Assisting the first Trolley Museum established in PA

In 1967 the first Trolley Museum that was established in Pennsyivannia began to expand from 4 trolley cars when it acquired car #172 and maintenance car C-64 from Portugal. The group at this time lacked the funds to transport these two trolley cars from a shipping terminal peir in Phila, PA were they arrived from overseas. However then museum president Louis Behuler and member Dave Biles convinced Jimmy McHugh to donate his tractor trailers to the cause.   

Over 22 peices of railway equipment has been moved by Jimmy McHugh at no charge to the Rockhill Trolley Museum from that time in 1967 until 1985.  Some of the museum's transported equipment over the years has been sold off or scrapped by RTM. The services provided usually involved, supplying cranes & tractor trailers. When the Red Arrow 'Liberty Liner' was moved. A crane had to be supplied in Phila., PA to load out the six tractor trailers and also a crane was required in Rockhill to unload the tractor trailers and assemble the unit. Jimmy also lent his and Charlie Knapp's small Insely crane to the RTM for nearly 10 years at no charge. Other equipment was also lent to RTM, such as dump trucks, tie gang, and other types of maintence equipment.

A 1925 built Brill car at the Red Arrow Lines is loaded in 1970 in Phila., PA. The young boy  placing a red flag on the rear coupler of old #61 is 9 year old JC McHugh.

Jimmy McHugh snignals the winch truck operater to pull #61 onto the special lowbed trailer. This truck was driven by Walter Luff.

Hagerstown, MD 1969. Jimmy's wife and children JC, Suzie, Jeanie, & Joanie, wait beside the road before H&F #5 freight motor begins it's journey to Rockhill. This truck was driven by Virgil Frost.

Johnstown, PA transit car #355 has just arrived from Lincoln, NH. This truck was driven by Fred Glasetor.

All of the 4 'Liberty liner' cars have been loaded and are lined up for the trip to Rockhill. The McHugh employees assisting with this project was: Bob McHugh Supt., JC McHugh driver truck sets 1&2, EP McHugh driver truck sets 3&4, Boot Sooby driver car #1, Ray Stone driver car #2, Pete Possert driver car #3, driver car #4, Sam Barnett crane operator, Bill Keating crane oiler, Dave Schmidt engineering, riggers Bob Ditmar, John Cristy, Chuck McHugh.

York Railways #163 is being transported over the PA turnpike, on it's way to the museum, the truck was driven by Walter Luff. The McHugh's new 25 ton grove crane that has not been painted yet in the infamous green & red scheme, was driven & operated by long time RTM member Fred Walters.

Hauling two PCC / St. Louis type double end cars from SEPTA in Phila, PA to Rockhill.

Loading out the last of the four car 'Liberty Liner'. The truck assemblies that are still on the tracks next to it will be loaded onto two other trailers.

Trolley car #249 was picked up by the McHugh company at a Phila., PA peir in a large wood create. It was then transported to the McHugh's yard in Penndel, PA and uncreated. Then #249 was hauled to Rockhill by driver Harvy Anderson.

Jimmy McHugh with #249 as it is being jacked onto the two truck assemblies at the County Line road crossing of the trolley line.