Hello, all! I was watching one of my rail DVD's the other night, and at the tail end was a 15 minute review of the Hoboken Rail Festival of 1990. What with all the displays of rail equipment, vendors of "train stuff", model railroad displays, and food-food-FOOD it looked like a fun event.
I did an on-line search and can't find any mention of it after the Festival of 2002. Anyone know what happened? I suspect post-9/11 security concerns may have had something to do with it but I could be wrong on that.
It seemed like such a great show it would be a shame if it never comes back.
Firelock76It seemed like such a great show it would be a shame if it never comes back.
I went for several years. It is a great show and it is a shame that it is discontinued. Somewhere--I don't recall just where--I read that it was stopped for budgetary reasons. I can only hope it begins again.
One thing I did was to tour the private car from which Harry Truman made his famous whistle stop tour in 1948. The car belongs to the Coal Board.
Budgetary reason? Makes sense, but still, as you say, it's a shame. From what I saw on the video it looks like something I'd definately make a trip up from Virginia to see,
Firelock76From what I saw on the video it looks like something I'd definately make a trip up from Virginia to see,
For me going to the festival was easy since I rode the train to Hoboken every day anyway. But you remind me that I should get back down to Baltimore to see the B&O Museum. I was there once but many years ago.
Oh yeah, if you're a railfan the B&O Museum is not to be missed, especially if you live on the East Coast. I've been there four times in the last 20 years and enjoyed every visit.
The first visit I spent $100 in the gift shop. "I knew I shouldn't have come in here" I said to the cashier. "Gee, we're sure glad you did!" he said.
Firelock76Oh yeah, if you're a railfan the B&O Museum is not to be missed, especially if you live on the East Coast.
It is the most impressive historical display I've even seen in my life. I saw it when I was in the Army stationed in Washington, DC. At that time Baltimore offered other things which were, perhaps, less worth while but I was young and did not always make the wisest decisions.
"Young and did not always make the wisest decisons." Uh-huh, been there and done that myself.
Well, it's typical for young people to kick up their heels, raise hell, and defy convention. However, most of the stuff they do is harmless and not worth getting too upset over. I feel sorry for the kids nowadays though, what with the proliferation of cameras in cell phones and other electronic devices. Things we could get away with years ago that were over and done and forgotten quickly can all have a permanent record now.
Firelock76 I feel sorry for the kids nowadays though, what with the proliferation of cameras in cell phones and other electronic devices. Things we could get away with years ago that were over and done and forgotten quickly can all have a permanent record now.
I'm glad no photographs were taken of me on East Baltimore Street.
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