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Danbury Railway Museum to Host Steel & Wheels Car Show
The Danbury Railway Museum is pleased to once again be the host venue for the Steel & Wheels car show, this year to benefit Operation Toy Train. Each year, Operation Toy Train collects over 30,000 donated toys for the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Foundation, which redistributes them to underprivileged children within the collection areas. The day’s fun will begin at on Saturday, June 15 (rain date: Sunday, June 16). The museum itself will close at 4:00pm. General admission is $12 for age 2 and older (under 24 months, free) and includes admission to the museum, train rides, tours of vintage railroad equipment, and the car show. Trains will begin running hourly at 11:00 with the last train departing at 2:00. Show cars are welcome; owners should show up at the gate where a registration fee of $10 will be collected by the car show personnel.
The car show is expected to attract many classic and unusual cars with the first 100 entries receiving goodie bags; every entry receives a dash plaque. A People’s Choice trophy is among a number of special awards to be given out. There will be music, food (provided by the Dining Car Society), “hit & miss” engines, railyard tours, and other surprises. Visitors can also participate in raffles.
The museum’s Rail Yard Local will be operating — a short trip in a 100 year old vintage coach pulled by a 75 year old locomotive. Train riders will take a ride on the recently-restored historic turntable which is on the National Register of Historic Places – a very unique experience – then tour the steam-era water tower pump house.
In the historic Danbury museum building, visitors can explore railroad history exhibits, operating electric train layouts, static model displays of the station and railyard, many one-of-a-kind artifacts of railroading history, a wonderful gift shop, and many other items of interest. Outside in the historic railyard, guests will find walk-through exhibits, and a vast assortment of train cars and locomotives - many that ran in Danbury during its railroading heyday.
The Danbury Railway Museum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, staffed solely by volunteers, and is dedicated to the preservation of, and education about, railroad history. The museum is located in the restored 1903 Danbury Union Station and rail yard at 120 White Street, Danbury, CT. For further information, visit the Web site at https://www.danburyrail.org, email to [email protected], or call the museum at 203-778-8337.
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