The Terrible Trolley, a car that once roamed the streets of Pittsburgh painted in black and gold to celebrate the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers, is back home in western Pa. after a museum acquired it from a collector in Ohio.
The Terrible Trolley, shown here on a Pittsburgh street in the early 1980s, has been acquired by the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum in Washington County, which plans on restoring it to its former black and gold paint scheme.The Terrible Trolley, a salute to the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers dynasty, is back home in western Pennsylvania after spending 25 years with a collector in Ohio.
How the Terrible Trolley found its way home started with museum volunteers researching photos for a story proposed by a local TV station. Someone mentioned that the Terrible Trolley was in Ohio so Becker called the owner and learned that he had recently sold the property and building that housed the car, which Becker said is in “fairly decent shape.”
“We got permission from the Steelers, the Eamon Foundation, which owns the rights to the Terrible Towel since this is called the Terrible Trolley, and also the NFL,” he said.
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