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Museums celebrate Virginia’s Rail Heritage with exciting special events on May 8, 2010
(Virginia’s Rail Heritage Region) The three rail museums in Virginia’s Rail Heritage Region are teaming up on May 8, 2010 to provide special National Train Day activities for train fans of all ages. Visit the C&O Railway Heritage Center in Clifton Forge and the O. Winston Link Museum and the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke for a complete rail experience. In addition to many special exhibits and activities, visit all three on National Train Day and save $7 over individual museum admissions. A joint ticket for the day is just $12 for a very full day of rail-related fun!
As part of the collaboration and to provide a truly unique experience for rail fans, the Virginia Museum of Transportation is loaning perhaps its most prized exhibit the Norfolk & Western Class J 611 steam locomotive to the O. Winston Link Museum to serve as the centerpiece of the Link Museum’s celebration. For the first time in several years, the 611 will be back on mainline tracks, being moved by Norfolk Southern Corporation to the O. Winston Link Museum on Friday May 7, and back to the Virginia Museum of Transportation on Sunday May 9.
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Heritage Center
Alleghany Railroad Heritage Festival | Saturday, May 8, 2010, 10am-4pm
The Festival is a daylong celebration of the region’s railroad heritage. Highlights of the day will be a railroad folk song concert, live steam miniature train rides, regional rail heritage sites booths, model trains of all scales, a caboose pull competition, railroad slide shows and movies, great food and lots of fun for all ages.
The C&O Railway Heritage Center is a railway heritage museum and educational visitors center that tells the story of the C&O Railway. The Center honors the essential American story of how our nation grew, how we lived and worked, and how we were all connected together by twin rails of steel. The C&O Heritage Center is presented by the Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society.
Rick Tabb, Director | 540−862−8653 | www.cohs.org
705 East Main Street, Clifton Forge, VA 24422 | Monday-Saturday 10-4 Sunday 1-4
O. Winston Link Museum
Roanoke Rails: A Celebration on the N&W Mainline
Saturday, May 8, 2010 | Festival: 10am-3pm; Museum remains open until 5pm
A now yearly celebration of railroad heritage, this year’s event will feature the famed Norfolk & Western Class J 611 passenger steam locomotive, plus historic paint scheme Southern Unit GP-59 diesel locomotive 4610, 1/8 scale train rides, telegraphy demonstrations, antique model trains, railroad photography, children’s activities and more. On the evening of May 8, the Link Museum will also hold a night photo shoot featuring the 611 stopped once again alongside Roanoke’s historic passenger station. Admission to the photo shoot is $50 per person and is not included in the joint ticket. Reservations are required: call 540-982-5465 for more information.
Between 1955 and 1960, photographer O. Winston Link created unforgettable black and white images that documented the last days of Norfolk & Western’s steam giants and the people and places along its lines. The Museum's collection features more than 300 stunning photographs, audio listening stations, a documentary film, artifacts and recreations of Link’s photographic settings. The Link Museum is owned and operated by the Historical Society of Western Virginia.
Kimberly Parker, Director | 540-982-5465 | www.linkmuseum.org
101 Shenandoah Ave, Roanoke, VA 24016 | Monday-Sunday 10-5
Virginia Museum of Transportation
Roanoke Rails: A Celebration on the N&W Mainline | Saturday, May 8, 2010, 10am-5pm
Tour a modern Norfolk Southern SD-70 EMD locomotive and enjoy railroad motorcar rides, a Class J cab exhibit inside the Museum, handcrafted wooden models of N&W steam locomotives, children’s activities, and more to complement the collection of rolling stock on display in the Museum’s Rail Yard.
The Virginia Museum of Transportation is home to two of the most powerful steam locomotives in existence today the Norfolk & Western Class A 1218 and the Class J 611. Through exhibits, artifacts, and an outstanding collection, the Museum tells the rich story of Virginia’s transportation heritage. The Virginia Museum of Transportation is the Official Transportation Museum of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Beverly T. Fitzpatrick, Jr., Executive Director | 540-342-5670 | www.vmt.org
303 Norfolk Avenue SW, Roanoke, VA 24016 | Monday-Saturday 10-5 and Sunday 1-5
Also enjoy: The David R. and Susan S. Goode Railwalk
Stretching approximately 1/3 of a mile along active Norfolk Southern mainline tracks in the heart of downtown Roanoke, the Railwalk connects the O. Winston Link Museum and the Virginia Museum of Transportation. The Railwalk is part museum, with numerous rail artifacts, interactive exhibits, and story boards, and part linear park with great vantage points for watching modern operating trains, and for watching the Class J 611 steam locomotive moved to the O. Winston Link Museum on May 7, and returned to the Virginia Museum of Transportation on May 9. Always open, always free.
