A Florida Nonprofit 501(c)3 Tax Exempt Organization
Located Inside the Historic Train Depot at 45383 Dixie Avenue, Callahan
Mail to P.O. Box 1758, Callahan, FL 32011 (904-879-3406)
2025 RAILROAD DAY
Saturday, March 29
9 am - 4 pm
FROM THE HISTORIC CALLAHAN TRAIN
DEPOT AND ADJACENT PAVILION
ARTS/CRAFTS - LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
ANTIQUE MACHINES - MODEL TRAINS
CLASSIC CAR SHOW 10A-2P
CAR AWARD SHOW AT 2 PM
PRESENTED BY CALLAHAN CRUISERS
AND COCHRANE'S COLLISION CENTER
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Caring about the future of our past for 50 years.
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WEST NASSAU HISTORICAL SOCIETY SELECTS SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2025, FOR THEIR 19th ANNUAL
FUNDRAISING RAILROAD DAY FESTIVAL/CAR SHOW
The West Nassau Historical Society has selected Saturday, March 29, for their signature fundraising Railroad Day Festival and Car Show. The all-volunteer nonprofit’s 20th annual celebration is an all-day event held in and around the historic 1881 Callahan Train Depot and adjoining 1856 Florida Railroad bed. This year’s event will continue to celebrate Nassau County's 200th birthday with photos, artifacts and maps of interest displayed inside the Depot Museum. The exhibition buildings, 144-year old wooden train station and 1940s-era caboose will also be open.
The arts/crafts vendors and food vendors are open from 9 AM to 4 PM and the kids area will include Joel Pace hands-on music zoo and a scavenger hunt. Local live entertainment will perform on the Callahan PAV Pavilion from 9 AM to 4 PM. Callahan Cruisers will host a classic car show at Cochrane's Collision Center next door to the depot from 10 AM to 2 PM. Various citizens and sponsors will be honored and car show and contest winners announced during the festivities. Antique machines, tractors, and scaled trains will be exhibited outside the depot while model train layouts will be on display inside the Depot Annex. This is an outdoor event so please bring your lawn chairs. Admission is free and open to the public but donations are always gladly accepted.
Car Show will be held from 10 to 2p on Saturday, March 29, as part of the larger Railroad Day festival. Callahan Cruisers will host the classic car show next door to the historic depot at Cochrane's Collision Center from 10 AM to 2 PM. Car Show participants pay day of the event, Awards will be given out during the recognition ceremony at 2:00 pm at the adjacent Callahan PAV Pavilion on the historic 1856 rail bed. All proceeds will go to the all-volunteer nonprofit West Nassau Historical Society. Contact them at 904 879-3406 or message them on Facebook for more info. For additional information on the 2025 Railroad Day Festival and Car Show, visit http://www.wnhsfl.org or if you are interested in becoming a volunteer, vendor, sponsor, member, or donor call festival co-chairs John Hendricks or Emily Baumgartner at 904-879-3406.
