{"id":55264,"date":"2024-03-23T23:15:25","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T22:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=55264"},"modified":"2024-03-24T23:19:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T22:19:51","slug":"the-impressive-trolley-graveyard-in-a-forest-of-windber-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/03\/23\/the-impressive-trolley-graveyard-in-a-forest-of-windber-pennsylvania\/","title":{"rendered":"The impressive trolley graveyard in a forest of Windber, Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"

Collecting is a great hobby that doesn't cause problems when it comes to small things like stamps, coins or fountain pens.<\/p>\n

The impressive graveyard of the TGV, France's famous high-speed trains<\/a><\/rel>
\nSome abandoned steam locomotives that were waiting for a nuclear war<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

Ed Metka is an American citizen who grew up in Chicago and was fascinated by streetcars.<\/strong> In 1986, after spending almost 26 years in the US Army Corps of Engineers, Ed founded Vintage Electric Streetcar Company in Windber, Pennsylvania, and began collecting old electric streetcars<\/strong>in a forest located next to a former coal mine. His intention was to restore them and give them tourist use. Ed managed to collect more than fifty trams<\/strong>, achieving the largest private collection of trams in the United States.<\/p>\n

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Ed Metka's streetcar collection in a photo taken on May 31, 2014 (Photo: Forsaken Fotos<\/a>).<\/div>\n

Unfortunately, vandalism and damage caused by years of being outdoors ended up ruining Ed's dream<\/strong>. His collection became known as the \"Trolley Graveyard\", an apocalyptic-looking place<\/strong> that was fascinating for photographers, urban explorers and the curious in general.<\/p>\n

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Ed gathered more than fifty trams in this place (Photo: Forsaken Fotos<\/a>).<\/div>\n

However, in 2023, upon turning 85, Ed decided to sell what was left of his collection<\/strong>, partly to museums and private collectors, and partly to be scrapped, as some of the trams are in very bad condition. According to pabucketlist.com<\/a>, the forecast was that in November 2023 the cemetery would no longer exist. Before he disappeared, Ruin Road <\/a> was there and today he published a video showing it:<\/strong><\/p>\n