{"id":14800,"date":"2025-04-25T07:07:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T11:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/?p=14800"},"modified":"2025-04-25T07:11:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T11:11:04","slug":"all-aboard-for-85-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/all-aboard-for-85-years\/","title":{"rendered":"All Aboard for 85 Years!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14801\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/85th-LOGO-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>The Trolley Museum to Host Special Event Featuring Rare Equipment and Interactive Experiences to celebrate their 85<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Anniversary.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 The Trolley Museum is excited to announce a special event celebrating the rich history of rail transportation with a day full of rare exhibits, engaging presentations, and family-friendly activities. The event will take place on <strong>May 10th<\/strong>\u00a0from\u00a0<strong>10:00 AM to 4:00 PM<\/strong>, with a grand Trolley Parade at\u00a0<strong>1:00 PM<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For one day only, visitors will have the opportunity to view select pieces from the Museum\u2019s collection that are rarely on public display. Guests can step back in time and experience the golden age of transportation as historic trolley cars glide by in a dynamic parade that captures the spirit of a bygone era.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Event Highlights Include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Mini Guest Motorman Experiences<\/strong>\u00a0aboard one of our historic trolleys<br \/>\n<strong>Short Programs<\/strong>\u00a0in the Museum theater presenting the history and legacy of the Trolley Museum &amp; Highlighting the Restoration Shop<br \/>\n<strong>Railroading vendors<\/strong>\u00a0on-site with educational displays and memorabilia<br \/>\n<strong>New England Railroad Uniforms<\/strong>\u00a0offering unique and collectible items for sale<br \/>\n<strong>Airplanes<\/strong>\u00a0to view at skylark airport<br \/>\n<strong>The Fire Truck Museum<\/strong>\u00a0showcasing several of their restored historic fire trucks<br \/>\n<strong>Restoration Shop Tours<\/strong>\u00a0showcasing maintenance and restoration Projects<br \/>\n<strong>Live Music<\/strong>\u00a0throughout the day<br \/>\n<strong>Fried Dough Food Truck<\/strong>\u00a0offering a tasty treat on-site<br \/>\n<strong>Early 1900 Period Style Dress<\/strong>\u00a0to view<br \/>\n<strong>Free Lunch Studios<\/strong> drawing live portrait caricatures<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regular Museum admission rates apply. Tickets that include the\u00a0<strong>Guest Motorman Experience<\/strong>\u00a0are available for\u00a0<strong>$25<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This event promises to be a memorable day for train enthusiasts, families, and anyone interested in local and transportation history. More exciting highlights to be announced-stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, inside the Visitor Center you will find more trolley cars, artifacts, and a gift shop to buy that &#8216;special&#8217; souvenir.\u00a0\u00a0All activities and Fire Truck Museum entrance is included with your admission price.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Our May events include Mother&#8217;s Day Celebration on May 11th, Homeschool Day on May 22nd, the Trolley Care Program on May 24th, and Memorial Day Celebration on May 26<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To purchase tickets and for more information visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ct-trolley.org\/\">www.ct-trolley.org<\/a>\u00a0or call 860-627-6540.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Connecticut Trolley Museum<\/strong><br \/>\n58 North Rd<br \/>\nPO Box 360<br \/>\nEast Windsor, CT 06088<br \/>\n860-627-6540<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trolley Museum to Host Special Event Featuring Rare Equipment  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":true,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14800"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14804,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14800\/revisions\/14804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}