Get on board for Clamshell Railroad Days

Published 5:00 pm Monday, July 9, 2012

ILWACO, Wash. The 2012 Clamshell Railroad Days will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, July 14 and 15, at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum, 115 S.E. Lake St. The museum will offer lectures, bus tours, a kids craft corner and more.

Tour the Pullman passenger car Nahcotta and imagine riding the narrow rails of the Peninsula. Local historian Harry Bell will give a slide presentation, Ilwaco Rail and Navigation Co.: Then and Now. He will be joined by Nancy Gorshe of the Depot Restaurant in Seaview, Wash. for a bus tour of the old rail lines from Ilwaco to Nahcotta Saturday and Ilwaco to Megler Sunday. Tickets are $5 and reservations are required.

Children will have plenty to see at the museum, with an expanded Lego train and kids craft caboose. Visiting model railroad clubs from Oregon and Washington include the return of the Portland Cascade Z-scale with a diorama and the Mt. Rainer N-scale club with its 34-foot-long exhibit, including new additions.

Admission to Clamshell Railroad Days is $5 and includes a souvenir pin and museum entrance for two days. Children younger than 12 will be admitted free.

For more information, contact the museum at (360) 642-3446 or log on to http://columbiapacificheritagemuseum.org