Riverfront Trolleys

Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) Trolleys, which began operation on April 29, 1993, run on the Riverfront Loop in Memphis, TN.

MATA's trolleys, Car #187 built in 1927; Car #194 built in 1935; and Car 204 built in 1940, were originally built in Porto, Portugal, and restored by Kerns-Wilcheck Associates of Memphis. An additional seven trolleys originally from Porto were also eventually restored and placed into service along with another two from Australia by the mid-1990's.

The MATA Trolley network consists of 24 stations along its three lines: The Main Street Line; the Madison Avenue Line; and the Riverfront Loop.

There are extremely rare US&S "No Right Turn" and "No Left Turn" signals at the fourth crossing I filmed from.

Bells: GS Type 2, Safetran mechanical and Safetran Hybrid. Date: 12/11/07.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• MATA
• Trolley
• US&S
• GS
• Safetran

[TrainmanKight]

oh what rds are these crossing on that would help a lot i go through Memphis, TN a lot so i wounder where this is thanks also check out my channel

[2GUNBOY]

Sorry, i don't know what roads they are on.

All of the crossings i filmed at are on the Riverfront Loop, which runs right along the Mississippi river. The first two crossings in this video are right by The Pyramid.

Hope this helps.

[TrainmanKight]

great video how many time a day is the line used

also how many crossing would u say the lines has thanks

[2GUNBOY]

MATA's trolley line is used every day and it has about ten crossings.

[TrainmanKight]

oh so it is used like every 15 mins is that right

thanks

[2GUNBOY]

Correct.

[BNSFman08]

that second crossing had a WIERD setup. there were sidelights on the end of the cantelever!!!

[wigwags4ever]

Just to let you know, the no turn signals are rare, but WCH still make them.

[TrainGuy18]

that one i know for a fact came from New orleans. They probally bought it from brazil

[rglinNewMex]

Based on the lack of passengers in every trolley we observed on this video, MATA seems to be headed toward bankruptcy.

[ekoslosky]

NO BELLS

[sabethafiredept]

The trolleys do not seem to be very full, did you tape this during a non-peak period?

[microbusss]

yeah the "no left turn" signals are still being made I looked it up on WCH's website Also call me old fashioned but I prefer the old 12" gong/bells than the electronic ones

[RDG484]

If it was up to me I'd replace every one of those screechy air whistles with ones like 435 has or maybe a 10" incher that's in better shape than the one used in the first sequence; and I'd also get rid of those pans and replace them with Bow Collectors like CTA used to use on the Skokie Swift years ago, or maybe full-diamond pans like the South Shore cars used to have. I'm sorry but those pantographs just don't go with such old, deck-roofed equipment.

[LiebeHallstatt]

The third trolley (at 2:30min) was bought in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) but after having been restored by MATA it became completely unrecognizable.

[DL2045]

i have one at the crossing by my house