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Museums celebrate Virginia’s Rail Heritage with exciting special events on May 8, 2010
(Virginia’s Rail Heritage Region) The three rail museums in Virginia’s Rail Heritage Region are teaming up on May 8, 2010 to provide special National Train Day activities for train fans of all ages. Visit the C&O Railway Heritage Center in Clifton Forge and the O. Winston Link Museum and the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke for a complete rail experience. In addition to many special exhibits and activities, visit all three on National Train Day and save $7 over individual museum admissions. A joint ticket for the day is just $12 for a very full day of rail-related fun!
As part of the collaboration and to provide a truly unique experience for rail fans, the Virginia Museum of Transportation is loaning perhaps its most prized exhibit the Norfolk & Western Class J 611 steam locomotive to the O. Winston Link Museum to serve as the centerpiece of the Link Museum’s celebration. For the first time in several years, the 611 will be back on mainline tracks, being moved by Norfolk Southern Corporation to the O. Winston Link Museum on Friday May 7, and back to the Virginia Museum of Transportation on Sunday May 9.
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Heritage Center
Alleghany Railroad Heritage Festival | Saturday, May 8, 2010, 10am-4pm
The Festival is a daylong celebration of the region’s railroad heritage. Highlights of the day will be a railroad folk song concert, live steam miniature train rides, regional rail heritage sites booths, model trains of all scales, a caboose pull competition, railroad slide shows and movies, great food and lots of fun for all ages.
The C&O Railway Heritage Center is a railway heritage museum and educational visitors center that tells the story of the C&O Railway. The Center honors the essential American story of how our nation grew, how we lived and worked, and how we were all connected together by twin rails of steel. The C&O Heritage Center is presented by the Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society.
Rick Tabb, Director | 540−862−8653 | www.cohs.org
705 East Main Street, Clifton Forge, VA 24422 | Monday-Saturday 10-4 Sunday 1-4
O. Winston Link Museum
Roanoke Rails: A Celebration on the N&W Mainline
Saturday, May 8, 2010 | Festival: 10am-3pm; Museum remains open until 5pm
A now yearly celebration of railroad heritage, this year’s event will feature the famed Norfolk & Western Class J 611 passenger steam locomotive, plus historic paint scheme Southern Unit GP-59 diesel locomotive 4610, 1/8 scale train rides, telegraphy demonstrations, antique model trains, railroad photography, children’s activities and more. On the evening of May 8, the Link Museum will also hold a night photo shoot featuring the 611 stopped once again alongside Roanoke’s historic passenger station. Admission to the photo shoot is $50 per person and is not included in the joint ticket. Reservations are required: call 540-982-5465 for more information.
Between 1955 and 1960, photographer O. Winston Link created unforgettable black and white images that documented the last days of Norfolk & Western’s steam giants and the people and places along its lines. The Museum's collection features more than 300 stunning photographs, audio listening stations, a documentary film, artifacts and recreations of Link’s photographic settings. The Link Museum is owned and operated by the Historical Society of Western Virginia.
Kimberly Parker, Director | 540-982-5465 | www.linkmuseum.org
101 Shenandoah Ave, Roanoke, VA 24016 | Monday-Sunday 10-5
Virginia Museum of Transportation
Roanoke Rails: A Celebration on the N&W Mainline | Saturday, May 8, 2010, 10am-5pm
Tour a modern Norfolk Southern SD-70 EMD locomotive and enjoy railroad motorcar rides, a Class J cab exhibit inside the Museum, handcrafted wooden models of N&W steam locomotives, children’s activities, and more to complement the collection of rolling stock on display in the Museum’s Rail Yard.
The Virginia Museum of Transportation is home to two of the most powerful steam locomotives in existence today the Norfolk & Western Class A 1218 and the Class J 611. Through exhibits, artifacts, and an outstanding collection, the Museum tells the rich story of Virginia’s transportation heritage. The Virginia Museum of Transportation is the Official Transportation Museum of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Beverly T. Fitzpatrick, Jr., Executive Director | 540-342-5670 | www.vmt.org
303 Norfolk Avenue SW, Roanoke, VA 24016 | Monday-Saturday 10-5 and Sunday 1-5
Also enjoy: The David R. and Susan S. Goode Railwalk
Stretching approximately 1/3 of a mile along active Norfolk Southern mainline tracks in the heart of downtown Roanoke, the Railwalk connects the O. Winston Link Museum and the Virginia Museum of Transportation. The Railwalk is part museum, with numerous rail artifacts, interactive exhibits, and story boards, and part linear park with great vantage points for watching modern operating trains, and for watching the Class J 611 steam locomotive moved to the O. Winston Link Museum on May 7, and returned to the Virginia Museum of Transportation on May 9. Always open, always free.
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