We love trains, so we were very happy to go to the Nevada State Railroad Museum on our recent fall break. We actually went twice, as the first time was at the end of the day so we needed more time to see it all and to go for a train ride.
The train went three times around the tracks on the property. It wasn't long, but it was fun!
The back of the car was especially beautiful.
Then we went over and operated the hand car. Twice. It was great. Inside the museum they had beautiful engines and interesting displays. The kids' favorite part inside was the HO model train and the Thomas the Train toy table, but the part they remember the best was the hand car.
The kids have a great great great grandfather who spent his life working with one of these handcars. He was a section foreman for a stretch of tracks and every day would go out and inspect the tracks, repairing whatever needed to be repaired.
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