On July 7 and 8, 10 members of Fermilab staff promoted the laboratory at Railroad Days, a summer fair in West Chicago.
Railroad Days is four days of family entertainment at Pioneer Park. It includes band performances, carnival rides, a 5K walk and run and the Railroad Days Parade.
Fermilab hosted a tent at the fair, and employees shared the lab’s research with visitors. They invited fair attendees to visit Fermilab, especially Wilson Hall’s 15th floor, and to come to the laboratory’s big Open House on Sept. 23.
Staff also guided kids and grown-ups through a few magnetic-force demos, one of which showed how particles move through a linear accelerator.
Railroad Days 2014
Fermilab staff worked at the Railroad Days fair in West Chicago to tell our neighbors about the laboratory's research and to invite them to our big Open House on Sept. 23. Photo courtesy of Jose De La O
Railroad Days 2017
Irma Campos and Jose De La O show kids at Railroad days in West Chicago a couple of hands-on physics demos. Photo courtesy of Jose De La O
Railroad Days 2017
Leah Poffenberger demonstrates Lenz's law to an eager learner at Railroad Days. Photo: Kurt Riesselmann
Railroad Days 2017
Hundreds of people turned out for the fair. Photo: Kurt Riesselmann
Railroad Days 2017
Hundreds of people turned out for the fair — that many more people to tell about Fermilab! Photo: Kurt Riesselmann
