As a member of the Board of Education for Montgomery County, I certainly wish to express my appreciation of the educational value that this operation will bring to the County.  Of course there is also the pleasant feeling of nostalgia because the presentation of these old museum pieces will provide a yardstick to emphasize the speed and progress that has been made in the field of transportation in recent years.
From remarks by William P. Coyle, Director of Public Relations and Business Development for 
Suburban Trust Company  at the Museum groundbreaking ceremony, November 20, 1965

    
     In this email:
 
       - Transit Progress Day
      - Welcome STIB 9060
      - News from the Museum Shop
      - Calendar of Events
      - Celebrating 50 Years


Transit Progress Day
June 13, 2015

Capital Transit invites inspection of a new bus from an order of 200 new buses costing $3.5 million.   
  Henry J. Leinbach, Jr. photo; John Shriver Collection    

Transit Progress Day
June 13
Noon - 3:00 p.m.
Meet Dr. Gridlock from The Washington Post!

National Capital Trolley Museum hosts Transit Progress Day on Saturday, June 13, 2015. Based on a 1949 celebration by Capital Transit Company, the Museum's Transit Progress Day will be hosted by "Dr. Gridlock" from The Washington Post, and feature exhibits by:

                               - Montgomery County Transit ("Ride-on")
                               - Montgomery County Planning Board
                               - Action Committee for Transit
                               - DC Streetcar



From an article about an earlier Transit Progress Day
The Washington Post, September 11, 1949

Welcome STIB 9060!
Hermes van der Lee photo
STIB 9060 Arrives May 27, 2016

Following a recommendation from the acquisitions committee, the trustees approved acquisition of STIB 9060 from the collection of Claude Sabot in Gibson, British Columbia.

STIB 9060 offers the Museum the option of an operable, single truck closed car, especially important during cold weather when STIB 1069 cannot be used (it has no heat).  Together, the two Belgian cars will allow us to interpret single truck car operation year round for our visitors as a contrast to the larger and more modern PCC cars typically operated at the Museum.

       
New for Spring in the Museum Shop!

                
                                  $25.00                                                            
 $25.95



Save the Dates - Upcoming Events in 2015!

June 13 - Transit Progress Day

June 27 - Montgomery Heritage Day
New Temporary Exhibit: Civil War Streetcars & Guilded Age Streetcars

July 11 - A Horse Car Named Desire: 
Walt Whitman's Street Railway Romance (Mature audience)

August 23 - A 78th Anniversary 
celebrates the arrival of the PCC car in the Nation's Capital

September 30 - 50th Anniversary Celebration



Celebrating 50 Years with Montgomery Parks
1965-2015
NCTM President Mills Dean III, and Vice President Harry Dodge discuss plans for the 1966 Visitor Center with Bob Glatfelter, President of Rockville Society of Model Engineers (RSME).   RSME was a partner in construction of the Visitor Center and operated a model layout in the building from 1969 - 1976.                                                                                                                                                               NCTM Collections

Workers from Kirby Reese install a RACOR switch at the Main-10 yard lead.   
Ken Rucker photo
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