04-27-05  12:17, Roy J. Tellason told Jim Holsonback about Thomas the Tank Engine

 RJT> 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).

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

We've a working steam engine in a historical park here. (Don't recall the
truck configuration on it, but something tells me it was the same numbering
as a Hudson.) The same historical park reportedly trollies visitors to and
from the parking lot and the front gates, but on my last visit, they had
just secured the the track, and were working on the electric car-engines.

I know of three static displays of steam engines in town. One *right*
downtown. Would have been interesting watching them crane it into place!



... James

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