First Annual Transportation Day
Take part in the Temple Railroad & Heritage Museum’s first annual Transportation Day on Saturday, April 5, 2014 from 10:00am to 2:00pm. If it has wheels, you will probably find it here during April’s free Family Day.
![]() There will be a Humvee from Ft. Hood, a Scott & White ambulance, a school bus from Temple ISD, and lots of other vintage and classic cars to explore. Garlyn Shelton and Don Ringler car dealerships will feature the latest in hybrid and electric cars.
The City of Temple SWAT team will also be onsite along with the Temple Police Department, who will feature a police cruiser, while promoting bike safety. Amtrak and Operation Lifesaver will inform guests about train travel and safety, while visitors explore a real railroad caboose and ride on the museum’s railroad handcars. Temple Public Library’s “What do you Geek?” program will also be on hand, along with the Bookmobile. Make sure to wear comfortable shoes for exploring.
![Riding the Handcars]() The Temple Railroad and Heritage Museum hosts a Family Day event on the first Saturday of each month. Attendance at the event is free. Regular admission charges apply to view the rest of the museum. The museum is located in the Santa Fe Depot at 315 West Avenue B in downtown Temple. The museum is open 10am – 4pm, Tuesday – Saturday.
For more information about this and upcoming Family Day events at the Temple Railroad & Heritage Museum, please call 254.298.5172 or visit www.rrhm.org.
New Exhibit: Hell on Wheels
![]() "Hell on Wheels: Union Pacific Railroad Towns in Wyoming" opens Saturday April 5, 2014 and will be on display until August 2nd. During the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, end-of-track towns appeared and disappeared as the tracks moved west. Surveying and grading teams, and later tracklaying teams, established temporary supply and construction camps along the rail route. Tent cities, consisting of canvas and wood structures sprang up around the work camps to supply services for the workers. Saloons, dance halls, brothels, stores, and gambling houses were common. End-of-track towns were known for wild behavior, riots, and crime, earning the towns the name “Hell on Wheels.” The exhibit is on loan from the American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming. |
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Imagining the Southwest Still on Display
"Imagining the Southwest: Art of the Santa Fe" will be on display until Saturday, May 31. The Santa Fe Railway was one of the first and most active collectors of Western Art in the opening decades of the twentieth century. The Santa Fe acted as a patron of the artists who were flocking to the American West to capture unique landscapes and exotic peoples at the turn of the century. William Haskell Simpson, who was named Santa Fe’s advertising agent in 1900, set out to acquire these artworks in large numbers, using them to shape an identity for the railway and entice travelers to explore a unique and exotic landscape. The Santa Fe created an enduring vision of the Southwest which was deeply linked to its own corporate identity, permeating everything from the company’s logo to its timetables, station design, dining car menus, and advertising campaigns.
Reading History Book Club
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