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(rshsdepot) Port Allen, LA

Depot celebrates trains in history

By Westside bureau

-From the Baton Rouge, LA Advocate...

PORT ALLEN -- Port Allen's recently renovated depot, which includes a
caboose donated by Union Pacific Railroad, will provide the setting for a
series of train-related cultural events sponsored by the West Baton Rouge
Parish Library this spring and summer.

In May, the depot will begin hosting a series of free family events that
celebrate the railroad and its history through the literature, music, films
and regalia that commemorate it.

Classic films featuring trains as central plot components will run the first
Friday of every month at 8:30 p.m. from May through September.

Lectures and a variety of performances are scheduled for the third Saturday
of each of those months. Grants from the West Baton Rouge Tourism
Commission, Entergy, the city of Port Allen and the West Baton Rouge Parish
Library are funding the programs.

The opening event on May 4 will be a family night at the movies featuring
two films with the same title, "The Great Train Robbery," one made in 1903,
the other in 1979.

For further information, contact Judy Boyce at 225-242-7920.

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