Seashore Trolley Museum Needs Volunteers for Pumpkin Patch Days

The Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunk Maine needs volunteers for their annual Pumpkin Patch Trolley days.  Below is information provided by the museum for those interested in helping them out this year:


2013 PUMPKIN PATCH Dates are Sep 21 & 22, 28 & 29.

We still need volunteers from 9:30 to 3:30 on those days in a number of areas.

If it is your intention to volunteer, we need to know IN ADVANCE, by September 16th. (We will have sandwiches and sodas for volunteers, so we really need to understand who will be here, and when, for planning purposes.)

Please email Sally Bates by Sept 16^th  with the following info:

1.       Your Name, email, phone #

2.       Which day(s) you are volunteering for

3.       If you are bringing a youth or a group of youths under 18, WE NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY AND please understand that you must supervise them; they cannot go off on their own to work

4.       Which areas you PREFER to work in. 

These are the areas where volunteers are STILL needed:

                                                              i.      Monitoring and guiding children’s games  NEED MORE PEOPLE ALL FOUR DAYS

                                                           ii.      Pumpkin painting area: supervising, cleaning work area, restocking paints NEED ONE PERSON ALL FOUR DAYS

                                                          iii.      Face painting  NEED ONE MORE PERSON FIRST WEEKEND; NEED TWO PEOPLE SECOND WEEKEND

                                                          iv.      Shipping –  Check in at pumpkin patch - add tags to crates, check-in pumpkins, and provide ticket stub  NEED MORE PEOPLE ALL FOUR DAYS

                                                            v.      Shipping – Movers/Loaders at pumpkin patch - Moving pumpkins by cart or carry from field to platform, load mail car  NEED MORE PEOPLE ALL FOUR DAYS

                                                         vi.      Shipping -  Handlers on Mail Car - Loading/unloading the mail car, organizing them on board  Need one more person for second weekend

                                                        vii.      Shipping - Return/Unloading at Visitor Center NEED MORE PEOPLE ALL FOUR DAYS                 

New England Model Railroad Items at 2013 National Train Show

(Information from the Model Railroader magazine website)

New England related model railroad items on display at the 2013 National Train Show, July 19-21:  

HO SCALE:

Alco S-2 diesel locomotive:  Boston & Maine (black, red, and white in two numbers); Upgraded tooling, five-pole skew-wound motor with dual flywheels, and directional light-emitting diode headlights. Direct-current model, $149.95; with ESU LokSound Digital Command Control sound decoder, $259.95. Fourth quarter 2013. Ready-to-run. Master Line. Atlas Model Railroad Co., 908-687-0880, www.atlasrr.com

Electro-Motive Division GP7 diesel locomotive:  Boston & Maine (McGinnis scheme. SoundTraxx Sound Value decoder (prime mover, three air horns, and bell), acetal handrails, and E-Z Mate Mark II knuckle couplers. $189. October 2013. Sound Value line. Ready-to-run. Bachmann, 215-533-1600, www.bachmanntrains.com

Electro-Motive Division SW1 diesel locomotive: Boston & Maine.  Five-pole skew-wound motor with dual flywheels, directional lighting, and all-wheel drive and electrical pickup. $99.98. Ready-to-run. WalthersMainline. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com

N SCALE:

Alco S-2 diesel locomotive: Boston & Maine (black, red, and white in two numbers. Die-cast metal hood and chassis, prototype-specific radiator shutters, and directional light-emitting diode headlights. Direct-current model, $119.95; with ESU LokSound Digital Command Control sound decoder, $239.95. Fourth quarter 2013. Ready-to-run. Atlas Model Railroad Co., 908-687-0880, www.atlasrr.com

Alco RS-3, diesel locomotive:   Vermont Railway. Two road numbers per scheme. Directional lighting, Scale Speed motor, and blackened metal wheelsets. $119.95.Third quarter 2013. Ready-to-run. Master Line. Atlas Model Railroad Co., 908-687-0880, www.atlasrr.com

