Now in its 5th year, National Train Day is back on Saturday, May 12, 2012 from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm to celebrate train travel and the ways trains touch the lives of people with events across America. This year, festivities will highlight the unique perspective passengers enjoy as they take in the vastness and beauty of the American landscape, from cities big and small, to country vistas and everything in between, when traveling by rail.

- Celebrate National Train Day - Details

Amtrak will host major events at train stations in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Philadelphia. The events will feature live entertainment, interactive and educational activities about how trains have transformed America and will continue to do so in the future with high speed rail, as well as, fun activities for the entire family.