Boone,
IA - Railroad Historian and Speaker, Eric Fogg, will present a free program at the James H. Andrew Railroad Museum (Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad) 225 10th. St. Boone, IA. The “Merci Train” Comes to Iowa - Saturday, March
8, 2025 at 2 pm. His program will be “live” and with ZOOM.
Eric Fogg spent his college summers working on a Class I railroad and he’s been a rail-fan ever since. To prove the point, this spring he met his years-long challenge of riding a train in all 50 states. A retired marketing and public relations executive, nowadays you can find him volunteering at the B&SVRR. Eric explores the little known story behind the French Gratitude Train. What’s come to be known as the “Merci Train”, it’s an example of everyday people taking time and making the effort to help one another. Whatever happened to the train and those 49 box cars that are now 80 years old? Join us on March 8th
at 2 pm at the museum or also on ZOOM to find out.
For ZOOM connection info e-mail: mike@bsvrr.com
Join us by ZOOM or
live audience!
see www.bsvrr.com for further
info.
This program
is partially sponsored by Humanities Iowa and the National Endowment for the
Humanities.
***Next month- last speaker of the James H. Andrew Railroad Museum Speaker series for this season.
National Railroad Author, Historian and Speaker Don L. Hofsommer will present a
free program at the James H. Andrew Railroad Museum Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 2 pm – Iowa
Passenger Service in the
1950’s & 60’s. Also partially
sponsored by Humanities Iowa and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Stay tuned for
further details.
Questions please e-mail Mike
at mike@bsvrr.com.
Mike Wendel
Museum Director
Boone & Scenic Valley
Railroad
James H. Andrew Railroad Museum
225 10th Street,
PO Box 603
Boone, Iowa 50036
(515) 432-4249
www.bsvrr.com
