Trains and A Bygone Era

We went on our first field trip of the year! We headed over to a place called the Whistle Stop.  If you like trains, this is THE place to visit!  It houses the Monon Connection Museum and the Whistle Stop restaurant.  We ate lunch at the restaurant, which has a nice diner-type atmosphere.  

Lunch at the Whistle Stop

Inside the Whistle Stop Restaurant and Monon Connection Museum is an amazing collection of memorabilia from bygone eras.  There is even some beautiful paintings, indoor toy trains, and old lanterns.  I loved looking at all the "cool old stuff", as my daughters call it.  

Some of the beautiful artifacts inside and outside the Whistle Stop.

One of the painting inside the restaurant.

Jasmine, Laura, and Megan

The best part of the Whistle Stop is outside.  A collection of train memorabilia isn't complete without REAL old trains, train cars, signs, farm equipment, and other odds and ends.  The train cars are all on tracks portions.  It is so neat to walk through!

Some photos of our adventures with the trains!

The artifacts were so neat to see up close.

Laura, Jasmine, and Megan checking out a box car.

It was a unique day, to get to check out all the different trains up close.  We don't get the chance to take many field trips.  When we go, we enjoy every second.  Hopefully we'll be able to do more field trips now that we have moved and my husband is switching his employment.

Jasmine and Megan

There was so much to see!

Yes, Laura has her head in a cast-iron stove.

Megan is so tiny next to the big engine!

Jasmine, in an old phone booth.

The old phone booth was kind of a bonus. Standing outside the restaurant, it was the first things the children wanted to check out, even before we ate lunch!

Laura in the passenger car.

It was tough, at some points, to get pictures of children that were moving so fast. I had to tell them to stand still for a moment several times.

Megan