Trains, Trains and More Trains...

It seems like all little boys go through a fascination with trains.  Some more than others.  

Our oldest loved Thomas the Tank Engine and all of his train friends.  Our second liked trains but not as much as the first.  Boy #3 was much more into making the tracks that the trains would run on than the trains themselves.  Boy #4 has taken the train fascination to a whole new level.  

We have spent many afternoons riding the light rail train.

 But he loves steam engines better than diesel or electric trains.  Especially the Western Maryland Steam Engine.  

For example, we went to the library the other day and he said to the librarian at the information desk...

 "I want a train book but the train can't have eyes, a nose or a mouth."  

 So she led us to the adult section and he left with a handful of books that he was thoroughly excited about!

So anytime we pass through Cumberland we make it a point to chase the steam engine.  He has recently become a little more anxious about hearing the train whistle so sometimes he demands to watch the train from the car.  This time while we were waiting for the Steam Engine a CSX train passed by...

 The boys played while we waiting for the steam engine to cross the railroad bridge and then we followed it to the station to see it up close and personal.