Lowell's Own Streetcar Named Desire is a Perley Thomas trolley that served in New Orleans.

Lowell's Own Streetcar Named Desire is a Perley Thomas trolley that served in New Orleans.

Car 1602, a replica of an early 1900s Brill Breezer Car makes the final stop of the day at one of the many historical locations in Lowell.

Car 1602, a replica of an early 1900s Brill Breezer Car crosses Merrimack Street in Downtown Lowell. The crossings are manually flagged to keep motorists from colliding with the trolleys.

Car 1602, a replica of an early 1900s Brill Breezer Car departs the Lowell Visitor Center platform with a tour group Boston & Maine 410, with is an 0-6-0 switcher built at the Manchester Works of... (more)

Car 1602, a replica of an early 1900s 15 bench trolley awaits a tour group outside the National Streetcar Museum in downtown Lowell. The National Park Service operates the trolleys which shuttle v... (more)

Dashing down the narrow right-of-way behind the Lowell High School, car 4131 pops out into a narrow band of sun amongst the trees.

Making its way through the Lowell National Historical Park, car 4131 stops short of the Merrimack St. crossing so a motorman can flag the car across.

Trolley Traffic Lights? In an effort to prevent collisions between the National Park Service Trolley Fleet and the motoring public, the City of Lowell Massachusetts has begun experimenting ... (more)

I can hear the flanges squealing as Motorman Fred takes his Park Service Trolley around one of the tightest curves on the line in downtown Lowell, Massachusetts. He's approaching the Suffo... (more)

Motorman Tom brings one of the Lowell National Historical Park's two "breezer" cars out of the trolley barn and into the late afternoon sun. When the park first opened in the 1980s, the physical... (more)

It's not often that you'll find Lowell's trolley fleet operating in the evening hours. Most days, they're all back in the barn by 5:30 PM. On the last weekend in July however, the City of Lowe... (more)

Two children wait on the platform for the arrival of a National Park Service Trolley...and the level of interest could not be more different. While the little girl skips around not seeming to ev... (more)

The City of Lowell, Massachusetts is laced with industrial canals, many of which date back to the early 19th century. These canals channeled water from the nearby Merrimack River to the inner cit... (more)

With eyes fixed on the oncoming traffic and carrying her only weapon...a large red flag....Conductor Amy bravely steps onto Merrimack Street to make the crossing safe for her Park Service Trolley.... (more)