OLD   POWAY   PARK   SPECIAL   EVENT


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TRAIN   SONG   FESTIVAL

"Celebrating the History of Trains and Song"




City   of   Poway   Announcement




14TH ANNUAL
TRAIN SONG FESTIVAL 2012


Embark on an adventure back in time to the Age of Steam on

Saturday, April 28, 2012
from 12noon to 8pm

during the Train Song Festival at Old Poway Park,
co-sponsored by the City of Poway and San Diego Folk Heritage.


* Explore the Poway-Midland Railroad's train yard ~

* Board "Old Cantankerous", our 1907 Baldwin Steam Locomotive, as it chugs
through the Wild West avoiding certain showdowns with Western gunslingers ~

* Hear songs and stories of life on the rails ~

* Visit the Musician's Camp and learn to carry a tune on a banjo and other musical instruments ~

* Observe the marvels of miniature trains as they travel through villages, farms and open countryside ~

* Meet Victorian Era characters as they showcase their latest inventions and gadgets ~

* Experience the American Arts & Crafts movement at the Boardwalk Craft Market ~

* Food and other items will be available for a small fee ~


"A Free Event For The Whole Family"

Old Poway Park, 14134 Midland Road in Poway.

For more information, please call (858) 668-4576.






IT'S BELLS & WHISTLES FOR TRAIN FESTIVAL

On Friday, Feb. 4, 2000, the City of Poway Community Services Department received an
Achievement Award for Recreation Programming from the California Park and Recreation
Society District XII for the Train Song Festival, which is held at Old Poway Park.
The award was presented for Outstanding and Innovative Program Development and
Implementation. Criteria for the award included creative and unique programming and
utilization and collaboration of volunteers.

Since 1828, the railroads that have criss-crossed the country have inspired songs
about the freedom to travel, the power of the great engines, the tragedies and
triumphs of railroad men, and the adventures of hobos and other traveling folks whose
lives have been entwined with the rails. Each year the City, in cooperation with San
Diego Folk Heritage and the Old Poway Park Action Committee, celebrates the history
of trains and songs with a festival that includes train rides and robberies, a full
day of music on two stages, train-related arts and crafts, specialty food items, and
more. The Festival is held each year on the first Saturday in October.

The event is made possible by the City of Poway, the Old Poway Park Action Committee,
the Poway-Midland Railroad, and the volunteers who made their vision of a celebration
of trains and songs an award-winning reality.

~ Excerpted from 'Poway Today', Summer 2000

All Aboard for Songs and Whistles
- Sung by Johnny Cash

"Look yonder comin', comin' down that railroad track,
Hey, look yonder comin', comin' down that railroad track,
It's the Orange Blossom Special, bringin' my baby back."




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