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    Children Enjoy Riding The Kid's Train Ride and Everyone Loves Cleveland Metroparks "Train Day" Event

    News & Press | June 2011

    Children Enjoy Riding The Kid's Train Ride and Everyone Loves Cleveland Metroparks "Train Day" Event

    Posted: June 7, 2011
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    FOR IMMEDIATE
    RELEASE:                                         



    JUNE 7, 2011 



     



    FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:



    BOB ROTATORI - 216-635-3263 - or - 



    DAN CRANDALL - 216-635-3274



     



    It seems like everyone enjoys seeing the model trains, but all
    the kid's love hearing the whistle blow and riding the kid's train
    rides!



     



    Train lovers young and old can experience the sights and sounds
    of the railroad at the free, annual Cleveland Metroparks
    "Train Day" event on Saturday, June 18 from 10 a.m. to 4
    p.m. at CanalWayCenter in Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation in
    Cuyahoga Hts.



     



    Visitors can enjoy a variety of activities throughout the day,
    including model train exhibits - featuring G-scale, HO-scale,
    N-scale, S-scale, Legos, and more.  They can also take guided
    hikes to the trestle, make some crafts, enjoy storytelling, watch
    movies about trains all day, and more!



     



    And, kids will be looking for the railroad crossing signs to buy
    their train ticket ($1/person) and enjoy a ride along the M&M
    Railroad kid's trackless train.



     



    While enjoying the sights, visitors can also enjoy the sounds of
    live music throughout the day on the R&R Stage, featuring the
    sounds of Jon Mosey & Barb Withee at



    10:30 a.m., Brady's Run Trio at noon, Up River at 1 p.m., and
    Brady's Run Trio again at 3 p.m.



     



    Event-goers can stroll down the Hobo Trail to learn the markings
    these American travelers used to communicate with other hobos and
    even talk to a few "hobos."  Over 30 hobo markings
    will be displayed along the trail.  These markings were used
    as sources of communication from one hobo to the next.  While
    strolling down the "hobo trail," they can stop by the
    hobo camp and enjoy the hobo hospitality, hear a few words of hobo
    wisdom, and have "Conrad the Conductor" introduce you to
    some of the famous hobo's of yesteryear, such as the cook
    "Stone Soup Sally Huttner," harmonica player "Pete
    Moss," "James 'Professor' Young" - who all the other
    hobos ask for advice, and "Apple Annie Reynolds" - who
    always travels alone on the rails. 



     



    EarthWords Nature Shop will be selling unique train items, and
    refreshments are for sale. 



     



    The first 1,000 kids will receive a free train whistle, too!



     



    And, visitors can enter-to-win family 4-packs of passes for the
    Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad, DennisonRailroadDepotMuseum and
    Hocking Valley Scenic Railroad.



     



    CanalWayCenter is located on Whittlesey Way, off the East
    49th Street entrance of Ohio & Erie Canal
    Reservation, between Grant Avenue and Canal Road in CuyahogaHeights
    - just off the I-77/Grant Avenue exit.



     



    For more information, call 216-206-1000 or visit
    clevelandmetroparks.com.



     



    Ride the rails over to "Train Day" in Cleveland
    Metroparks - part of your life, naturally.



     



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