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	Blog Archive - Daily Posting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The strip centered around the quirky inhabitants of a town called "Toonerville" as well as a rickety and unpredictable trolley car that came to be known as "The Toonerville Trolley".
		The operator of the trolley was known as "The Skipper".
		They were successors to James A. Bailey, the blue-eyed skipper of the trolley the day cartoonist Fontaine Fox took his historic ride on the trolley that inspired "The Toonerville Trolley that Met All the Trains".
	www.historicpelham.com /BlogArchive/Blog20050617.htm (653 words)

	HistoryLink Essay:Elmer Yates remembers the Toonerville Trolley in the Rainier Valley.
		The trolley was only about one-third the size of the regular streetcar and during the morning rush hour, when people were going to work or in the evening when they were homeward bound, there were more people standing in the aisle than those lucky enough to find a seat.
		Passengers using the trolley were issued transfers which allowed them to board the main line streetcars, and, likewise, those passengers leaving the main line were given transfers which were honored by the trolley conductor.
		He had to disconnect and secure the trolley at one end of the car before he released a trolley arm at the other end to get electricity to the motor.
	www.historylink.org /essays/printer_friendly/index.cfm?file_id=3085 (1584 words)

	Toonerville Folks - TheBestLinks.com - Toonerville Trolley, 1917, 1908, 1955, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Toonerville Folks (sometimes known as Toonerville Trolley) was a comic strip by Fontaine Fox which ran from 1908 to 1955.
		The single panel cartoon was a daily look at Toonerville, situated in what are now called the suburbs, inspired by Fox's childhood outside Louisville, Kentucky.
		The focus often was The Toonerville Trolley, driven in a frenzy by the grizzly old Skipper to meet each train arriving in town.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Toonerville_Trolley.html (191 words)

	TARC: Trolleys
		Trolleys will detour around 4th Street Live during special events.
		The Main Street Trolley can be boarded at any trolley stop along Main and Market between 10th and Wenzel.
		Trolleys will run in regular 15 minute intervals.
	www.ridetarc.org /trolleys.asp (232 words)

	Jack Norris - Toonerville Trolley Attracted a lot of Attention (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The tiny Toonerville Trolley, Fox's symbol of all decrepit trolley cars running anywhere, was large enough for only six people, three on each side facing each other.
		It was also learned that the trolley was constructed as a "summer car" with open sides and containing benches so that children could safely be give free rides.
		His trolley car (also a Toonerville in the words of Fox) was an ancient wooden car, painted yellow with a long narrow bench along each side of the car.
	www.phxsg.org /JohnNorris/norris78.htm (978 words)

	Fontaine Fox Toonerville Trolley Train99.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Toonerville Trolley was a character in Fontaine Fox's comic strip.
		Called "The Toonerville Folks," but run as the "Toonerville Trolley" in other papers, the strip was drawn continuously from 1908 until February of 1955.
		The wheels are offset on the axles so the whole trolley rocks back and forth as it moves along.
	www.train99.com /ency/toonerville/toonerville.html (252 words)

	Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Toonerville Folks
		What he drove, The Toonerville Trolley (which meets all the trains), was perhaps toondom's most hair-raising conveyance — Gordo's "La Cometa Halley" being a very distant second.
		The trolley was based on a real-life one Fox had ridiculed in editorial cartoons back in his home town, Louisville, KY, and The Skipper on a grizzled old trolley driver Fox met in Pelham, NY, when visiting cartoonist Charles Voight.
		When, in the early 1940s, that Pelham, NY trolley was replaced by a bus, the event drew national attention because of its Toonerville connection.
	www.toonopedia.com /toonrvil.htm (742 words)

	www.pelhamny.com \|\| Pelham NY \|\| Westchester's best kept secret
		The trolley carrying 20 passengers, often jumped the tracks and crashed into the rocks at the end of Pelhamdale Avenue.
		The trolley was the inspiration for the nationally distributed cartoon series, "Toonerville Trolley", created by Fontaine Fox, a Pelham visitor from Louisville, KY who rode the trolley.
		Trolley rails from a different line can still be seen on East Third Street in Mount Vernon on the bridge over the Hutchinson River Parkway.
	www.pelhamny.com /landmarks/pelhamwood.shtml (1005 words)

