Trolley Tuesday 4/21/20 - The New Fort Collins Municipal Railway

Fort Collins' streetcar systems holds many noteworthy designations and records, including being the longest-lived Colorado state streetcar and the last all-Birney fleet operating in North America. However, like many cities, Fort Collins never forgot its street railway and made it one of the most popular and most nostalgic street railways in America. Hop aboard Birney No. 21 as we take a Trolley Tuesday trundle down Mountain Avenue aboard the NEW Fort Collins Municipal Railway!

Trolley Thursday 4/16/20 - The Fort Collins Municipal Railway

The Birney Safety Car is as ubiquitous and as comical in the electric streetcar world as the Volkswagen Beetle and Model T are to the automobile world. Though they may be diminutive and drably outfitted inside and out, the Birney was a godsend to electric railways looking to save money on maintenance and manpower. One such town to fully embrace the Birney was Colorado's fourth-biggest metropolis, Fort Collins, and they embraced the little streetcar so much they were the last streetcar system to use Birneys all the way into 1951. Hop aboard today's Trolley Thursday post and bounce along to the beat as we look at the Fort Collins Municipal Railway!