AROUND 9 O’CLOCK TOMORROW (THURSDAY) MORNING A CRANE IS SCHEDULED TO LIFT A HISTORIC TRAIN CAR INTO THE RAILROAD MUSEUM IN SALINAS. THE TRAIN WAS TRANSPORTED (WITHOUT THE USE OF RAILS) TODAY FROM THE MONTEREY PENINSULA. IT TOOK VOLUNTEERS AT LEAST 5 HOURS TO LOAD AND TRANSPORT THE 1920’S RAIL CAR WHICH HAS SPEND THE LEST SEVERAL DECADES NEXT TO THE IMAX THEATER ON CANNERY ROW…SERVING AS THE THEATERS WELCOME CENTER.
THERE ARE PLANS TO RESTORE THE OLD RAIL CAR, AND TURN IT INTO A MUSEUM PIECE (THAT IS ALSO A CLASSROOM, WHERE PEOPLE CAN LEARN ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AND HISTORY).
