorado to operate streetcars. Other streetcar services in the state include the service in Pueblo which ended in 1948 and the Denver Tramway terminated streetcar service in 1950.
By the end of service, the Fort Collins Municipal Railway was one of the last to be using Birney streetcars, and had among the lowest fares (5 cents) of any public transport system in the nation[citation needed].
The railway operated three routes and ran on a 20 minute schedule. Operations came to an end in 1951, after several unprofitable years of operation.
[edit] Restoration and heritage service
One of the FCMR streetcars (#21) has been restored to operating condition, along with one of the original routes of the railway along West Mountain Avenue in the 1980s.[1] The heritage line operates throughout the summer months. In 2008 a second car (#25) was restored to service.[2] Car 25 was orginally purchased for use in the Fort Collins system in 1946. After the 1951 system closure the car was sold to several other cities. It returned to Fort Collins in 2007 and underwent restoration work, returning to service in 2008.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "About the Fort Collins Municipal Railway". http://www.fortnet.org/trolley/about.php. Retrieved on 2009-06-26.
- ^ "Welcome to the Fort Collins Municipal Railway". http://www.fortnet.org/trolley/. Retrieved on 2009-06-26.
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Coordinates: 40°35′6.67″N 105°6′13.58″W / 40.5851861°N 105.1037722°W
