Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Lake Shore Electric Railway Inc. may be forced to auction 30-plus trolley car collection

by Tom Breckenridge/Plain Dealer Reporter

CLEVELAND - Another big idea for downtown Cleveland derailed before it left the station.
A nonprofit group with a warehouse full of old trolley cars is nixing plans to build a tourist-attracting rail loop downtown and a trolley museum nearby.
Instead, Lake Shore Electric Railway Inc. wants to put a 30-plus car collection up for auction as soon as July, said Mark Ricchiuto, group spokesman and an executive with Marous Brothers Construction.
Civic and elected leaders supported the project, he said. But the economic recession stanched fund raising. The stalled Flats East Bank project hurt as well, he said.

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