Have you ever wondered what life was like in Lynnwood before it was a bustling city with shopping malls, traffic cameras and a new, state-of-the-art swim center?
Here’s one cool way to find out.
The city of Lynnwood is helping locals look back in time with its vintage electric rail car at Heritage Park, 19911 Poplar Way, south of Lowe’s and just off I-5 and 196th Street. Thanks to a painstaking restoration, Interurban Car 55 has had a permanent place at the park, including its own trolley shelter, since the turn of the century.
Car 55 was one of the six electric rail cars that provided commuter service from Lynnwood (formerly known as Alderwood Manor) to Seattle and Everett from 1910 to 1939.
The Lynnwood Parks Recreation and Cultural Arts Department is offering trolley tours and open house events on select first Saturdays this summer from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 2, Aug. 6 and Sept. 3 at the park.
Note: There won’t be trolley rides, as, alas, the car does not travel.
Heritage Park’s other community facilities will also be open during the open houses, including the Snohomish County visitor information center, the Heritage Cottage resource center, the genealogy research library and the Tudor Revival-style Wickers Building museum.
You can take a self-guided tour of the park, a property rescued from destruction during the I-5 interchange construction, by printing a map from www.alderwood.org.
Trolley tours also are available by appointment. Call 425-670-5502. See www.playlynnwood.com for more about the city parks.
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