Boston Day at Seashore Trolley Museum!

195 Log Cabin Rd,Kennebunkport ME 04046

03 July, 2021

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Celebrate Boston Day at Seashore Trolley Museum with rides, tours, lectures and lunch benefiting restoration of select Mass Transit Vehicles The day will be packed with special tours, amazing rides, informative lectures and even opportunities to operate a trolley!  For a small ticket fee of $24.00, your contribution will go toward restoration of our Boston Red Lines Collection, Boston Hawker Siddeley Blue Line Collection and Coney Island, the future home of Seashore's rapid transit exhibit. From 10am-12:00 noon  Project sponsor Phil Tsihlis will be presenting an overview of the 01400 Red Line rapid transit cars, along with plans for restoration . But how will you get there?  Project sponsor Todd Glickman will be operating Bus 6169* which is a 1967 Massachusetts Motor Bus. While riding, you will be given a historic and informative tour of select areas of our grounds. The itinerary for this tour includes: Tower C (pick-up) Highwood (visitors can view Boston car 396 and Boston PCC 3127 inside) Loop around back of Central/Fairview to view Boston MTA trackless trolley 8631 Stop to view Coney Island Yard from across the main line Stop to view Boeing LRV/1950s Blue Line Train Stop aside the 1400s parked on the Central Lead Return to Tower C (drop off) 10:10, 12:20 and 1:50 Special rides and tour of our 1918 City & Suburban Streetcar, Eastern Mass Street Railway trolley #4387  will be presented by Volunteer Kenyon Karl.  Ride along with Kenyon, and we'll stop at Talbott Park for additional information about this beautiful trolley. 11:30am-12:30pm Lunch is included with your ticket and will be available inside the Visitors Center to take under the shade of our 150 year old oak tree.  We'll have hot dogs, chips, soda and delicious Table Talk Pies for dessert. At 12 noon & 4:00pm President and CEO of Seashore Trolley Museum, Jim Schantz will be in our air conditioned Exhibit Room to present about our plans for the development of Coney Island, Seashore's future display and exhibit area for our rapid transit collection. 1:00pm-3:00pm Project sponsor Todd Glickman will be operating the Blue Line Train, shuttling along the Butler Grove Lead to the Well. The train will be positioned at the high-level platform adjacent to Tower C, where guests can board and look inside, and hear about plans for restoration. But wait! There's more!  Have you ever wanted to operate a trolley? On Boston Day, we're offering sign ups for our Become a Motorman program at $100. You can operate Eastern Mass 4387 at one of these departure times: 10:50am, 11:35am, 1:05pm, 2:35pm, 3:20pm or 4:05pm. The Be A Motorman Program at the Seashore Trolley Museum provides the opportunity for you to operate a real antique streetcar. After a brief overview of how a streetcar works and how to operate it, one of our instructors will guide you as you operate a streetcar out on our two-mile rail line. Seashore is the only place in the region where you can live your dream of actually operating a fully restored, vintage streetcar. Your immediate family is invited to be with you as memories are created that will last a lifetime. There is only one ticket for each of these times, so you must be present for the time you reserved. 4387 at Morrison Hill July 6, 2019 Photo credit: Derek Carter Seashore Trolley Museum is the world's first and largest museum of its kind, housing over 350 transit pieces from the 1800s to present, from around the country and the world! Take a trolley ride on our heritage railroad, check out our display barns with our restored trolleys, and more!