Program

Winterfest is Friday, March 15, 2024 - Sunday, March 17, 2024.

In addition to guest Trolley Operations, there are many exciting sessions planned.

#I0		The National Streetcar Museum at Lowell		Visitors Center Platform		Exhibit Room in the Visitors Center		Visitors Center Lobby

11:00	The National Streetcar Museum at Lowell Visit the National Streetcar Museum at Lowell, a satellite museum of Seashore Trolley Museum, and ride on New Orleans Car 966. Start: 11:00 End..: 16:00 Presenters: Fred Hessler, John Grady, Tom Tucker Location:The National Streetcar Museum at Lowell Category: Tours
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17:00			Friday Supper Enjoy Pizza in the Exhibit Room a the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunk, ME. Start: 17:00 End..: 20:00 Location:Exhibit Room in the Visitors Center Category: Meals		Friday Check-in and Badge Pickup Pickup your badge so you do not miss a single thing! Start: 17:00 End..: 20:00 Location:Visitors Center Lobby Category: Information
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18:00		Friday Guest Trolley Operations Guests are welcomed to operate the Trolleys available. Start: 18:00 End..: 20:00 Location:Visitors Center Platform Category: Hands-On		Wing Eating Competition Do you have what it takes to be a wing eating champion? Start: 18:00 End..: 19:00 Location:Exhibit Room in the Visitors Center Category: Entertainment
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19:00				Friday Night LIVE! Enjoy music and games in the Exhibit Room Start: 19:00 End..: 21:00 Location:Exhibit Room in the Visitors Center Category: Entertainment		Bingo Enjoy Bingo and prizes! Start: 19:00 End..: 20:00 Location:Exhibit Room in the Visitors Center Category: Entertainment
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#I0		Visitors Center Lobby		Visitors Center Platform		Restoration Shop		Exhibit Room in the Visitors Center		Conference Room in the Visitors Center		Model Railroad Building		Fairview		Parts Warehouse		MBTA Blue Line by Highwood Car Barn

