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Mahwah NJ, on Friday, September 9, 5:00-7:00pm the Mahwah Museum with host a curb side pickup Save Our Caboose Pasta Dinner Fundraiser . Orders Close September 2 @ 5:00pm
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Pick up a family style meal TO GO and help save our 1929 Erie Cupola Caboose.Meals are $40 and will feed a family of four with Chef-made Rigatoni with marinara (vegetarian), heat and eat, salad with Italian dressing, bread and dessert.
If you are able to support, orders can be placed here through the Mahwah Museum online bookstore.
This is a preorder only. Curbside pickup will take place Friday, September 9, 5:00 – 7:00 PM at Ramapo Reformed Church, 100 Island Road Mahwah, NJ.
Please order by September 2, 5:00 pm to allow us time to make the proper arrangements and feel free to email us at mahwahmuseum@gmail.com with any questions. Thank you so much for your support!
Cabooses were not made to stand still and with consistent exposure to the elements over the years, the Caboose has suffered significant water damage. Along with initial repairs to the siding and windows, the best way to preserve the Caboose for future generations is house it under a pavilion that will shield it from the rain and snow. Construction and materials costs have gone up significantly and the project is estimated to cost $150,000. We are working with the Township to come up with a plan to fund those repairs and will need help from the community.
We are thrilled to announce that, with your generosity, the campaign has already raised over $20,000! AND from now until Mahwah Day, Liberty Hyundai and the DeSilva Family are matching all donations dollar-for-dollar up to $50,000!
To get involved, or for updates, email Historic@MahwahTwp.org.
To find out more about the Caboose or to donate click here.
Opening of the Old Station Museum
The Old Station Museum, located at 171 Old Station Lane adjacent to the Mahwah Train, will be open from 2:00-4:00pm on Sundays from June 26th through September 26th!
The Mahwah Museum, in conjunction with the North Jersey Electric Railway Historical Society and Liberty Historic Railway, invite you to visit the new exhibit at the Old Station Museum, 171 Old Station Lane, Mahwah, FFrom Mahwah to Moscow- Revisiting North Jersey’s Trolleys & Machine Age Through Models & Memorabilia (see above). The display includes scale model trolleys by Hollis Bachman, and other NJ trolley model cars, streetcar memorabilia, operator uniforms, photos, tickets, lanterns, hardware, fare boxes, signage, and more.
From Mahwah to Moscow –North Jersey’s Trolley Era and Machine Age Through Models and Memorabilia
A New Exhibit at the Old Station Museum
171 Old Station Lane
Opening Sunday, June 26 from 2:00-4:00pm
In an era before most people could afford automobiles, the trolley provided economical mass transit. Dreamt to run from Suffern through Paterson and into New York City, the North Jersey Rapid Transit Trolley ran from 1908 and 1928. Its unfortunate demise came when two trolley’s collided tragically head-on in Glen Rock. Yet, the tracks lived on to service the Trans-Siberian Railway that ran from Moscow to Vladivostok.
See the fascinating trolley artifacts of the North Jersey Electric Railway Historical Society on special loan from the Liberty Historic Railway. View the incredible one-of-a kind, exact-to-scale Hollis Bachman Model Trolley Collection, and delight in the moving miniature NJRT trolley railway. Mahwah’s 1929 Erie Caboose will also be open for special viewing during this exhibit. See it all at the Old Station Museum located at Old Station Lane, adjacent to the Mahwah train station, Ramapo Avenue. Open Sundays 2pm – 4pm, June 26 – Sept 26. Suggested donation $3.00 adults, children free.
The Mahwah Veterans Project
The Mahwah Museum started a Veterans Project in 2020 to build an archive of biographical information on the men and women who served in the military. The Museum has some information on soldiers who served in the Civil War and World War I but hopes to document the military service of our town in a more systematic way. To do that we need your help!
If you are a veteran or currently serving in the military, we would love to add you to the list and if you like, schedule oral history interviews. These need not be in person, but can be via Zoom or telephone, or e-mail/snail mail. Please print out this survey, complete and send to Mahwah Museum, 201 Franklin Turnpike, Mahwah, NJ, or email answers to veteranproject@mahwahmuseum.