Saturday, a day with Thomas

Saturday, June 21 was a big day. First off, it was my birthday!  Friday night we went drove to Greenfield to get us closer to Connersville - our destination Saturday. Lance had purchased our family tickets to take a ride with Thomas.

Thomas rolled into town shortly after we did. 

They had a nice spot for pictures, but the girls were grouchy and refused to take pictures with Thomas.   Therefore, I settled for a picture with a banner. 

They had all sorts of activities for the kids to do while they were waiting for their trainride. They got  to take a ride on a barrel train. 

We had 9 am tickets which turned out very good. It was not too hot or too crowded yet at 9. Jenna sat with dad and Shelby sat with mom. 

Toby switch back-and-forth

During our ride wewent past the Connersville train depot and saw a caboose. 

We saw several old boxcars, refrigerator cars, and other trains. We rode on coach 10 which was built and 1923. It had a concrete floor and old sliding windows. 

We learned several things about the train depot in Connersville while were there. The railroad is operated 100% by volunteers. Having Thomas come to town is the biggest fundraiser for the railroad. The two weekends of "a day out with Thomas" is what keeps the railroad actively running. They run trains regularly from Connersville to Metamora. Though our train trip did not take us to Metamora, that was our second stop for the day. (See next post.)