A Celebration of Trains – Coast to Coast
Tomorrow will be the 2nd annual National Train Day with special event celebrated around the country.
The event is now scheduled annually for whatever Saturday is closest to May 10, which was the day in 1869 when the Central Pacific and union Pacific railroads met at Promontory Summit in Utah, marking the completion of America’s trans-continental railway.
Amtrak will be hosting big events in Washington, Philadelphia, Chicago and Los Angeles, but local groups including members of the National Association of Railroad Passengers are sponsoring special observations in many other locations around the country. So if you live in or near an Amtrak station stop, by all means check to see if some kind of special event will be occurring tomorrow at the station.
Sounds like fun!
Jim, I’d love to, but tomorrow we’re driving ten hours east to home in Virginia. But I did notice a related event coming on June 6th in the small but lovely town of Berea, KY. From their web site:
“L & N Day
A must for railroad enthusiasts! Celebrate the only L&N station still standing between Cincinnati and Knoxville. Working models, memorabilia, storytelling, and more.”
So maybe trains generally and passenger trains in particular are catching on again!