Topeka Railroad Festival: 8-21-10

I attended the 3rd running of this at the Great Overland Station in Topeka last Saturday (still not as good as the Railroad Days one that used to be held at Forbes Field). Activities included model trains, games, old west shootout, various displays, music, and a large collection of Star Wars items in the depot (couldn't photograph it), and not suprisingly R2D2 and members of the dark side were hanging out in the depot (Darth was suppose to be there, but i never did see him).
And of course there was plenty of action on Union Pacific's line (only caught a couple on film though). I wasn't going to drag my tripod around with me so the video is a little jumpy. And thanks to Youtube extending the length limit to 15 mins. i was able to squeeze everything into one video.
The museum is in the progress of moving in a depot (the Welda, KS. Santa Fe one) and some cars that are currently located between Baldwin City and Overbrook on Hwy. 56 (someone used to live in them). Here's a link:

http://www.greatoverlandstation.com/rolling_stock_94.html

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