For Father's Day, the whole family took a ride on the historic A&A Railroad.
Typically, the A&A consists of a steam engine, several passenger cars and an open car (without seating). For this event an additional steam engine was added - think "Percy" from Thomas the Train - Dad called it a puffer belly.
Part way into the ride the train stopped, allowing anyone that wanted to get off the train to do so for a few minutes. The train then backed up and "flew" past us as a demonstration. Can you guess how fast "flying" is! Mom chose to stay on the train.
I've been trying to upload a video for over an hour - anyone know the trick?
This is the Puffer Belly #6 - it's a privately owned engine that was brought in just for this event
Switching engines also gives us a chance to lay pennies on the rail for smooshing. Tom and I tried to overlap some pennies but the engine wasn't heavy enough to meld them together this time. I layed out 14 pennies, 2 are gone, probably stuck to the engine wheels and I gave several away to my nephews or random kids. Such cheap entertainment!
This has gotten very photo intense...I have a lot more photos if anyone is interested - just let me know...
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