(Source: Forbes, May 11, 2012)
NEW YORK — Come this weekend, National Train Day will bring celebrations and exhibits to communities all across the country to honor the 143rd anniversary of the U.S.’s first transcontinental railway. Major events — with entertainment, model-train displays, interactive exhibits, and tours of Amtrak equipment and luxury private rail cars — are taking place in train stations in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia, as well as in transportation museums and historical societies in more than 150 other towns and cities from coast to coast.
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