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Special Event
Event
Railroaders Festival
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Fee:
Standard Park fee's apply.Dates & Times
Date:
Saturday, August 31, 2024
Time:
Sunrise
Type of Event
Festival
Description
Railroaders is back!
As Summer comes to an end, Railroaders Festival at Golden Spike National Historical Park hopes to celebrate the importance of the railroad and frontier culture with frontier games, handcar rides, historical living history reenactments, and demonstration locomotive runs.
Railroaders Festival is on August 31st. Locomotive enthusiasts join the annual tradition and explore Golden Spike National Historical Park through this family-friendly event.
Schedule of Events:
9:00 am Visitor Center Opens
10:00 am Locomotives Arrive
10:45 am Living History Reenactment of the Last Spike Ceremony
1:00 pm Steam Demonstration of CPRR Jupiter and UPRR 119
1:15 pm Living History Reenactment of the Last Spike Ceremony
4:30 pm Locomotive Departures
5:00 pm Visitor Center Closes
9:00 am Visitor Center Opens
10:00 am Locomotives Arrive
10:45 am Living History Reenactment of the Last Spike Ceremony
1:00 pm Steam Demonstration of CPRR Jupiter and UPRR 119
1:15 pm Living History Reenactment of the Last Spike Ceremony
4:30 pm Locomotive Departures
5:00 pm Visitor Center Closes
Special Activities occur throughout the day until 4:00 pm.
The park entrance fee is $20.00 per vehicle, federal public lands Interagency Passes are accepted.
Reservation or Registration: No
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