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Bradford Ohio
Railroad Festival June 21
The Bradford Ohio Railroad Museum will be holding its 2014 Railroad
Festival to celebrate 130 years of railroad heritage June 21, 2014.
This one day event will be feature the BF Tower located at 501 E Main
Street. The BF Tower was the only surviving structure from the rail
operation at Bradford. It was the last manned position from the rail
operation. The BF Tower was restored and dedicated in 2008 at the
Railroad Festival.
The Festival will also highlight the main exhibit hall at 200 N Miami
Avenue. The exhibit hall has just opened its children's learning center
for grades K-6. The renovation was completed in April and has a Thomas
the train play area for younger children.
The RR Festival will have telegraph school, slide presentations from
local rail photographers and historians. There will be train related
games for the children and adults. We will have video footage from the
rail operation in the 1960's.
This year there will be a Decorated Train Cake auction from our local
bakers. There will be a peoples choice award for the favorite decorated
train theme cake. Interested bakers need to contact Sandy Edminson at
937-773- 6825 for information..
Entertainment is the music from the local musicians Gestures from the
Heart. They will be performing at the museum many railroad folk songs
and hymns.
There will be Hobo Stew at the Community Club and vendors selling their
railroad related items.
The Library will have their history room open. There will be children's
train rides throughout the day.
The festival will last from 10 am-4 pm. The event is open to the
public. The Admission fee for the days activities support the
operations at the museum.
Contact Marilyn Kosier at 740-654-0177 for more information.
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