April is a great month for train events. To start out with on the 7th there is the Chris Gunzler Millionth Amtrack Mile Celebration. This Monday event is located at Depot Inn and Suites, 1245 N. Brown, Street, La Plata, Missouri 63549. The event will run from 9:30 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Admission is free for the general day time activities, however, the admission cost for the special dinner served at 6:00 p.m. is between $20 and $25. The day time activities will include tours of the museum and the La Plata’s Rail Features.
If you will be in Ohio next Saturday, April 12, then you will want to stop by the Western Reserve Model Railroad Museum Open House. The location of this event is the Western Reserve Model Railroad Museum, 7471 Unit L Tyler Blvd, Merton, Ohio 44060. The event will run from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Admission to this event is free, however, they will accept and appreciate donations. There will be live music, 12 different scale models and several baseball themed displays.
If you are free on April 10, 2008, and if you are in Lockport, Illinois, then you will want to stop by the Dinner and A Lecture: Railroad in the Heritage Corridor Event. This event will be located at the Gaylord Building Historic Site, 200 W. 8th Stree, Lockport, Illinois 60441. It will be open to the public from 6:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Admission will be $31 for members and $37 for non-members. The price of admission covers a cocktail party, dinner and dessert and special presentations.
Toy events are a great way to find out more about the trains that inspire toy train designs. If you are a toy train lover then you can use toy store coupons and discounts to save on the trains that you play with on the activity tables you built using http://www.toy-train-table-plans-store.com/toy-wooden-train-table-plans.html.
These sound like really fun and interesting events, I will definitely have to see if there are any where I live! Thanks for the information and the great idea!
I have not attended any toy event yet. That might be fun. Children will surely love such event!