	Historic Pelham: Pelham's "Toonerville Trolley" Goes To War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Comic strip artist Fontaine Talbot Fox was inspired to create the Toonerville Trolley after a ride on the little trolley that ran through Pelham Manor during the early 20th century.
		Actually, recent research suggests that although the trolley was discontinued in 1937, the tracks remained beneath the streets.
		Trolley car rails which existed when the street cars were discontinued in North Pelham and Pelham Heights were torn up when the street was repaved.
	historicpelham.blogspot.com /2005/09/pelhams-toonerville-trolley-goes-to.html (717 words)

	McKernan History
		Fox introduced a quaint, rickety, old street car which became the centerpiece and was known as “The Toonerville Trolley That Meets All Trains.” The feature was so successful and ran so long that when Fox retired in the late 1950’s no other artist was allowed to continue the panel.
		These trolleys had a pole at each end of the car with a grooved pulley on top that connected to the overhead power supply wire.
		Bob Chambers, a Scot who also ran the “other” Toonerville Trolley from 1922 to 1932, was well known for his passion to recite the works of Robert Burns for anyone who would listen.
	www3.telus.net /nocente/Toonerville.htm (1394 words)

	The B-17 "Toonerville Trolley"
		The "Toonerville Trolley" was a B-17 of the 92nd Bomb Group...
		He was taken from his regular crew to fly his fifth mission as a replacement ball turret gunner with another crew.
		After hitting the target, an aircraft factory complex outside of Munich, their airplane named the Toonerville Trolley was shot down in flames by a German fighter.
	www.327th.org /327th-org/Greg/Toonerville.html (200 words)

	CollectingChannel.com News Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Trolleys ran down streets, El (elevated) cars operated on steel structures over those streets and subways underground.
		A Toonerville Trolley Game, 1927 by Milton Bradley, was based on the classic comic strip and had splendid Fontaine Fox art.
		This is interesting, as Nifty Toonerville Trolley wind-ups from the 1920s were priced at $850 and $950 just a year ago.
	www.collectingchannel.com /cdsDetArt.asp?CID=24&PID=6872 (1375 words)

	Bitter Creek Western Railroad (BCWRR): Toonerville Trolley (Folks)
		The trolley that inspired Fontaine Fox was in Pelham, NY.
		The red loco (#213) behind the Trolley is actually attached to the Trolley by a long narrow fl bar and provides the propulsion.
		The fl connecting bar is visible leaving the Trolley to the right at about platform level (in both the picture above and the picture to the left).
	www.bittercreekwesternrr.org /stories-toonerville.html (392 words)

	All aboard the Toonerville Trolley
		LUCE COUNTY -- Utilizing one of the longest and oldest 24-inch gauge lines in the United States, and a pair of large riverboats, the owners and operators of the Toonerville Trolley are celebrating their 75th year of operation.
		Playing a major part in the Upper Peninsula's logging history, massive white pines were floated to the lumber camp and dimensional saw mill at Hunter's Mill where they were converted into dimensional lumber and shipped by rail.
		Likening the Toonerville Trolley to a modern-day farm, Stewart says the weather plays a critical roll in his annual success.
	www.michiganrailroads.com /MichRRs/News/2002/News062102.htm (706 words)

	Historic Pelham: Pelham Manor Residents Fight Construction of the Toonerville Trolley Line
		Everyone in Pelham and tens of thousands of others across the nation and around the world loved the little trolley line that inspired Fontaine Talbot Fox to create a rickety and unpredictable trolley car known as the "Toonerville Trolley" in his comic strip entitled "Toonerville Folks".
		The Court concluded that although numerous court decisions supported the proposition that a nearby property owner's "right to protect public highways from invasion is very limited", an abutting property owner has standing before a court of equity "to compel the public officer to the performance of his duty" to protect against "invasions" of public highways.
		Ultimately, of course, the trolley line was built ensuring that a few years later Fontaine Fox would experience his inspiration for the "Toonerville Trolley" and change Pelham's history forever.
	historicpelham.blogspot.com /2005/04/pelham-manor-residents-fight.html (1089 words)

