2019 San Luis Obispo Train Day
Saturday, May 11, 2019, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Event activities at the historical Freighthouse included running model trains, kids' activities, all manner of railroad displays with interpretation, live Irish music, Chinese Lion Dancers, free beer tasting, art/photography, Amtrak display, Operation Lifesaver display, as well as various presentations and tours. Schedule details below...
We celebrated the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad completion at Promontory Summit, Utah on May 10, 1869. See story and photos from SLORRM members who attended some of the 150th Anniversary festivities in Utah. We also celebrated the contribution by the Chinese and the Irish in building our railroads.
Admission: $5 per visitor 16 and over, $3 per visitor aged four through 15, and those aged 3 and under are free. Admission for Museum Members is free; you may join at the door.SLO Train Day at the Museum!
Schedule for the Day
10:00 AM
- Event Opens, Museum Opens, Model Railroad Opens
- Historic Railroad District Walking Tour by SecretSLO, Tickets ($5-$10)
11:00 AM
- Irish Rail Workers - presentation by Patrick Sullivan
- Food for Sale by Railroad BBQ Co, ends at 3pm
- Beer Tasting by Central Coast Brewing, ends at 2:30pm
11:45 AM
- Traditional Irish Music, by David Foster Evans
1:00 PM
- Chinese Railroad Workers, talk by Phil Tillman
2:30 PM
- Cal Poly Lion Dancers (see photos from a previous performance)
- Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner passes the Museum's back platform (northbound)
3:20 PM
- Amtrak's Coast Starlight passes the Museum's back platform (southbound)
3:35 PM
- Amtrak's Coast Starlight passes the Museum's back platform (northbound)
4:00 PM
- Event and Museum Closes
Promontory Summit, Utah on May 10, 1869.
Photo by Andrew J. Russell, Yale University Libraries
See SLORRM Member photos and stories from the 150th Anniversary here
Conor Healy and his crew, circa 1911 (B&O Railroad). Courtesy of Christine Balmert Marshall and the Irish Railroad Workers Museum.
Phil Tillman presentation in 2016.
