Amtrak has announced the date for the second annual National Train Day. This year National Train Day is May 9, 2009. You can check out all of the events on the National Train Day website. From my perspective the biggest news is that they are offering 4x the normal points/miles for a trip on May 9. It’s a good way to get your balances up.

There are also events planned for Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington. Each location will have the following, “Tour a variety of train equipment that you can only find assembled together on National Train Day. Amtrak trains, private cars, commuter rail equipment and others.” Amtrak also notes that there will be art exhibits and fun activities for kids. And of course there will be a store to buy lots of fun things related to trains.

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