Dylan, I know its summer but here's a really cool train video with a snow plow on the front of the engine. Have you ever seen a train with a snow plow on it? The description says it was recorded in Goodland, Kansas so I put in a map from Clinton to Goodland so you could see how far it is. My friends Sue, Tricia and Orvella live nearby in Colby, Kansas. You can see it on the map. What do you think of the video? It looks like the land is even flatter in Goodland than it is in Clinton! How deep do you think the snow would have to be for the train to not be able to go through?
While on my way to Checotah last weekend I saw the train making its way north and moving really slow. I dashed up ahead of it and was able to get these pictures. I'm sorry I didn't have my video camera with me Dylan - it would have been great video. The train had lots of cars and looked like it was hauling some kind of rock. See what you think.
You can see more if you click here. New pictures are at the bottom of the page. This is engine 8422 and Engine 4355 from Union Pacific. I couldn't find other pictures or video of these specific trains but will keep looking. Maybe you and Mommy can look too?
On Inauguration day she got up early (5:45) and caught the subway with friends to North Farragut station ... can you find the station on the map? Then she walked over to the Mall. There were about 2 million people there, the largest crowd ever. The Metro also moved more people than ever before at a little over 1.5 million! Here's some pictures of what Gigi could see from where she stood at the Washington Monument.
Gigi came home on Thursday. She took the train back to the airport in Baltimore so she took some pictures of the trains for me. She got on the train at the station in Gaithersburg, Maryland at about 7:00 and then rode down to Union Station. Then she got on another train, the Vermonter, that made a stop at the Baltimore airport.Gigi is happy about getting to attend the Inauguration and be with so many people who believe our country needs change and that the way President Obama thinks about and approaches problems will help us find new and different ways so that more people can have a better life. He says to "right the wrongs you see and work to give others the chances you've had".
She always likes taking pictures of trains for me too. She thinks trains are a great way to get around. Maybe we'll get a few more out here in Oklahoma?
Gigi made a trip to the Arrowhead Mall in Muskogee last week. It is about a half hour from her house down at Lake Eufaula. She took some pictures of the little holiday train inside the Mall for me.
There only one engine and a caboose but they go pretty fast. The engine has a cool bell you can ring if you sit in there.
They'll be taking it down soon and putting it away, until next Christmas season. We've added 69 train pictures to our collection on Flickr.
And here's a couple more pictures from the Mall trip.
