Welcome to the Fort Smith Trolley Museum. Come see us and ride through the streets of downtown on an authentic, restored electric trolley!

CLICK HERE to watch the story 5 News did on the Fort Smith Trolley Museum . Fort Smith Streetcar Restoration Association, Inc. (DBA) Fort Smith Trolley Museum. We are a 501c3 Nonprofit. 100 South 4th Fort Smith Arkansas 72901 (479) 783-0205 [email protected]

The history of Fort Smith's trolley service, the trollies, the Fort Smith Streetcar Restoration Association and the Trolley Museum.

For instance, FSL&T #224, the first car to be restored by the Fort Smith Trolley Museum, spent many years as a diner in Ashdown, Arkansas, with the name "Streetcar Cafe." Within a few years, all 33 miles of Fort Smith's trolley track were ripped up and sold for salvage.

Since the Trolley Museum was first founded, we have been continuously adding to our collection of equipment. Not only do we have electric streetcars in the museum but also a wide variety of other railroad cars and equipment.

Read the news on our restoration projects from beginning to end, see new collection pieces and follow our progress on the museum itself. ABOUT Streetcar History

It made its first run from the Fort Smith Trolley Museum 1,200 feet to the Old Fort Museum, and back, riding on abandoned Frisco Freight Systems spur track. Since then, thousands of riders have had the opportunity to learn firsthand about the history of Fort Smith and street railway systems from the glossy wooden seats of #224.

The Fort Smith Trolley Museum is a 501c (3) nonprofit organization. We are dependent upon donations and grants to help fund our restoration efforts for the streetcars that we have in our collection as well as our day-to-day operating costs.

All of the original streetcar routes of Fort Smith's Trolley Service, where some of our streetcars once traveled, are mapped out.

The main benefit about being a volunteer at the museum is that it shows your passion and commitment to helping us maintain the museum, keeping the museum operating during our day-to-day functions and helping to restore and maintain our collections.