Tucson B-Day Fun @ Southern AZ Transportation Museum

August 19, 2014 |
Steam Engine #1673 at the Southern Arizona Transportation Museum.

Steam Engine #1673 at the Southern Arizona Transportation Museum.

On Saturday, Aug. 23, the Southern Arizona Transportation Museum (SATM) hosts a bevy of activity to commemorate our locale’s establishment as the Presidio de Tucson – when this valley was the northern most outpost of Spain’s New World territories – on Aug. 20, 1775.

For the 239th birthday, the museum and the Historic Train Depot is hosting:

    • Live music by Bill and the Southern Comfort Band
    • Railroad art exhibits in the Amtrak lobby
    • Operating model trains
    • Vintage vehicles on the plaza
    • Union Pacific’s diesel simulator for Operation Lifesaver
    • Climb into the cab of Steam Engine #1673
    • Bilingual railroad exhibits

Along with other interactive offerings!
It all takes place at SATM, 414 N. Toole Ave. from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Birthday cake at 11 a.m. with Mayor Rothschild!

Visit TucsonHistoricDepot.org for more information.

 

Category: Community, DOWNTOWN / UNIVERSITY / 4TH AVE, Events

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