National Train Day 2010 May 8th

marinemania said:

I sure everyone know about national train day, who going and what are they going to do there, I got a free ticket to tour rail equipment.

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dpfan1 said:

It should be May 10th because it is the anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental railroad on May 10th, 1869.

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joneau said:

Yes, but "National Train Day" isn't big enough to warrant a day off, so it's held the Saturday before May 10th. Having a holiday on a weekday doesn't correspond well to the general population, so a weekend is the best time anyone can go and celebrate it.

I intend to be at Washington D.C. Union Station for the event. Hopefully for once, I can catch the guest speaker actually open the event. Heck, I hope I can even tour the passenger cars for once

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