Nevada State Railroad Museum "Lecture details Transcontinental Railroad’s effect on average citizens"

"Lecture details Transcontinental Railroad’s effect on average citizens", © Nevada Appeal, Carson City, April 30, 2019. (News Article)

" ... events leading up to the opening of the Nevada State Railroad Museum’s new exhibit, The Transcontinental Railroad: What a Difference It Made.

Railroad Museum director Dan Thielen will give the lecture at 6 p.m. Thursday at the museum, 2180 S. Carson St. The event starts at 6 p.m. ... Thursday, May 9, 2019 ... Thielen will discuss a number of ways the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad affected everyone, including significant changes in communications, food, lifestyle and travel.

Upcoming events at the Railroad Museum include:

Rust, Splinters and Woodpeckers – The New Exhibit at the Nevada State Railroad Museum

When: 6 p.m., May 9, 2019

Where: Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson City

Presenter: Wendell Huffman, Curator of History, Nevada State Railroad Museum

Event description: A discussion of the new exhibit on the transcontinental railroad and the role artifacts in the Nevada State Railroad Museum’s collection played in it.

Reenactment of the laying of the Gold and Silver Spikes

When: Noon, May 10, 2019

Where: Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson City

Event description: A recreation of the scene at Promontory Summit when the transcontinental railroad was connected. The museum’s locomotives Inyo and Dayton will reprise their roles in the anniversary of the historic date." [More]

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