SELMA CELEBRATES 100th ANNIVERSARY OF TRAIN STATION

Passenger Rail is being celebrated in Selma, North Carolina, July 19 – 20, with the 100th Anniversary of Selma’s Union Station.  Activities begin Friday night with a Celebration Dinner at Selma Civic Center with a program provided by Eastern Carolina Rail. Numerous political officials and officeholders are expected to attend the dinner, and a guest list will be released closer to the event. Jason S. Myers, Rail Program Manager for NC-DOT Rail, will provide the rail presentation, and Gene Merritt, a well-known transportation expert from Wilmington and a principal of Eastern Carolina Rail, will be another featured speaker.