June 2013 Main Line vol5 No4 - Seashore Trolley Museum

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Seashore Trolley Dog Day - Back in the Pine Tree State on the same day as Lowell’s Safety Seminar was Seashore Trolley Dog Day - a chance for canine visitors and their owners to have the opportunity to ride the rails together. There were also demonstrations of specially trained dogs, dog related organizations and good food. There were an amazing number of dogs and owners who came for Matt With Peppermint the event. Seashore’s own Matt " " " " Cosgro had a particular hit on his " " " " hands with Peppermint. A Future In Steeplechase? Creatures Large and Small - Really Large and Really Small A very interesting day and fun for all involved. One of the working dogs and his associates visit with Bill Pollman Railroading Merit Badge Program I was at Seashore on 22 June 2013 to receive a donation of materials for the Library - more below on that - and there were several dozen boy scouts working on their railroading merit badges. Extra cars and crew were on hand to support this effort. Boy Scouts of America Railroading Merit Badge Program
Boy Scout troops from all over the region come to the Seashore Trolley Museum for a weekend to learn about the parts of a railroad, from jobs and safety to the infrastructure that allows the railroad to run. Normally scout troops earn their Railroading Merit Badge individually and usually with a model railroad. The Museum provides an opportunity for an entire troop to earn the badge together on an operating railway. This program has been developed by Museum member Donna Perkins, who is a Merit Badge Counselor for Troop 275 of East Longmeadow, Massachusetts. She has researched the connections between the standard Railroading Merit Badge requirements and the requirements of real railway operations. She has successfully created a program that is both fun and filled with activity that has sparked the interest of many Boy Scouts and their leaders. Learn what various freight trains do Learn about the various parts of a train Get hands-on experience by working side by side with the crew members of our railway Learn about the golden era of transportation Take a ride on a historical streetcar Tour our museum to learn the history of where streetcars came from and how they're all unique Some of the fleet on the 22nd- ! Library Happenings - We have recently received two generous donations of materials. A long-time Seashore member Joseph McCarthy of Exeter, NH recently passed away. He had instructed his nephew, Mr. Peter Strakhen of St. Louis, that his collection should be offered to Seashore. I met with Mr. Strakhen in Exeter and accepted a number of hard and soft cover electric railway books. In addition there were a large number of inventory / accession sheets from the late 1990s through the early 2000s recording both library holdings and rolling stock with ascession numbers etc. It is my assumption that Mr. McCarthy worked with Librarian George Sanbourn. On the next day, 22 June, I met at Seashore with George Zeiba of Quincy, MA who many will recognize as a preeminent authority on the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway and also on bus history in Eastern New England in general. Mr. Zeiba contributed a large number of books to the
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