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Trolley restoration under way
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auction site eBay, Hollifield is currently hopes to one day use the trolley to
By Matt Tate
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restoring a 1927 Brill single truck trol- take passengers from the center of
ley that used to travel the streets of Woodfin to the French Broad River.
Retirement.)
Rocky Hollifield has been in the Asheville. Right now, he’s content to fix up the
train business most of his adult life and “What we want to do is restore it to 80-year-old ride.
he knows what he has in Woodfin is running condition,” he said. The 44-year-old believes the trol-
a rare find. Hollifield’s nonprofit organization, ley’s original colors were yellow and
Thanks to a $5,000 bid accepted by Craggy Mountain Line, owns three green. Carolina Power & Light Co.
JOYCE BOYETT
a Hendersonville seller on the Internet miles of track in Woodfin, and he purchased 10 of these cars to operate on
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