Kansas City Trolleys of the 1940's and 50's

These are home movies taken by Robert C. Moseley, Kansas City Trolley Driver and model train enthusiast. All of this footage was taken in the 1940's and 1950's with a 8mm home movie camera. This is only a sample of the hours of footage he took. Between 1960 and 1990 he built an expansive model train layout in his basement featuring 172 feet of trolley track which operates off an actual trolley wire, as well as 270 feet of two rail "O" scale main line track. He sold the layout in 1990 and today it resides at the Irene B. French Community Center in Merriam Kansas. Mr. Moseley passed away in 1997.

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  Autos & Vehicles

[blakdeth913]

This footage is fantastic. Someone get this person a registered copy of WinAVI DVD Ripper.

[hudson501]

Wonderful footage of Kansas City's streetcar system (Kansas City Public Service Co.) in its later days and even the last day of operation on June 23, 1957.  Especially like the shots of the single truck Birney streetcars (last used on the Kensington route in August, 1949). Thanks for sharing!