Coming home from Walmart last weekend, we travel under a railroad bridge spanning Hwy 401. On the bridge were a couple of CP Rail 6 axle locomotives hauling some cars out of the GM plant Yard. Liam, My 5 yr old son pipes up " Hey Dad, there's a SD40-2 on the bridge".
I'm so proud!!!!!
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I remember when my son was only about 18 months old and not speaking more than a few words yet. He was playing with his collection of Thomas trains while I was watching a show about an old steam loco being used to run current passenger trains in Scotland. At one point, my kid stopped to watch the TV, many a funny look for a few seconds, then walked over to his Thomas collection and picked up one locomotive. He then walked up and presented me with the exact same model loco that was running on the TV! I don't remember the class of locomotive being run, but it was known as "the Famous Visitor" in the Thomas collection. I was rather blown away, especially as the loco on TV was blue and the Thomas version was green. Not bad for a little squirt!
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Even if it wasn't an SD40-2, at least he knows the name of one!
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hornblower I remember when my son was only about 18 months old and not speaking more than a few words yet. He was playing with his collection of Thomas trains while I was watching a show about an old steam loco being used to run current passenger trains in Scotland. At one point, my kid stopped to watch the TV, many a funny look for a few seconds, then walked over to his Thomas collection and picked up one locomotive. He then walked up and presented me with the exact same model loco that was running on the TV! I don't remember the class of locomotive being run, but it was known as "the Famous Visitor" in the Thomas collection. I was rather blown away, especially as the loco on TV was blue and the Thomas version was green. Not bad for a little squirt!
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jeffrey-wimberly hornblower: I remember when my son was only about 18 months old and not speaking more than a few words yet. He was playing with his collection of Thomas trains while I was watching a show about an old steam loco being used to run current passenger trains in Scotland. At one point, my kid stopped to watch the TV, many a funny look for a few seconds, then walked over to his Thomas collection and picked up one locomotive. He then walked up and presented me with the exact same model loco that was running on the TV! I don't remember the class of locomotive being run, but it was known as "the Famous Visitor" in the Thomas collection. I was rather blown away, especially as the loco on TV was blue and the Thomas version was green. Not bad for a little squirt! The famous visitor was the "City of Truro". It was in the 4th episode of the 3rd season. I don't know the class of the locomotive.
hornblower: I remember when my son was only about 18 months old and not speaking more than a few words yet. He was playing with his collection of Thomas trains while I was watching a show about an old steam loco being used to run current passenger trains in Scotland. At one point, my kid stopped to watch the TV, many a funny look for a few seconds, then walked over to his Thomas collection and picked up one locomotive. He then walked up and presented me with the exact same model loco that was running on the TV! I don't remember the class of locomotive being run, but it was known as "the Famous Visitor" in the Thomas collection. I was rather blown away, especially as the loco on TV was blue and the Thomas version was green. Not bad for a little squirt!
The famous visitor was the "City of Truro". It was in the 4th episode of the 3rd season. I don't know the class of the locomotive.
Great Western City class. a 4-4-0 express locomotive that supposedly went 100mph on a mail run. The run was never authenticated though.
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Sounds like you brought him up right... :-)
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My daughter used to name the types of cars as we passed them, gondola, hopper, boxcar etc. ( when she was 2-4) but now that she is 9 trains are not as fun as Barbies! :-(
Yes, both were sd40-2's, one regular up front & a Red Barn trailing.
Jeffrey-Wimberly is proof that I'm not the only one that will watch ANYTHING having to do with trains.
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PRRT1MAN My daughter used to name the types of cars as we passed them, gondola, hopper, boxcar etc. ( when she was 2-4) but now that she is 9 trains are not as fun as Barbies! :-(
Someday maybe you can rig up a set of gondolas where Barbie rides inside like a Live Scale Club.
There is an English layout that used Barbie & Ken a clerks in the hobby shop. IIRC he puts Z scale trains in the display case.
Medina1128 jeffrey-wimberly: hornblower: I remember when my son was only about 18 months old and not speaking more than a few words yet. He was playing with his collection of Thomas trains while I was watching a show about an old steam loco being used to run current passenger trains in Scotland. At one point, my kid stopped to watch the TV, many a funny look for a few seconds, then walked over to his Thomas collection and picked up one locomotive. He then walked up and presented me with the exact same model loco that was running on the TV! I don't remember the class of locomotive being run, but it was known as "the Famous Visitor" in the Thomas collection. I was rather blown away, especially as the loco on TV was blue and the Thomas version was green. Not bad for a little squirt! The famous visitor was the "City of Truro". It was in the 4th episode of the 3rd season. I don't know the class of the locomotive. Jeffrey-Wimberly is proof that I'm not the only one that will watch ANYTHING having to do with trains.
jeffrey-wimberly: hornblower: I remember when my son was only about 18 months old and not speaking more than a few words yet. He was playing with his collection of Thomas trains while I was watching a show about an old steam loco being used to run current passenger trains in Scotland. At one point, my kid stopped to watch the TV, many a funny look for a few seconds, then walked over to his Thomas collection and picked up one locomotive. He then walked up and presented me with the exact same model loco that was running on the TV! I don't remember the class of locomotive being run, but it was known as "the Famous Visitor" in the Thomas collection. I was rather blown away, especially as the loco on TV was blue and the Thomas version was green. Not bad for a little squirt! The famous visitor was the "City of Truro". It was in the 4th episode of the 3rd season. I don't know the class of the locomotive.
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COme to think of it, I've got the hardback treasury of Thomas Stories, and I think Truro was in there.
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