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    Children Enjoy Riding The Kid's Train Ride And Everyone Loves Cleveland Metroparks "Train Day!"

    News & Press | June 2012

    Children Enjoy Riding The Kid's Train Ride And Everyone Loves Cleveland Metroparks "Train Day!"

    Posted: June 5, 2012
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    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 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at CanalWay
    Center in Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation in Cuyahoga
    Heights.



    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.  Visit with
    railroad-related organizations and vendors, take a guided trestle
    hike, listen to a DJ playing railroad and summertime favorites,
    kids can play in the kids depot play area with train toys and
    videos, crafts and face painting, and more!



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



    Event-goers can also 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
    there are refreshments for sale, too. 



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



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



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



     Follow the sounds of the train whistles to the �Train Day�
    event in Cleveland Metroparks - part of your life,
    naturally!



     



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