NATIONAL TRAIN DAY EVENT: CHICAGO

Come on down to the station and join the celebration in Chicago! Don't miss your chance to see model trains, train equipment displays and much more:

• The Blues Journey and Connection to the Railroad Exhibit*
• Train Equipment Displays*
• Model Train Displays*
• AmtraKids Depot
• Go-Green Express: Eco Exhibit*
• National Park Service Trails & Rails Exhibit*
• Snapshot Station
• Trains Move our Economy Exhibit*
• Amtrak: Dining the Rail Way* exhibit and culinary demonstrations, featuring Chef Gerard Bertholon
• Amtrak Brand Display - Enjoy the journey®*
• Live performances by the sons of blues legend Muddy Waters and Mississippi-based blues musician, Bobby Rush, and the South Shore Drill Team

*Stop by this exhibit and get your National Train Day "Passport" stamped! Passports will be provided at Union Station on May 8. Be sure to pick one up!

National Train Day in Chicago features The Blues Journey and Connection to the Railroad Exhibit.

Train travel played an important role in the emergence of blues as a major American art form and the development and migration of the sound from the Mississippi Delta north. On National Train Day at Chicago's Union Station, Big Bill and Larry "Mud" Morganfield, the sons of celebrated blues musician Muddy Waters, will be joined by legendary Mississippi Delta blues player Bobby Rush to perform train-themed blues songs.  This will be the last stop in a five-state tour aboard Amtrak, originating in Muddy Water's birthplace in Mississippi.  The Chicago Blues Museum will also display a special blues exhibit at the station with a brief historical presentation by the museum's curator, Gregg Parker.