Two great Summertime Mass Bay RRE for you to enjoy... First Annual ‘Railroad Day’ RRE Picnic at the Steaming Tender Restaurant 28 Depot Street, Palmer, Mass. Saturday, July 20, 2013 Join your fellow Railroad Enthusiasts at the Steaming Tender in Palmer for their first annual Railroad Day from 10 AM to 3 PM. Mass Bay RRE's Show Crew will be on hand to help Steaming Tender owners Blake and Robin LaMothe inaugurate what they hope will become an annual celebration of the railroad heritage of their city. Enjoy an afternoon of good trains, good food and good friends in the fellowship (or sisterhood) of fellow enthusiasts! Come to one of the best New England train watching venues for a day of special rail activities: ! First, an all-you-can-eat buffet breakfast, available from 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM, to start you off right (individual settlement). ! Then, CSX and New England Central freights, Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited and Vermonter rumbling through. ! NECR engineer-demonstrated locomotive, a hand-propelled track car on a special rail section ! Visit one of the few genuine H. H. Richardson stations extant, the restored Olmsted station park and grotto, and a Porter-built steam engine on display. ! At 10:00 AM: a special presentation by Robin LaMothe on the heritage of the station property and their future plans, followed by railroad videos shown in the ex-NHRR coach "mini-theater". ! Delicious restaurant dining room and takeout food available all day. ! Guided van tours at 12:00 Noon and 2:00 PM of the seven railroads of Palmer with local rail historian Larry Lowenthal ($10 pp). Call Vic Campbell of Mass Bay RRE at 617-822-4046 for more information or to register for this event. To book space on the Palmer railroad van tour, or for connecting van service from Boston (Dep. South Station 7:30 AM, Riverside MBTA 7:45 AM) complete and mail the order form below or call Vic Campbell at 617-822-4046. CapeFLYER Adventure to Hyannis Saturday, August 17, 2013 Join us for Mass Bay RRE’s group tour aboard the new summer weekend train service to Cape Cod. We will leave Boston South Station at 8:00 AM and Braintree at 8:18 AM for a direct run to Hyannis via Middleboro, Buzzards Bay, and Sandwich, including crossing the historic 791-foot-long Cape Cod Canal lift bridge. Upon arrival at Hyannis at 10:18 AM a number of interesting options are available: a one hour harbor cruise, the Cape Cod maritime museum, the JFK presidential yacht Seneca museum, a town motor trolley tour, a duck cruise, and plenty of time to eat at one of numerous restaurants (there is also snack bar service on the CapeFLYER). For the more adventurous, perhaps the high-speed ferry to Nantucket for three hours on the island. OR . . . take the Cape Cod Central Railroad "Scenic Train" back to West Barnstable for its Village Festival and Depot Museum open house with scale live steam trains, baggage car model railroad, and more, then returning to Hyannis with several hours available before departure of the Cape Flyer for Boston at 6:30 PM, with South Station arrival at 8:45 PM. Mail your Summertime Events reservation to: Mass Bay RRE, PO Box 870231, Milton Village, MA 02187-0231 Please include a self-addressed, stamped business-size envelope for return of tickets & event info. Make checks payable to ‘Mass Bay RRE' Telephone orders accepted at 617-822-4046 with Visa, MasterCard or Discover. Massachusetts Bay Railroad Enthusiasts, Inc. is a non-profit tax-exempt [501(c)(3)] Massachusetts educational corporation (WEB) Please send me tickets for Mass Bay RRE’s SUMMERTIME EVENTS as follows:: Name: ‘Railroad Day’ Picnic at Palmer – Saturday, July 20: Address: Van Connection from Boston area @ $25 ...... $ City: State: ZIP: G South Station 7:30 AM G Riverside MBTA 7:45 AM Telephone: ‘Seven Railroads of Palmer’ Guided Tour @ $10 ...... $ Email: Tour preference: G 12 Noon G 2:00 PM Cape Flyer Adventure to Hyannis – Saturday, August 17: Credit card billing address if different from above: Adult Mass Bay RRE Member Fares @ $30 ...... $ Adult Non-member Fares @ $35 ...... $ Names of other persons in your party: Child Fares (Ages 2-12) @ $20 ...... $ Boarding Location: G South Station 8:00 AM G Braintree 8:18 AM TOTAL ...... $ Payment information: G Check enclosed G Please charge my credit card: G MasterCard G Visa G Discover Card Number : ______- ______- ______- ______Card Expiration Date: ______/ ______Signature: Card Security Code: ______(on back of card)
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