For those of you planning to attend T&T, I'm pleased to announce an additional "post-event" event. This is a chance to spend additional time in the museum at no additional charge. But please remember that after the museum opens at 10:00AM, tripods are not allowed. However, if the legs of your tripod are folded and/or strapped together, it will be considered a monopod, which is allowed. If you have any questions, please ask a T&T event docent.
Please note that, although the excursion train will be operating on schedule, Saturday and Sunday, from 11:00AM until 5:00 PM, excursion rides are NOT free; Normal fares or Museum membership are required to ride.
FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE RAILROAD MUSEUM FOUNDATION:
National Train Day
SACRAMENTO
The California State Railroad Museum will proudly celebrate the 5th Annual National Train Day by offering free Museum admission, tours of modern-day Amtrak/Amtrak California passenger cars and special rail-related activiteis inside and outside the Museum!
In addition to an already impressive collection of lavishly restored trains and engaging exhibits, visitors to the Railroad Museum will enjoy fun, hands-on activities for the entire family.
Free admission to the Railroad Museum
Free admission to the nearby Sacramento History Museum
Free Handcar rides
Children's "Chuggington Station" activity area
And much more!
Guests will have the opportunity to tour sleek, comfortable Amtrak/Amtrak California passenger cars and experience what train travel is like today, while also exploring decades of rail transportation history that literally transformed America. Learn more about train travel options in California by watching short films, browsing timetables and travel literature, and talking with rail transportation providers. Impressive railroad equipment from the Museum's collection of vintage locomotives and railroad cars will also be part of the celebratory event. Always popular, rides aboard the Museum's Interpretive Handcar and a children's "Chuggington Station" activity area will all be part of the fun on this special day.
While visiting the Railroad Museum on National Train Day, guests are encouraged to make a special stop to see the "Lost Spike" - a virtual and all-but-forgotten twin of the famous "Golden Spike" - that is on permanent display. Immediately adjacent to the "Lost Spike" is the epic 19th century oil painting "The Last Spike," created by artist Thomas Hill; the very first locomotive of the Transcontinental Railroad, Central Pacific No. 1 Gov. Stanford; and many other artifacts and exhibits covering railroad history and the diverse workers who built and maintained and operated California's railroads.
For more information call 916-445-6645 or visit
www.californiastaterailroadmuseum.org.
PM me if you have any questions. Thank you. Mogul 8-)