Abilene Railroad Festival

Name: Abilene Railroad Festival
Start: 2025-09-12T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-13T18:00:00-05:00
Location: 1174 North First St , Abilene, TX, United States, Texas 79601

Schedule

Fri, 12 Sep, 2025 at 06:00 pm to Sat, 13 Sep, 2025 at 06:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

1174 North First St , Abilene, TX, United States, Texas 79601 | Abilene, TX

Friday, September 12th
We’ll kickoff the festival with a Public Reception at Frontier Texas! Come learn about the Harvey Girls, their impact on railroads and how they set the standard for the service industry through a presentation by Marita Richards.
Saturday, September 13th
Festival day will be filled with the main activities, interactive booths, small exhibits from local non-profits, historical presentations, model railroads, live entertainment and much more.
Participating Venues
This years venues include but are not limited to Frontier Texas!, The Grace Museum, the T&P Depot, The Elks Arts Center, and the Abilene Public Library.
Tentative Programming
The ARF Committee is in the process of finalizing various programming and vendors including a Union Pacific locomotive, presentations on local railroads and museum exhibitors.
Look out for more information coming to our website at abilenepreservation.org/abilenerailroadfestival and our social media pages @abilenepreservationleague