Strasburg

I've always wanted to go ride the Strasburg Railroad with Zach and even put "train ride" on our summer bucket list so that maybe this summer we would.  Though it came late in the summer we finally accomplished it.  We didn't want our family fun from Hersheypark to end on Wednesday so Thursday we spent yet another day together, this time at Strasburg.  We just bought coach seats this time but Paul was eyeing the dining car so maybe someday we'll try that.  

The seat backs switch positions and Zach figured that out while we were waiting to go back. 

We had to wait until another train passed us.  The trains were running every half an hour.

Here's what the girls were doing during our stops, playing on their phones.

Right before we arrived back at the station I had all 4 of them pose for me.

And then again outside of the train once we got off.

We had purchased combo tickets which let us go into the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania also which was right across the street.  Inside there were several different trains that you could look at.

The wheels on the trains are a lot bigger than Zachary!  He didn't seem too impressed though.

This was part of a railroad which was very heavy, 75 pounds maybe?  Zach tried to lift it and couldn't.

Paul could do it though.

Some of the trains we were able to go inside. 

This was a cab simulator that lets you "drive" the train to the station.  You're given 6 minutes and basically you just follow the prompts on the screen. 

Some trains are powered by coal.  All the kids took turns shoveling the pretend coal even though this area was geared to little kids.

Oops!  Lauren thinks Zach is coal and is about to put him in the furnace of one of the trains. 

It was a nice day but I thought Zach would have taken more of an interest in the trains and he didn't.  His comment about the day was that it was "boring."  He really did like the train ride though and parts of the museum, the parts where you could push a button and make the miniature trains run.  Oh well, at least now I know not to invest in any trains for him!  Now if we had taken him to a racetrack to see race cars, that would have been a different story.