El Paso History Tours | Locomotive #1 and the Rail Lines of El Paso
Dates: | April 24, 2024 |
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Meets: | W from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM |
Location: | Various |
Cost: | $0.00 |
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Meet at the site of Locomotive # 1 at the Union Plaza Transit Terminal at 477 West San Antonio Street, tour the former El Paso Railroad and Transportation Museum site, and view the restored 1857 steam locomotive. Discuss the eight rail lines that served El Paso between 1881-1912 and made El Paso the Rail Hub of the Southwest. Walk to San Jacinto Plaza and discuss the Taft-Diaz Meeting of 1909 and look at the decade-by-decade changes since the railroad arrived in 1881. This tour is on 4/24.
Fee: | $0.00 |
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Ronald Leiman
Ronald Leiman is an active community member who has served, consulted and held positions in several organization in El Paso, including the Texas Retired Teachers Association as president and historian, the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame and the El Paso County Historcal Commission. He currently serves as the vice-president of the Board of Directors for the El Paso Railroad and Transportation Museum. He is recognized as an El Paso historian and ha been giving presentations and walking tours in the border region since 2009.Prince McKenzie
Prince McKenzie is a descendent of a pioneer family who built the first railroad across Texas. He retired as curator with the City of El Paso Department of Museums in 2001. He is the co-founder and executive director of the Railorad and Transportation Museum of El Paso. In 2018, he received the Distinguished Service Award from the El Paso Archaeological Society and has seved on the County Historical Commission for five years.