LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Nevada State Railroad Museum in Boulder Metropolis is honoring those that serve by providing free admission to active-duty navy personnel and their households.
Blue Star Museums present free admission to active-duty navy personnel, together with members of the Nationwide Guard and Reserves, and their households. This nationwide initiative runs from Armed Forces Day by means of Labor Day. The Nevada State Railroad Museum is proud to be one in all over 2,000 museums throughout the nation collaborating in this system.
MacMahon showcased a number of of the museum’s historic railcars, together with a standout—the Railway Publish Workplace Automobile. This served as a cellular publish workplace, the place clerks sorted mail whereas the practice was en path to its locations.
He defined the fascinating “mail-on-the-fly” approach, the place a transferring practice would use a mail hook to seize a sack of incoming mail hanging trackside, with out ever stopping. As for outgoing mail? Postal staff would merely kick the mail sack off the practice whereas it was nonetheless transferring.
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One other spotlight of the museum’s assortment is the posh railcar referred to as the Ellesmere. Constructed within the late Nineties, this elegant non-public automotive options an all-wood inside adorned with wealthy finishes and complex particulars. As soon as owned by a personal collector in Las Vegas, it now resides on the museum.
The Nevada State Railroad Museum is open day by day from 9 a.m. to three:30 p.m., and practice rides can be found on weekends. Lively-duty navy households obtain free admission by means of the Blue Star Museums program till Labor Day.
For extra info on the Blue Star Museum Program, click on right here.
