Amtraks National Train Day arriving Saturday at over 100 stations around the country
(Amtrak issued the following on May 4, 2010.)
WASHINGTON, D.C. Join us on May 8, 2010, for the 3rd annual National Train Day. Events will take place in Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles and across the country.
Don't miss your chance to see model trains, tour private and Amtrak train cars, explore interactive and educational exhibits, enjoy live entertainment and much more. Bring the family to the AmtraKids Depot, or discover how rail travel is green at the Go-Green eco exhibit.
Mark your calendars for National Train Day on May 8, 2010. VisitNationalTrainDay.com for all the events near you and join us.
National Train Day is on Facebook and Twitter. For more information about National Train Day events, promotions and information, visit: NationalTrainDay.com.
Norfolk Southern hit a home run May 8 at National Train Day at Union Station in Washington, D.C. Dressed in baseball jerseys, 25 Norfolk Southern employees invited visitors to join the NS Thoroughbreds for spring training.
More than 5,000 visitors were greeted by NS players at each base who handed out five train cards about NS 999, the only battery-powered locomotive in the world, the Exhibit Car, F-unit, Crescent Corridor, and the environmental benefits of rail transportation.
National Train Day, sponsored by Amtrak, celebrates the valuable role trains play in the nations transportation system.
In Roanoke, as part of National Train Day, Norfolk Southern moved the N&W Class J No. 611 from the Virginia Museum of Transportation along the NS mainline to the O. Winston Link Museum's Train Day festivities, which included a night photo shoot at the passenger station. Also on display were the N&W Class A No. 1218, NS SD 70M and SD 40 diesel locomotives, and NS Research Car 31.
-- Edited by Snippy on Tuesday 11th of May 2010 06:35:12 AM
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I think LAMCo is done with the neo-nazi CSX rejects -- Pipes FC 8/5/23
1,000 mile shirts are what the boomers wore because they didn't get a lot of time for laundry chores. They were dark shirts, so as to not show dirt.
Some of the old heads I knew saw some of the very last of the genuine boomers during WWII, when the last of the breed was hanging on and the railroads were hiring anyone they could get. The ones I heard any stories from said they were sharp rails and generally scroungey. They liked their drink, too but, a lot of railroaders like their drink back then.
