Special Events

Special Events, Featured Events
Trolleyfest
Saturday, September 28, 2019, 09:00am - 05:00pm
Contact (413) 625-9443 or trolley@sftm.org
Trolleyfest is our annual celebration of the restoration of Trolley No. 10.
The public is invited from 11am to 5pm at our regular $4.00 All-Day Pass rate. Members, as always, get to ride free!
Besides the usual trolley car rides and pump car rides, activities include:
- Speeder (aka Motorcar, aka Putt-Putt) Rides
- Wooden and electric trains to play with
- Send a message via telegraph
- 1:15pm -Marie Betts Bartlett reads her book "The Little Yellow Trolley Car"
- Special Trolleyfest Activities 11am-3pm:
- Snacks available for purchase
- Music by "Whistle Stop"
- Maple products from Davenport Maple Farm for sale
- Velocipede demonstrations
- Raffle drawing - see our Raffle page to buy tickets ahead of time.
- Railroad paraphernalia tag sale
- Expanded offering of Lionel, K-Line and other toy trains, track, etc for sale
- Railroad movies shown throughout the day
- Trolley Era re-enactors riding the trolley
- Hands-on demonstrations of Trolley Era activities that relate to industries served by the trolley line 11am-3pm:
- Cider pressing and sampling
- Hands-on Butter making and sampling
- Toolmaking with the Museum of Our Industrial Heritage
- Games from 1900
- Hands-on Weaving on adult and child friendly looms
- Milk a 'Cow'
- Copper Polishing with Apple Cider Vinegar
Location 14 Depot Street, Shelburne Falls