	LHI - DERAIL AMTRAK - THE GOVERNMENT'S TOONERVILLE TROLLEY
		Big government is not simply the size of the budget, or the number of federal programs; it is the role the federal government plays in our daily lives.
		Not once did any employee of this Toonerville Trolley of a railroad either bother to explain why the trains were late, or apologize for it.
		As the Cato Institute's Joseph Vranich and Edward L. Hudgins wrote, airport shutdowns and fear of flying that followed the September 11 terrorist attacks gave Amtrak a boost in ridership.
	www.serve.com /~Lincolnheritage2/articles/address/1997to2003/government/derail_amtrack.html (909 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Known affectionately as the Toonerville Trolley, it is a relic from the past, a transit dinosaur.
		As recently as 100 years ago, #124 and her trolley car species dominated the Houston landscape, extending the trails of their territory to a length of 90 miles.
		At 15 miles per hour this new version will be 25% faster than #124 but still suffers from the same genetic flaws: inflexibility in its routes, inability to survive in more than 3” of water and very high cost.
	www.houstonbuscar.com /docs/Toonerville-Trolley.doc (391 words)

	Toonerville Trolley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Toonerville Trolley in its little building in St. Marys.
		This 1920s rail vehicle, which once traveled on the St. Marys Railroad, was featured in Roy Crane's comic strip "Wash Tubs and Easy" in the 1930s.
		The rail car was restored in the mid-1970s (for street use) and is now operated in parades and special events.
	www.railga.com /oddend/toonerv.html (66 words)

	Toonerville Trolley Train and Boat Ride to Tahquamenon Falls in the Upper Peninsula (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Toonerville Trolley Train and Boat Ride to Tahquamenon Falls in the Upper Peninsula
		The Toonerville Trolley, the longest 24 inch gauge rail in the country, travels 5 1/2 miles through a remote wilderness area giving passengers a greater opportunity for seeing wildlife.
		Unless authorized by the webmaster of Exploring the North, Inc., reproduction of any web page or pages on this website for placement on the internet is a copyright infringement.
	www.visitnewberrymi.org /toonerville/trolley.html (528 words)

	FOX MSS. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Fox mss., 1931-1969, consist of the papers of Fontaine Talbot Fox, 1884-1964, newspaper cartoonist of the Toonerville Trolley, including correspondence, original drawings of the cartoons, and scripts of books and series.
		Printed material includes the prints of the syndicated Toonerville Trolley comic strip and biographical information.
		Some of the cartoons were published in Fontaine Fox's Toonerville Trolley compiled by Herb Galewitz & Don Winslow.
	www.indiana.edu /~liblilly/lilly/mss/html/fox.html (232 words)

	myLargescale.com Forums - Toonerville Trolley - All About Your Garden Railroad & G Scale Trains
		I don't know about a largescale version but Pride Lines offered Toonerville Trolleys in O and Standard gauge.
		When I first opened my shop in Carrollton, TX a customer came in with a Toonerville Trolley he had purchased at some kind of yard sale (as I remember).
		Each wheel was drilled off center, this meant that the trolley bobbed around, the wheels never left the track, but it looked like it was going to fall off of the track, but it never did.
	www.mylargescale.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=28880 (564 words)

	(GC5AA6) Toonerville Trolley by Quiddler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		My trolley ride came to a satisfactory close when I located the cache in remarkably good shape (maybe a little damp) after the recent torrential storms.
		On a side note for the previous logs asking about history, the original Toonerville Trolley line ran along Brook Street and was known nationally due to a comic strip of the same name (also called "Toonerville Folks") by Fontaine Fox.
		Based on that and his trolley experiences in Pelham, NY, he drew the strip that ran in newspapers continuously from 1908-55, also inspiring silent films starring Mickey Rooney (known as Mickey McGuire before changing his name) in the 1920s and a few cartoons in the 1930s.
	www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC5AA6&log=y (3052 words)