7:00	Check-in and Badge Pickup Pickup your badge so you do not miss a single thing! Start: 7:00 End..: 11:00 Location:Visitors Center Lobby Category: Information	Winterfest 5K Registration Enjoy a fun 5K walk around the campus. Start: 7:00 End..: 11:00 Location:Visitors Center Lobby Category: Information
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8:00				Saturday Guest Trolley Operations Guests are welcomed to operate the Trolleys available. Start: 8:00 End..: 18:00 Presenter: Dan Vardaro Location:Visitors Center Platform Category: Hands-On
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9:00					Riverside, Highwood, and South Boston Take a tour of the Riverside, Highwood, and the all new South Boston car barns with Seashore Trolley Museum's premiere docents. Meet at the Visitors Center Platform for the tour. Your docent will meet you at the platform, board the Trolley, ride with you to Riverside, continue with you to Highwood, and end in South Boston. Start: 9:00 End..: 10:30 Presenters: Jim Nawrocki, Mike Curry, Dick Coots Location:Visitors Center Platform Category: Tours		Facilitating Restoration - the practical and administrative aspects of running a shop How to handle a the day-to-day tasks that keep the shop running well. This session will start with what we do at the STM shop to start the discussion. Then all museum's will be welcomed to share best practices, brainstorming issues that none of us have worked out yet, and Q&A. This talk will focus on operational items like volunteer management, safety procedures, purchasing processes, and keeping ahead of the team's needs. Start: 9:00 End..: 9:45 Presenter: Dave Rogers Location:Restoration Shop Categories: Roundtable Discussions and Fireside Chats Workshops		History of STM and Trolleys in Maine Journey back in time and learn about the glory days of Trolleys in Maine. Start: 9:00 End..: 9:45 Presenter: Phil Morse Location:Exhibit Room in the Visitors Center Category: Sessions	Mass-Transit. A Transformation of Society Join head of education, John Mercurio, as he takes you back in time to learn about the history of the Streetcar, the people that made it all happen, and how it changed the world. Start: 9:00 End..: 9:45 Presenter: John Mercurio Location:Conference Room in the Visitors Center Category: Sessions	Model Railroad Building Tour See the new Model Railroad building. Start: 9:00 End..: 9:45 Presenter: Kyle Bourgault Location:Model Railroad Building Category: Tours
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10:00							Riverside, Highwood, and South Boston Take a tour of the Riverside, Highwood, and the all new South Boston car barns with Seashore Trolley Museum's premiere docents. Meet at the Visitors Center Platform for the tour. Your docent will meet you at the platform, board the Trolley, ride with you to Riverside, continue with you to Highwood, and end in South Boston. Start: 10:00 End..: 11:30 Presenters: Jim Nawrocki, Mike Curry, Dick Coots Location:Visitors Center Platform Category: Tours		Restoration Shop Tour Take a tour of the Restoration Shop Start: 10:00 End..: 11:30 Presenters: Dave Rogers, Brian Tenaglia Location:Restoration Shop Category: Tours	Scenes from early Seashore days Journey back in time and learn about the beginning of the Seashore Trolley Museum. Start: 10:00 End..: 10:45 Presenter: Phil Morse Location:Exhibit Room in the Visitors Center Category: Sessions	Training Docents, Tour Guides, and Conductors Join head of education, John Mercurio, and learn how Seashore Trolley Museum prepares docents ready to speak about such a large collection and how they train conductors to speak on the Trolley about the rolling artifacts and sites of interest. Start: 10:00 End..: 10:45 Presenter: John Mercurio Location:Conference Room in the Visitors Center Category: Sessions	Model Railroad Building Tour See the new Model Railroad building. Start: 10:00 End..: 10:45 Presenter: Kyle Bourgault Location:Model Railroad Building Category: Tours
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11:00						Volunteer Scheduling Jim Nawrocki works as the Railway Operations Crew Caller for the Seashore Trolley Museum. Join Jim at a fireside chat about how to schedule volunteers. Jim will be joined in a roundtable discussion with other volunteer schedulers from other NEATO museums. We will dive in to what works, what doesn't work, the highs, the lows, and everything in between. If you have volunteers to schedule and volunteer hours to record, this open discussion is for you! Start: 11:00 End..: 11:45 Presenters: Jim Nawrocki, Kristen Fredriksen Location:Exhibit Room in the Visitors Center Category: Roundtable Discussions and Fireside Chats		Saturday Lunch Enjoy sandwiches in the Exhibit Room. Lunch will be made available at 11am until 1pm. No sessions happen from 12-1pm to ensure everybody gets a chance to eat Lunch. Start: 11:00 End..: 13:00 Location:Exhibit Room in the Visitors Center Category: Meals		Create an endowment Learn how to create an endowment for funding your museum's future. Start: 11:00 End..: 11:45 Presenters: Jim Schantz, Phil Morse Location:Conference Room in the Visitors Center Category: Roundtable Discussions and Fireside Chats	Model Railroad Building Tour See the new Model Railroad building. Start: 11:00 End..: 11:45 Presenter: Kyle Bourgault Location:Model Railroad Building Category: Tours
