BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://blacksburgmuseum.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:UTC
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:UTC
DTSTART:20250101T000000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260416T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260416T173000
DTSTAMP:20260501T222347
CREATED:20260316T230409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260317T194615Z
UID:10000379-1776360600-1776360600@blacksburgmuseum.org
SUMMARY:Speaking Engagement: The Past\, Present\, and Future of Rail in Montgomery County
DESCRIPTION:Join us on April 16 for a presentation by Bruce Harper and Ray Smoot on railroad history in Blacksburg and the surrounding county. Bruce Harper will discuss how the rail served troops during the Civil War\, helped with coal transport\, connected remote communities to Virginia Tech\, and how it was converted from rail to trail. In addition to our rich train history\, we will get an update from Ray Smoot on the thirteen-year initiative to bring passenger rail service back to our community. \n\nBruce Harper retired from Virginia Tech after serving for 37 years in several departments. He was the Virginia Tech webmaster until he retired. He is a local historian and author\, with articles published in Virginia Tech Magazine and The Arrow\, the publication of the Norfolk & Western Historical Society.  \nRay Smoot retired as CEO of the Virginia Tech Foundation\, Inc. He is vice chair of the Commonwealth Transportation Board.
URL:https://blacksburgmuseum.org/event/the-past-present-and-future-of-rail-in-montgomery-county/
LOCATION:Alexander Black House\, 204 Draper Rd SW\, Blacksburg\, VA\, 24060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/svg+xml:https://blacksburgmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Facebook-2.svg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR