All Aboard!

On Saturday we got the opportunity to do something that none of us have done before. We headed up to Winnsborro, SC, to the South Carolina Railroad Museum (SCRM) to take a ride on a steam train! The SCRM usually offers train rides over the summer using a diesel engine, but for two weekends in October they had a special steam engine available for rides. Kaden and Noah LOVE trains, so we knew that this was something we had to do. My mom went with us so she could share the experience with the boys as well.

The boys were thrilled to see all the trains when we pulled up to the museum. There was only one train available for rides, but they have other train cars set up for you to tour. We got to walk through a dining car, a car that had two rooms set up for sleeping, the mail car, and a luggage car. We also got to explore a cute red caboose.

The train ride itself was really neat. We got off to a bumpy start which totally freaked Noah out, but once we got moving he really enjoyed himself. Every time the train whistle blew, Kaden's face lit up! I absolutely live for that smile :) Noah was adorable when the train whistle blew as well because he would "pull" on his imaginary train whistle and say,"CHOO CHOO!" It wasn't a really long train ride and we only went up and down one section on track, but it was totally worth it to see the boys having that much fun. Lots of people were standing on the side of the road taking pictures of the train and waving to the passengers, and the boys felt pretty special getting to wave back to everyone.

I definitely see some more train rides in our future! Enjoy the pictures :)

Waiting for our train ride

The steam engine

Noah and Daddy before the train got moving

Kaden and me on the train

The conductor

Kaden smiling after the train whistle

Noah after pulling his imaginary train whistle

Kaden and Noah checking out the inside of the caboose

The dining car

Kaden posing in the mail car

My little daredevil

My boys posing in front of one of the non-running engines