Village News
Right on track: Railway museum’s only female engineer hooked on trains
Courtesy of the Boothbay Register On one of the warmest days in August 2015, John Orne, a train engineer at Boothbay Railway Village Museum, invited his wife Cathy to join him in the cab of one of the steam-powered locomotives. He showed her how the train works, and...
DENNY WILSON: VOLUNTEER, EMPLOYEE & FRIEND
The Railway Museum has lost a valuable member of its weekend seasonal team. Alden “Denny” Wilson was an integral part of the Railway Museum as a volunteer in the engine house and a seasonal employee at the automobile exhibit. At the end of the 2022 season, Denny...
Fall Foliage Festival Applications Now Being Accepted
OCT 7-8 | SAT 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM | SUN 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM | 55th Annual FALL FOLIAGE FESTIVAL The Fall Foliage Festival has been a family tradition in Mid Coast, Maine, for the past 54 years, featuring dozens of vendor booths, fabulous entertainment, live music,...
2022 Annual Appeal
Dear Friends, November is a time of reflection at the museum. As our team of staff, volunteers and board members prepare the grounds for winter, we reflect on a year past and envision the year ahead. And in keeping with the worldwide November tradition, we give...
September 2022 Village Voice
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Historic locomotives receive “Full Steam Ahead” following annual state inspection
by Dick Forrest, Engineer in Charge Boiler inspections are conducted by the State Boiler Inspectors on an annual basis. Inspections are conducted in two phases. The first inspection, conducted off season, looks at condition of internal metal parts to make sure wall...
Restoring life: 1929 Packard
by Stein Eriksen and David Blackman, Buildings & Grounds This month we brought the 1929 Packard back to life. As with any car that has been sitting for the last 5 plus years a few things needed to be done before it would fire up. There’s 3 things that...
The Village People: Spring 2022: Welcoming Hellos, Warm Goodbyes….
Excited to Welcome and Introduce... Stein Erikson- Building and Grounds Associate Stein started at the museum in late April, bringing with him extensive experience in just about everything, and his well-rounded skill set is already making its mark to help our small...
ARCHIVING OUR PAST BY BUILDING OUR FUTURE
'MANY DO NOT KNOW THAT ITEMS ON DISPLAY ARE ONLY A FRACTION OF THE OBJECTS MAKING UP THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS' THE VISION Railway Village Museum Director, Steve Markowitz, immediately recognized the institution's need for additional storage facilities when he first...
2021 Annual Letter
Dear Friends, It seems impossible that November is upon us once again. And once again, our world is vastly different than it was just a short year ago. As a community, we moved beyond the challenges of isolation, and began to tackle an entirely new set of...
