Train Museum/Old Sacramento

This train was huge! It's called a "forward cab" because the conductors sat at the front of the train due to this particular type of train spitting out so much smoke. It carried freight between Sacramento and Reno over the Sierra's through lots of tunnels so it had a lot of power. 

Taffy!! Imported from Salt Lake, ha ha. Still a cool little store.

Trey in front of a wheel off the huge forward cab train. 

For the first day of Jeff's spring break we decided to make the venture to Sacramento and surprise Trey with a visit to a real live train museum. We didn't tell him where we were going, but once he saw a train as we drove by the museum for the first time he perked up by yelling "look at those trains!". As some of you may know, Trey is really good at expressing emotion, and this was no exception. He probably stopped breathing a few times he was so happy. The bottom floor of the museum is full of old "retired" trains. Trey just ran from one to the next. There were a few old train cars that we were allowed to walk through, including a mail car as seen from a picture above. We were amazed at how big some of these engines are. Especially the black one in the picture with Trey in the front. Trey is also standing in front of one of the wheels. We thought we were doing great until we went upstairs where it was a Thomas extravaganza! There were lots of model trains and an entire train town that was hard to pull him away from. It's safe to say that Trey wasn't the only one that had a good time. Kaden did as well, and we enjoyed just watching Trey take it all in. The museum is in "Old Sacramento" so there are several old buildings nearby and some trains outside too. We had lunch at a quaint little mexican place in an old building, and then walked around. We posted a few pictures from our walk along with the train ones. The boys were great and no one was grumpy. It was a fantastic day to spend as a family, and absolutely worth the drive.