Hello Gentle Forum Members,
Saturday, June 12, from 11:00 AM -3:00 PM The Railroad Museum of Long Island (RMLI) is proud to present "Miles of Smiles - Roxey the Long Island Rail Road Dog" at our Riverhead and Greenport site, and aboard the LIRR Greenport Scoot.
Arrive at our Riverhead Site by 11:00am, and you will be escorted to the Riverhead platform for a 45 minute scenic wide threw the North Fork of Long Island wine country to our Greenport Site at the end of the line. On the train we will be reading the new children's book "Miles of Smiles - Roxey the Long Island Rail Road Dog". Once we arrive at Greenport meet author Heather Hill Worthington, and view our new exbhbit for the 2010 season: from the New York Transit Museum there 175 years of the LIRR display, the route of the dashing commuter
At 1:15 you will board the Scoot once again to arrive back to our Riverhead site where you can ride our 1964/65 World's Fair Train and view numerous restored RR cars and exhibits!
Admission includes:
- Educational exhibits at both the Riverhead and Greenport Museums
- A round-trip train ride on the LIRR “Scoot”
- Costumed characters including President Theodore Roosevelt & the mysterious Parasol Lady
Tickets will be sold at the gate at Riverhead RMLI. Reserved tickets must be picked up by 11:10 AM on the day of the event.
Adults: $9.00
Children 12 and under: $3.50
ONLY 100 tickets for the train ride.
This will be a fun day for all, with some LIRR History! Visit our website for more info.
http://www.rmli.us/RMLI/Welcome.html
Hope to see you there,
Anthony DeBellis
President's Aide de Camp
Railroad Museum of Long Island
