The museum primarily contains historic trolleys from Pennsylvania, but its collection includes examples from nearby Toledo, New Orleans, and even an open-sided car from Brazil.

In subsequent months the interurban line was dismantled back to the Drake stop in Upper St. Clair.

The Arden Trolley Museum opened to the public in June 1963 following a period of restoration and construction of a power station and carbarn.

The museum's website states that the mission is "... to communicate the story of Pennsylvania's Trolley Era to a diverse audience through the preservation, interpretation, and use of its collection of electric railway and railroad equipment."

Featured in the museum collection is New Orleans streetcar #832, built by the Perley Thomas Company (High Point, North Carolina) in 1923.

[1][2] When the play opened on Broadway, Car #832 appeared in an article in the December 15, 1947, issue of Life magazine.

The museum line was extended north along the track bed of the abandoned Pennsylvania Railroad branch to the Arden Mines.

The new facility is home to interactive exhibits, theater space and meeting rooms, restrooms, and a gift shop.