Once again the Arkansas-Boston Mountains Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society will be a major participant in the National Train Day event on Saturday , May 13, 2017 at the Frisco depot located on Garrison Avenue in Fort Smith, AR.The FREE event runs from 10 AM to 5 PM and features displays, artifacts and local railroad history programs .We will have several model train layouts that children (and adults) are welcome to operate.  A new program will focus on the tortured history of the depot that finally opened in December 1903. 

The Arkanasa & Missouri Railroad will have tickets available for purchase for trips from the historic depot to the south side of the Arkansas Riverand return..