This is the Prairie Dog Central Train. We took the kids on an adventure today. It included the train ride and breakfast with Santa! They were so surprised when we told them where we were going today! 
This is the locomotive that pulled us, it was built in 1958.
Here is the caboose, complete with wreath on the back.
The family at the beginning of the trip. It is about a 50 min train ride to Warren from the station. 
Santa arrives and chats with every child before we got to Warren.
We got off the train in Warren and walked about 50m to the town hall, where we had a nice, hot breakfast of pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, coffee, hot chocolate, and juice.
The kids with Santa, Sam was impressed!
The conductor with Aidan and Ben.
Our coach, #105. It was built in 1901, it is 107 years old, and entirely made of wood. It creaked and rocked, it was hard not to fall asleep on the way back. I can't imagine taking a coach like that across the country, it was a tight squeeze for the knees. My grandparents probably travelled this way when they came from England and went from Halifax to Alberta.
The volunteers are in the process of restoring this old steam engine, built in 1886. It will so neat when they are finally done and have it running. We will have to go back for a ride on that one! It looks just like the Polar Express steam engine. The boys loved it and Chris has an open invitation anytime to go back and help work on it if he wants - they are always looking for volunteer. It was a good day!!
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