02 May 2011

Train Day - New Mexico

New Mexico is celebrating train day with an art contest for children and entertainment in downtown Albuquerque.

The deadline for the art contest is Friday, May 6. Children ages 6-12 are invited to design a cover for the RailRunner's magazine. The drawing must be on an 8-1/3 by 11 piece of paper and can be a drawing or painting. Color is encouraged! Send the artwork along with your name, your parent's name, your address, and a phone number or email to Inez Russell. care of The Santa Fe New Mexican, 202 E. Marcy Street, Santa Fe, NM 87701

Performances, art, and lots of trains are going to featured at the Alvarado Transportation Center at 1st and Central right next to the tracks in Albuquerque this Saturday from 1 to 5pm. Local dance troops will perform flamenco, hip hop, modern, and other forms of dance. You can go inside Amtrak, BSNF, and Rail Runner cars and a historic bus. You can see lots of model trains. You can watch FREE movies. You can eat food from local vendors. You tour a new transportation museum.

And you can take the train there!

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