Alco PA-1 diesel locomotive:  New York, New Haven & Hartford.  Paragon2 sound and operation system, plastic shell with die-cast metal chassis, and can motor with dual flywheels. PA-1 and PB-1 sets, $249.99; single PA-1 or PB-1, $199.99 each. October 2013. Ready-to-run. Broadway Limited Imports, 386-673-8900, www.broadway-limited.com

Chesapeake & Ohio-style cupola caboose:  Boston & Maine,  Grand Trunk Western, Providence & Worcester (one number). Two car numbers each except as noted. Weighted and detailed underframe, window glazing, and Accumate knuckle couplers. $18.95. Ready-to-run. Trainman series. Atlas Model Railroad Co., 908-687-0880, www.atlasrr.com

Walther's New Haven Alco DL109 Released in HO & N Scale

Walther's New Haven Alco DL109 has been released in both HO and N scales.  According to their website, the units are of limited production.  The New Haven units are available in the green/gold and McGinnis paint schemes. 

NH Green & Dulux Gold #0703
NH Green & Dulux Gold #0708
NH McGinnis #0759

Maine Northern RR to Run Two Passenger Excursions May 25, 2013

(via the Trains.com NewsWire)

PREQUE ISLE, Maine – Two passenger excursions will operate over the Maine Northern Railway over Memorial Day Weekend from Presque Isle to Scopan Lake, Maine. The trips will raise funds for children’s healthcare in the area.

Maine Northern, health care provider TAMC, and WAGM-TV are partnering to offer the special excursions on May 25 to benefit children’s healthcare. Trains will depart Presque Isle at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Three passenger cars will be brought in for the event from Maine Northern’s sister company, New Brunswick Southern Railway, and can seat 200 passengers on each run.

Tickets for the excursions are $20 per person. They can be purchased online at www.tamc.org or in person at TAMC’s A.R. Gould Memorial Hospital on Academy Street in Presque Isle in the gift shop.

“On behalf of the 42 men and women at the Maine Northern Railway we are very pleased to help out with this event,” Maine Northern General Manager Ian Simpson says. “It is a great way to give back and support the good work of TAMC in providing health care service to Northern Maine.”

The New Brunswick Railway Co., a holding company, owns Maine Northern Railway and is part of “Irving Transportation Services,” a division within industrial conglomerate J.D. Irving Limited.

Maine Northern operates over tracks that were originally owned by the Bangor & Aroostook but were most recently owned and operated by the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway. About 233 miles of the railroad’s route is owned by the state of Maine, while an additional 25 miles is owned by Maine Northern outright, including track in Canada.

“A Day in the Life” National Train Day at Maine Narrow Gauge PORTLAND ME

“A Day in the Life” – National Train Day Celebration

Maine Narrow Gauge Museum

Portland, Maine

Celebrate your love of trains by joining us for “A Day in the Life” – A National Train Day Celebration.  The museum will be a hub of activity May 11th for a celebration of railroads and train personnel.  Activities include demonstrations on hand and whistle signals, coupling the train, and throwing switches.  As a special treat we are offering rides on the Pump Car.  Visitors can stop in the Engine House to glimpse restoration of Monson Steam Locomotive #4 in action!

The museum will offer activities for children and a view of some new exhibits on display.  Fun for the whole family!

Additionally, Maine Operation Lifesaver will be on hand at the museum to offer activities and videos that raise awareness about railroad safety.

NTrack Model Train Weekend - Lexington MA Feb 16-17, 2013

NTrack Model Train Weekend

National Heritage Museum
33 Marrett Road

Lexington, MA 02421

February 16, 2013:  10 am to 4:30 pm

February 17, 2013:   12 noon to 4 pm on Sunday

Admission is $7 per family

The Museum launches February school vacation week with model railroading fun! The Ntrak trains are smaller in size than traditional model trains, but are just as much fun. Trains climb mountain passes, shunt freight cars, and use branch lines to pick up and set out cars at the many industries and stations along the way. Call the Museum for more information at 781-861-6559.

National Heritage Museum YouTube Video of Train Show.

2013 Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show

2013 Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show

Eastern States Exposition Fairgrounds

West Springfield, MA

Saturday January 26, 2013: 9:00am - 5:00pm

Sunday January 27, 2013: 10:00am - 5:00pm 

CLICK HERE for more info!