	More About the Images in the Banner at the Top of Each Page on the Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The operator of the trolley was known as "The Skipper." The comic strip was based in part on the artist's experience during a trolley ride on a visit to Pelham.
		They were successors to James A. Bailey, the blue-eyed skipper of the H-Line trolley the day cartoonist Fontaine Fox took his historic ride on the trolley that inspired "The Toonerville Trolley that Met All the Trains".
		The third image from the left on the banner above is a detail from an engraving by P.M. Pirnie of East Chester, New York created in 1861.
	www.historicpelham.com /SiteBanner.htm (848 words)

	Phoenix Clan Forums -> Vietnam Vignettes 23. THE TOONERVILLE TROLLEY
		There was a railroad that ran along near the coast of Vietnam from the port city of Da Nang northward "through the pass" approximately 105 miles to the old imperial capital city of Hue; at least the track was there.
		The engine was followed by a boxcar carrying ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) troops and usually one or two other boxcars; all of the boxcars always had simply a "ton" of people riding their roofs and hanging onto their ladders.
		They wired a charge and then they sat off up there on that hill close by (where they also watched us from) and they'd let the sandbagged flatcar go by before pushing the button that sent the Toonerville Trolley forever more into oblivion.
	phoenixclan.biz /pxcforum/index.php?showtopic=193 (739 words)

	Andy Madura's Sunday Comics Page 77
		A Note on the Toonerville Trolley: To collectors and admirers of the work of Fontaine Fox, The Toonerville Trolley was the visual centerpiece to many wonderful pages.
		The Trolley has also enhanced the value of many pages, depending upon the degree in which it appears.
		In the following descriptions I have tried to differentiate between pages where the Trolley made a 'Cameo' appearance (a brief panel or two), and those where the Trolley is more prevalent.
	www.oldsundaycomics.com /scp077.htm (1174 words)

	Toonerville Trolley, River Boat and Train Ride to Tahquamenon Falls in the Upper Peninsula of MI
		Toonerville Trolley, River Boat and Train Ride to Tahquamenon Falls in the Upper Peninsula of MI The Toonerville Trolley
		The Toonerville Trolley, the longest 24 inch gauge rail in the country, travels 5 1/2 miles through a remote wilderness area giving passengers a greater opportunity for seeing wildlife and a wide variety of birds.
		All website design, text, graphics, selection and arrangement thereof are the copyrighted works of Vivian Wood.
	www.exploringthenorth.com /toonerville/trolley.html (594 words)

	Information about U.S. Proofcard®: 32¢ Toonerville Folks: Classic Collection Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Although many of his characters were based on his years spent in that city, the model for the Toonerville Trolley was a streetcar Fax had ridden in Pelham, New York.
		Fox felt the car was so distinctive and its bearded conductor so independent -- he actually left the streetcar and led Fox to a nearby hill to point out the address he was looking for -- the combination was irresistible.
		But the fascinating characters Fox created are what made Toonerville Folks such a huge success.
	www.unicover.com /EA4PAROE.htm (327 words)

	Toonerville (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Toonerville Trolley films were the most successful and popular films ever made at the Betzwood studio.
		Based on the famed newspaper cartoons of Fontaine Fox, they were written by Fox himself.
		Joseph P. Eckhardt, "The Toonerville Trolley Films of the Betzwood Studio, Griffithiana, May, 1995.
	faculty.mc3.edu /jeckhard/toonerv.htm (106 words)

	Trolley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Veteran and Vintage transit, a guide to North America's mass transit museums, tourist trolley operators and private mass transit collections.
		To Seattle by trolley : the story of the Seattle-Everett Interurban and the trolley that went to sea
		Trolley to the Past : A Brief History and Companion to the Operating Trolley Museums of North America (Interurbans Special ; 85)
	www.erha.org /booktrolley.htm (877 words)

	RV.Net Open Roads Forum: Update on the Toonerville trolley in MI, UP
		RV.Net Open Roads Forum: Update on the Toonerville trolley in MI, UP Already a member?
		Earlier this spring someone had posted a question about the Toonerville Trolley at Soo Junction in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
		I thought it had shut down but have since been able to find out that the Toonerville Trolley is still running.
	www.rv.net /forums/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/282788.cfm (118 words)

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