7th Annual Train Day

7th Annual Train Day
Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Join your neighbors for a celebration of the Town’s railroad heritage — trolley rides, children’s activities, music, and railroad memorabilia and exhibits.  Brought to you by the Town of Ashland.  Coordinated by:  Friends of the Library, Train Town Toy & Hobby, RF&P Model Railroad Club, Hanover Arts and Activities Center, Ashland Police Department.

Trolley Rides — $2 for adults, kids 12 and under ride FREE.  Purchase stickers at the trolley stops, Town Hall and Train Town Toy & Hobby.

RICHARD S. GILLIS LIBRARY

10 am – 4 pm:  Children’s Activities and Music — train rides, balloon shapes, train photos, giant train bouncy, American Flyer Train layout, train memorabilia

Cider, cookies anad sale times

3-3:30 pm:  Songs of Railroad Days, Matthew Dodd

HANOVER ARTS AND ACTIVITIES CENTER

O-gauge Operating Train Layout – Peter Martens

Drag Racing O-gauge Engines — Dean Hoffman and Train Town Toy and Hobby

Minature Train Dioramas and Photos — Evergreen Films

National High Speed Rail Society — information

Memorabilia and Displays — National Railway Historical Society/Old Dominion Chapter

Lions Club Raffle for a Lionel train set

Food Vendors on the Lawn:

Ashland’s Lions Club — burgers, hot dogs

Kettle Korn

Pepicelli’s Pizza

ASHLAND COFFEE AND TEA

1:30-3:30 pm:  Railroad Blues and Ballads, Don Chappellle

ASHLAND HANOVER SHOPPING CENTER

10 am – 4 pm:   HO&N gauge train layouts and operating trains — RF&P Model Railroad Club