At 7 a.m. Saturday the National Train Day observance began in Lincoln with a small greeting committee consisting of Alderwoman Marty Neitzel, Alderwoman Joni Tibbs, Mayor Keith Snyder, David Hepler III and Wanda Lee Rohlfs of Main Street Lincoln.

Pictures by Nila Smith

Hepler arranges handouts he's brought from the Monticello Railway Museum.

The mayor greets a visitor coming in as Hepler watches Neitzel and Rohlfs check out the handouts he brought. 

Among the items on display are brief histories of the railway as it relates to the city of Lincoln.

Neitzel visits with one passenger...

...as Tibbs and Snyder visit with another.

Throughout the day, those coming and going were given "goody bags," compliments of Main Street Lincoln.

The word is given: "All aboard."

Some passengers are just going for a day trip -- no luggage required, just good coffee and a good book.

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