Choo Choo

Our field trip was to the North Carolina Transportation Museum. The kids got to see a Conestoga wagon. Very cool because we've read a few Little House On the Prairie early reader books that talk about Ma and Pa and Laura and their covered wagon.

This was a mini airplane.

A few of the early automobiles. I missed the tour guide's explanation of these. Luke was getting restless so we were in another part of the building.

This was a 1948 Lincoln Continental. It cost $4600 and even had power windows!

Corvette sports car from the late 60's (I think).

NC public school bus.

Steam engine.

Little red caboose.
One of the two highlights of the trip was a short trip on a real train. The conductor came around asking for tickets just like The Polar Express.

Luke and Ella on the train ride.

Fletcher and some of his kindergarten classmates on the train ride.

The other highlight of this museum is their Roundhouse built in 1924. It is one of the largest ever built housing 40 restored locomotives and rail cars. It is one of the only remaining roundhouses in the US. The turntable in the middle still works. We got to ride on it. The kids thought that was very cool. It was just like the turntable in Thomas the Train. At least I think it was. We stopped watching Thomas a long time ago. It is quite possibly the worst PBS show ever. Well, maybe that whiny kid Caillou is worse, but Thomas ranks right up there. But I digress...