JIM HOLSONBACK wrote in a message to ALL:

 JH> Now, our grandkids have an interest in trains, esp the 2 yr old
 JH> grandson. (Our SIL, who I suspect was the original officianado, now
 JH> as an HO gage train running around the wall of his bedroom, up near
 JH> the ceiling) . Both grandkids like the series about "Thomas the
 JH> Tank Engine", which plays here on Sunday AM's on pbs channel.  The
 JH> kids tape it for them when they go to church, and the grandkids
 JH> watch it regularly.

 JH> Anyway, they have this "replica" of Thomas making a tour now, and
 JH> it was at a little Railroad museum about 20 miles south of here
 JH> over the weekend, and they were selling rides.  All of us had a fun
 JH> afternoon, and after the Thomas ride, the little ones got to climb
 JH> up on the old caboose, steam engines and etc. in the "yard", pull
 JH> the rope and ring the bell, and etc.  (I think the loco there was
 JH> an old 4-8-0 from 1920's).

There's some fair amount of touristy stuff in Lancaster County,  PA,  which
is not at all far from here,  and that particular loco (or maybe another
one just like it?) is featured on one of their brochures,  for the
"Strasburg Railway". Got several grandkids that would get a big
kick out of making the trip down there,  which we probably oughta do one of
these days,  funding permitting...

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