

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Railroading Merit Badge 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 02 May, 2026 at 10:00 am – Sat, 02 May, 2026 at 03:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Ride the Rails. Earn the Badge. Experience History in Motion.

Climb aboard the historic Arkansas &amp; Missouri passenger train for a moving classroom unlike anything you have experienced before. Scouts will depart from Van Buren and travel through the Ozark Mountains to Winslow while actively completing requirements for the Railroading Merit Badge.

Time
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Location
A&amp;M Railroad Depot
813 Main Street
Van Buren, Arkansas 72956
Cost
$40 per Scout
Registration Deadline
April 15, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Contact
Bob Bretch
479-430-3132
https://www.naturalstatecouncil.org/btrailroad
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/van-buren/railroading-merit-badge/200029820657352
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.naturalstatecouncil.org/btrailroad?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=van+buren-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Van Buren
- **state**: AR
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Van Buren Train Depot
- **lat**: 35.437014243241
- **long**: -94.352162999864
- **full address**: Van Buren Train Depot, 813 main street,Van Buren,AR,United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Butterfield Trail District, Natural State Council, Scouting America (https://allevents.in/org/butterfield-trail-district-natural-state-council-scouting-america/26064797)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 02 May, 2026 at 10:00 am (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Van Buren Train Depot, 813 main street,Van Buren,AR,United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Butterfield Trail District, Natural State Council, Scouting America
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Railroading Merit Badge  ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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