On Saturday, October 11 from 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM the grounds at 142 North Common Street are going to be all about trains.

Train Day at the Museum combines the love of, and history of, the railroads in Northwest Louisiana. This year Train Day will feature train talks, railroad memorabilia, tours of both the Shreveport Railroad Museum and the Shreveport Water Works Museum- all free!

Park your vehicle in one of the lots across North Common from the driveway and Train Day sponsor Sportran will zip around to pick you up and bring you to the museum’s front door- for free!

Thanks, too, to Shreveport Downtown Development Authority for their sponsorship of this downtown event.

Enjoy talks all day in the museum’s climate-controlled Ozone Room- for free!

*Warren Caileff “Fifty Years in a Darkroom” at 10:30 am.
*Steve Crise “Rod Stewarts Grand St. & Three Rivers Railroad” 11:00 am.
*Charles Goodrich “Fifty Years of Railroad Photography” 1:00 pm
*Steve Sandifer “T&P in North Louisiana: A Tribute to Billy Sandifer” 2:00 pm.
*Steve Crise “Dark Territory – Photographing Trains at Night” 3:00 pm.

Watch model trains chug over the A-Truss Bridge and around other landmarks in downtown Shreveport- free!

Tour the historic Shreveport Water Works Museum and learn how Shreveport was one of the first cities in the state to have (relatively) clean water in a world where the water would kill you- also free!

Eat at the museum! The Hot Dawg Hut and T&T’s Italian Ice will be there and ready to fill your tummy with delicious hamburgers, hot dogs, French fries and more. T&T’s has a long list of yummy Italian ices- not free!

Important tips:
*Persons with handicap tags are invited to park on the museum grounds. Come up the driveway and look for signs!
* Persons without handicap tags are asked to part across North Common Street in the various parking lots or along the service road.
*We love children and dogs, so feel free to bring both. However, we love good dogs on leashes only, please. (We also love good children. We hope they love railroads, too.)