Day Out with Thomas

This was Ryan & Jason's 2nd event, but the 1st for Brandon and I. And we took Mattie-Matt along with us. Having visited the Illinois Railway Museum on a non-Thomas weekend, I was amazed at the transformation in the facilities and the number of people that were there to see Thomas! For us train geeks, it was a fun day!

An official picture with Thomas the Tank Engine....

On the way to see Thomas...2 boys excited for the day ahead!

A ride on one of the electric cars that the museum runs, but this wasn't our ride on the Thomas coach.

The 2 older boys had lots of fun playing on this hand car.

My kid is kinda timid...when this electric car started rolling, Ryan reached over and grabbed Matt's leg. Don't worry, their seats were safe!

A special train that was on display - the Leviathon (leviathon63.com). It is a working steam engine and will be running at the IRM in September.

This was taken right before Brandon fell asleep on a ride on this electic car.

Tried to take a picture of the duo on this caboose, but didn't get much cooperation.

Matt on the caboose

They also had other activities...model train displays, tatoos, jump houses and this dragon blow-up course. It was probably 100 degrees in there, but the boys thought it was great!

Checking out one of the model train displays....but don't touch!! Or the bigger train geeks will get you!