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13:00			The life and times of Ted Santarelli in 1939 Ted Santarelli founded the Seashore Trolley Museum with his friends in 1939. Walk in Ted Santarelli's shoes as you take a walking tour of the original 10 acres of Seashore Trolley Museum with Phil Morse. Start: 13:00 End..: 14:30 Presenter: Phil Morse Location:Visitors Center Platform Category: Tours		Riverside, Highwood, and South Boston Take a tour of the Riverside, Highwood, and the all new South Boston car barns with Seashore Trolley Museum's premiere docents. Meet at the Visitors Center Platform for the tour. Your docent will meet you at the platform, board the Trolley, ride with you to Riverside, continue with you to Highwood, and end in South Boston. Start: 13:00 End..: 14:30 Presenters: Jim Nawrocki, Mike Curry, Dick Coots Location:Visitors Center Platform Category: Tours				Getting to a state of good repair The Seashore Trolley Museum fleet is not currently in a state of good repair. This is a session about taking a realistic look at what it will take to get to a state of good repair. Start: 13:00 End..: 13:45 Presenters: Rob Drye, Brian Tenaglia Location:Exhibit Room in the Visitors Center Category: Roundtable Discussions and Fireside Chats	Track Attack! James van Bokkelen, leader of the Track team, takes us through what it took to get the South Boston track in service. Start: 13:00 End..: 13:45 Presenter: James van Bokkelen Location:Conference Room in the Visitors Center Category: Session	Model Railroad Building Tour See the new Model Railroad building. Start: 13:00 End..: 13:45 Presenter: Kyle Bourgault Location:Model Railroad Building Category: Tours	The Forbidden Trolley Tour Experience the Fairview and Central car barns on this exclusive behind the scenes experience. Start: 13:00 End..: 14:30 Presenter: Devon Hubner Location:Fairview Category: Tours
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14:00							Riverside, Highwood, and South Boston Take a tour of the Riverside, Highwood, and the all new South Boston car barns with Seashore Trolley Museum's premiere docents. Meet at the Visitors Center Platform for the tour. Your docent will meet you at the platform, board the Trolley, ride with you to Riverside, continue with you to Highwood, and end in South Boston. Start: 14:00 End..: 15:30 Presenters: Jim Nawrocki, Mike Curry, Dick Coots Location:Visitors Center Platform Category: Tours			Trolley operational best practices Sometimes "it depends" what you use or do. What kind of oil do you use? Pads or waste? How often do you service your cars? What specifically flags a car as "unserviceable" with regards to major components like wear on bearings. Why do you do what you do?" Start: 14:00 End..: 14:45 Presenter: Brian Tenaglia Location:Exhibit Room in the Visitors Center Category: Roundtable Discussions and Fireside Chats			Model Railroad Building Tour See the new Model Railroad building. Start: 14:00 End..: 14:45 Presenter: Kyle Bourgault Location:Model Railroad Building Category: Tours
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15:00			Hidden Exhibits of Seashore Things at Seashore that you normally walk past which have a story: South Boston track; Silent Police Man; Morisson Hill station; Mounds in parking lot which are cobblestones from Boston Start: 15:00 End..: 15:45 Presenter: Bob Brosseau Location:Visitors Center Platform Category: Tours						Trolley maintenance forms A review of the Trolley maintenance forms used by the Seashore Trolley Museum restoration shop when working on Trolleys. Bring your restoration and maintenance forms and let's compare what works well and what could work better. Start: 15:00 End..: 15:45 Presenter: Brian Tenaglia Location:Exhibit Room in the Visitors Center Category: Roundtable Discussions and Fireside Chats		Model Railroad Building Tour See the new Model Railroad building. Start: 15:00 End..: 15:45 Presenter: Kyle Bourgault Location:Model Railroad Building Category: Tours			Parts Warehouse Journey in to PARTS beyond in this exclusive behind the scenes experience. Start: 15:00 End..: 15:45 Presenter: Devon Hubner Location:Parts Warehouse Category: Tours
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16:00							The K-6 controller rebuild project for Connecticut 1160 In 2023 the Asbestos in the K-6 controller needed to be replaced with an alternative material. Seashore Trolley Museum restoration shop staff used SolidEdge to create a 3D-CAD (Computer Aided Drafting) model for the replacement material. Start: 16:00 End..: 16:45 Presenter: Brian Tenaglia Location:Exhibit Room in the Visitors Center Category: Sessions		Paint and Sip Create some unique art while relaxing to music and wine. Start: 16:00 End..: 16:45 Presenter: Ann Thompson Location:Conference Room in the Visitors Center Category: Community Activities
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17:00							All Trolleys welcome networking receptions Join fellow Trolley enthusiasts for networking and community building with breakout sessions for Parts, Restoration, Operations, Education, and Archives. Start: 17:00 End..: 17:45 Presenter: Don Curry Location:Exhibit Room in the Visitors Center Category: Community Activities		Women of the Trolleys fireside chat and meetup A reception for women to celebrate inclusion and diversity in Trolley Museums. Network and build community in a safe space and unwind to music and Hors d'Oeuvres. Start: 17:00 End..: 17:45 Presenters: Ann Thompson, Chelsea Miller Location:Conference Room in the Visitors Center Category: Community Activities
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18:00							Saturday Supper Enjoy a community meal after a long day. Start: 18:00 End..: 19:00 Location:Exhibit Room in the Visitors Center Category: Meals
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19:00							Bingo Enjoy Bingo and prizes! Start: 19:00 End..: 21:00 Location:Exhibit Room in the Visitors Center Category: Entertainment	Gaming Lounge Enjoy Bingo, play the Ticket to Ride Board Game, Maine's official card game: Cribbage, or just relax after a fun day of driving Trolleys! Start: 19:00 End..: 21:00 Location:Exhibit Room in the Visitors Center Category: Entertainment
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21:00			Night Time Photo Shoot Enjoy taking photos of Trolleys at night. Sunsdown, polls up! Start: 21:00 End..: 23:00 Presenter: Jeremy Whiteman Location:Visitors Center Platform Category: Hands-On
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#I0		Visitors Center Lobby		Visitors Center Platform		Exhibit Room in the Visitors Center		Tours

