Electric Public Transportation

There was a trolley system in Fort Collins at one time:

Car 21 still runs on the weekend for tourists

On the weekends from May through September, noon to 5 PM you can take the trolley from downtown to city park for $1.

The city shut down the trolly system in 1951 but a number of locals started the Fort Collins Municipal Railway Society (FCMRS) in 1980 in order to help preserve transportation history in Colorado.

A long time ago Chicago had the largest system of electric trolleys in the nation. I rode in one of the last cars downtown; I was probably 8 years old. I wonder if the FCMRS needs a volunteer track inspector?

Railroad dog revisited

Remember Annie the Railroad Dog?

There is a statue of her in front of the main library, but I had heard that her grave site is someplace else.

I had asked around town. Some people believed that it existed, but where they knew not. Even Roadside America does not give the exact details.

I missed it about four times because I didn't think that there would be a metal gate and brickwork protecting the dog's grave site. Must be lots of disrespecting dogs around town!