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Festivities Planned In 8 Cities To Honor Train Day

Posted: 1:33 AM May 12, 2012
Reporter: AP

Festivities Planned In 8 Cities To Honor Train Day

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Trains stations across Lower Michigan will host celebrations on National Train Day with refreshments, displays, proclamations and discussions on passenger train travel in the state.

The festivities will take place Saturday, with events planned at train stations and other sites in Kalamazoo, Bangor, Niles, Flint, Ferndale, Jackson and Holland.

In East Lansing, the celebration will include a resolution from the Michigan House of Representatives to an Amtrak conductor and proclaiming Saturday as Train Day in Michigan.

National Train Day marks the 143rd anniversary of the nation's first transcontinental railroad.

More details on specific events can be found at the websites for the Michigan Association of Railroad Passengers and the Michigan Environmental Council.