We planned on taking a Fall Foliage train ride that takes you through Georgia, but it was canceled due to September flooding. The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum has a train ride that runs on the weekend. It's a 6 mile trip that lasts an hour long.
When we arrived at the Museum, Barret was hooting with excitement. He loves trains. His room shows it.
We made it right at boarding time, which made it a little difficult to get a party of six seated. All 4 passenger cars were nearly full. It took some rearranging (thanks to the nice passengers) to get us all seated together. The train takes use through a Civil War horseshoe shaped tunnel that is 948 feet long (and dark I might add). We got a live tour guide that told us civil war stories. One was the Great Locomotive Chase that went from Atlanta to Chattanooga. The kids were fascinated (I was too). The train takes us to a train yard. There we watch a live demonstration of the train turntable using our train engine. We toured the restoration shop and then boarded the train to head back to the station. The boys didn't want to leave. They left kicking and screaming (literally).
Waiting for their tickets to be punched
Going over the bridge
Our tour guide looked a little familiar to Barret. He waved and said "Hi Santa." in a casual way. He saw Santa last year when we took a train ride on "The Polar Express". I think he thinks Santa works for the Railroad when he's not delivering presents.
Here is our engine on the turntable. I found a video of the train ride we took, in case you don't come out to visit us.
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