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Show your love for trains at 30th Street Station, from 10am to 3pm, and check out all the cool things at Philadelphia’s celebration for National Train Day.
The celebration will include music, food, exhibits, face paintings, photos and hands-on activities. According to their web site, Radio Disney will be there with a lot for kids as well as all the other exhibits and activities planned.
My sons go nuts over trains so I am sure we will be making the trip in for it.
Location:
30th and Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
http://www.nationaltrainday.com/2009/events/philadelphia
Other national train day locations in Pennsylvania:
Hamburg, PA
Reading Railroad Heritage Museum
10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
500 S. Third Street
Bee Line Festival to celebrate the Reading Railroad. Train excursions, food, live railroad music, kiddie rides, railroad videos, railroad presentations, equipment tours, retired railroaders roundtable, Operation Lifesaver presentation, gift shop and more.
East Stroudsburg, PA
EastBurg Community Alliance
05/16/2009
10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Crystal St. and Analomink St.
On May 16th an excursion train will leave from the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, PA at 9am and arrive in East Stroudsburg at about 11am. The 1909 switching tower at East Stroudsburg will be open for tours, and rail historians from across NEPA will be on hand to show displays and models. Books Brushes and Blooms, East Stroudsburg's annual spring event will also happen concurrently at the adjacent Miller Park.
http://www.eastburgalliance.com/coe.html
Scranton, PA
Steamtown National Historic Site
09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
150 S. Washington Ave.
Steamtown National Historic Site is a unit of the U.S. National Park Service. On Saturday, May 9th we will have steam train rides, hand pump car rides and a variety of other educational train activities for visitors of all ages.
www.nps.gov/stea
Stewartstown, PA
Friends of the Stewartstown Railroad, Inc.
01:00 PM - 05:00 PM
21 West Pennsylvania Avenue
Open house at the Stewartstown Railroad's train station in Stewartstown, Pennsylvania. The station, built in 1914, has hardly changed over the years. The passenger waiting room and agent's office will be open to the public. Enjoy a visit to a typical American small town train station.
stewartstownrailroad.com
Elizabethtown, PA
Ben and Catya Donahower
05/08/2009
07:30 AM - 08:00 AM
Wilson Ave and W High St
Commuters and guests will take part in the National Train Day celebration on Friday, May 8th from 7:30 am to 7:51 am on the westbound platform. Train-themed refreshments and a giveaway bag with valuable coupons and promotional materials is available for participants. AAA Central Pennsylvania, Elizabethtown Library, and the Elizabethtown Chamber of Commerce provided materials for the giveaways.
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