How nice it would be to take a trolley for 5¢ each way from Williamstown to North Adams and back. Did you know that there used to be such a trolley line running between these two northern Berkshire towns? On January 25th at 11 am in the Milne Public Library John Hyde will be giving an illustrated talk beginning with an overview of trolley cars as a means of public transportation in the United States. Particular emphasis will be given to the emergence, dominance, and ultimate disappearance of trolleys from Williamstown and Berkshire County.
Bio:
Professor Emeritus John M. Hyde has been a member of the faculty and administration of Williams College for the past fifty years. He is also a member of the fifth generation of a family which has lived in Berkshire County for more than 200 years. An ardent “rider of trains,” he is too young to have “taken the trolley” but has turned his attention to another vehicle that traveled on rails in this lecture.