7:00	Winterfest 5K Registration Enjoy a fun 5K walk around the campus. Start: 7:00 End..: 11:00 Location:Visitors Center Lobby Category: Information
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8:00		Sunday Guest Trolley Operations Guests are welcomed to operate the Trolleys available. Start: 8:00 End..: 15:00 Location:Visitors Center Platform Category: Hands-On
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9:00			History of STM and Trolleys in Maine Journey back in time and learn about the glory days of Trolleys in Maine. Start: 9:00 End..: 9:45 Presenter: Phil Morse Location:Exhibit Room in the Visitors Center Category: Sessions		The Forbidden Trolley Tour Experience the Fairview and Central car barns on this exclusive behind the scenes experience. Start: 9:00 End..: 10:30 Presenter: Devon Hubner Location:Tours Category: Tours
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10:00			Scenes from early Seashore days Journey back in time and learn about the beginning of the Seashore Trolley Museum. Start: 10:00 End..: 10:45 Presenter: Phil Morse Location:Exhibit Room in the Visitors Center Category: Sessions
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11:00			Engaging the community in the modern era to inspire attendance, creating emotional connections, inspiring donations, and building visibility for museum projects Make connections and inspire donations of parts, maps, and materials. Start: 11:00 End..: 11:45 Presenter: Phil Morse Location:Exhibit Room in the Visitors Center Category: Sessions	Sunday Lunch Enjoy sandwich platters in the Exhibit Room. Start: 11:00 End..: 13:00 Location:Exhibit Room in the Visitors Center Category: Meals		Restoration Shop Tour Take a tour of the Restoration Shop Start: 11:00 End..: 11:45 Presenters: Dave Rogers, Brian Tenaglia Location:Tours Category: Tours
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13:00					The life and times of Ted Santarelli in 1939 Ted Santarelli founded the Seashore Trolley Museum with his friends in 1939. Walk in Ted Santarelli's shoes as you take a walking tour of the original 10 acres of Seashore Trolley Museum with Phil Morse. Start: 13:00 End..: 14:30 Presenter: Phil Morse Location:Tours Category: Tours
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Workshops

Sessions

Roundtable Discussions and Fireside Chats

Meals

Information

Hands-On

Entertainment

Community Activities

Tours