Car 25 at the Howes St. carbarn in 1951.
Motorman Bob, Conductor John and Jr. Motorman Bailey.
Last day of operation in 2006.
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Welcome Aboard the
Fort Collins Municipal Railway!
We operate Fort Collins Birney Safety Car 21,
one of four cars purchased by the City in 1919. Birney cars provided daily
service until 1951. Afterwards, car 21 sat in a park for almost three decades.
We restored it, rebuilt the line on West Mountain Ave., and now operate the car
on weekend afternoons from May through September.
We are the Fort Collins Municipal Railway Society,
an all-volunteer organization working with the city of
Fort Collins, CO
to provide a heritage streetcar experience.
Free Rides on Car 21 This Summer
- July 4 - Thanks to an anonymous donor, we're offering free rides
from Noon through 6PM. For your convenience, we'll board only at our downtown
terminus, Howes St., rather than at our depot in City Park.
- July 9 and 10 - Austin's and the Fort Collins Downtown Business Association
are providing free rides on Car 21 from Noon through 5PM each day.
Drop by to Visit Car 25
Fort Collins Municipal Railway streetcar 25 (show below) returned to Fort Collins last year. Car 25 was one two streetcars the city purchased in 1946 to help keep the aging system running. After the system shut down in June 1951, car 25 spent time in Victor, CO, Columbia, South Carolina and Charlotte, North Carolina. We purchased car 25 in 2007 and are now restoring it to operation along with car 21 on the rebuilt West Mountain Ave. line.
You're welcome to drop in whenever the doors are open to view our work.
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