El Paso History Tours | Union Passenger Station and the Memorial Tramway
Dates: | March 20, 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 in the parking lot of the Union Passenger Station at 700 West San Francisco Avenue (79901). Then tour the outside of the station designed by Daniel Burnham and completed in 1906. View the north end of the Santa Fe Railyards to the southwest and tour the inside of the station noting the basilica design and the AMTRAK ticket office. Walk east to the west end of the Bataan Memorial Trainway which was completed in 1951. This tour is on 3/20.
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.