Railroad Days Celebration - August 30-31, 2008
The Apple Valley Model Railroad Club is once
again holding Railroad Days at the historic railroad depot in
Hendersonville, NC. The OPEN HOUSE dates are as
follows: Saturday August 30th from 10AM to 4PM and
Sunday August 31st from 10AM to 4PM. The model railroad will be
operating and the public is welcome both days.
As a special added attraction this year we will have
the Live and Learn Train which provides train rides for the kiddies. It will
be in operation behind the depot the same hours as above.
The Norfolk Southern Railroad is providing an
Operation Lifesaver
diesel locomotive that will be on the tracks next to the depot. It
will also be open to the public so you can climb in the cab (see pictures
below).
Operation Lifesaver will have a representative on hand with information
on that program.
The newly painted caboose next to the depot will also be open to the public.
Here's the picture during Rail Days on Saturday
August 30,2008. Jaydon Gay was the first child to operate the Apple
Valley MRC switching layout.
His dad works for the Norfolk-Southern RR.
Wiley King instructed Jaydon in the operation of a switching yard. Wiley
said "Jaydon is now an expert junior engineer."
