Excited Boy 2
Michelle April 25th, 2009
Gavin woke up before the train got here. And, when it showed up, he was excited! The color, the sound, the people… everything. It pulled up right to where we were standing, the conductor got out and yelled ‘All Aboard’, and they kept tooting the horn. He was stoked! We climbed right up and found our seats in the air conditioned car. We were later told the history of the train car, it was the first enclosed train car with air conditioning. My favorite type of train car… the ones with A/C. They take the train down the middle of the town (Noblesville). Literally, down the middle of the main road. There were cars on both sides of us and Gavin was waving to them as if he were in a parade. They were waving back… everyone had big smiles. It was funny to me that people were taking pictures, laughing, and waving… they see this regularly in Noblesville. But, I thought, I like to watch the train and if someone is waving, so am I. I feel like there is something happy about a train.
The train ride was rather slow. It was the first ride of the season and they want to be sure they do not have any big debris on the track. Thinking about it now, I would have thought they would have made sure to check the track before the first ride… Safety First! Everything was fine. We road the train to Atlanta, Indiana. A small, cute town with a gazebo, post office, fire station, and mercantile. That was it. They had a few sandwich options to grab lunch, bake sale going on outside, and a couple of old guys strumming some tunes on guitars. We took a picture of the post office for my mom (she works for the USPS and I encourage her to collect PO pics), sat in the gazebo and ate lunch, and walked around the fire station. Then, it was time to board.
The ride there and back was about 3 hours. We must have been wearing signs on our head that said ‘Talk to us’. The volunteers huddled around us sharing train info there and back. It was very informative. Scott and the conductor had a couple of very interesting conversations. Scott knows quite a bit about trains from Don, a family member. Don let Scott play in the engine of this train when he was 5… 28 years later, Scott is playing in the engine with Gavin.
Gavin had a GREAT time and talks about his train ride a lot. We will be going again.
Click here to see more pictures of Gavin’s First Train Ride.
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It looks like you had two excited boys.
That must have been a great time. Andrew loves trains, so I am sure he would have loved to join Gavin. Thanks for sharing the pictures.