{Railroad Museum}

It is no secret that Luke is train-obsessed! It started when he was 18 months old and is still going very, very strong. So when I heard about the Rosenberg Museum just about 40 minutes away from us, we were game to go!  We went some friends of our's that also had two boys the same ages of Luke and Ben. 

The museum had a small indoor area that had old railroad and train items. They also showed a video of railroad safety that was a cartoon, so the boys sat for a few minutes and watched that. They did have pages for the boys to find six items in the museum and got stickers to place on their sheet when they found it. Luke was super into that and found all six! Ben just followed him around.

We then went out and got to see a few old train cars. This was an old caboose that showed where workers would sleep, eat, etc while on the road.

We also got to see the big machine that would tell trains when to go or stop or which railroad to take, etc. It was actually pretty neat and something Luke had never seen before.

Luke posing with an old railroad crossing sign...

This was an train car that was 135 years old.  It had two bedrooms, a kitchen, a sitting area and a dining area. Apparently a very wealthy family owned it and donated it once it retired back in the 50s.  Luke was saying "Choo Choo!!" in this picture...

 

This was the hallway in the fancy train car...

Of course Ben was interested in the food (that wasn't real).

The last part of the museum was this room that had a whole model train set up. This was truly a treat -- the boys loved it!

The museum was located right next to real train tracks. They built this deck that was high that this kids could go on when real trains went by. At first the boys freaked out about how loud it was when the trains went by and blew their whistles, but ended up loving it. What a great idea this museum had to do that!

We had a picnic lunch on some picnic tables right outside the train cars. The boys ate a little bit, then chased around a poor, lonely chicken and then we all got our picture taken for an article about the museum for the Fort Bend Newspaper.  Ha!

Here are a few more pictures of the museum and area. Overall a very small museum, but great for a bunch of small kids who love trains. 

Right across the street was an old fashioned soda shop. So after lunch, we decided to treat the boys to milkshakes!

The boys actually opted for a sprite/sherbet concoction that they loved!

 It was a great morning that wore the boys out! It is really fun now that the boys are at an age we can do more things like this. Both boys snoozed on the drive back to Houston and were roaring to go again by the afternoon!