Road Trips gallery
Thomas the Train June 6-8 June 13, 2008
A Day Out With Thomas: 2008 completed the first of its two-weekend stay in Baldwin City on Sunday.
Maryn Clement, not quite 2, keeps an eye on Sir Topham Hatt while her granddad, Bill Clement of Baldwin City, assures her that all is well.
Jacob Mick, 4, plays with one of the wooden trains inside the Imagination Station tent last weekend. He was visiting the event with his grandfather, Ray King, from Wichita.
Jill English, left, watches her grandchildren, Brayden Nachbar, 2, and Autumn Nachbar, 8, pet a kangaroo at the petting zoo last weekend. The petting zoo is new to the Thomas the Tank Engine event this year.
Harold Johnson, 6, holds his certificate after enjoying a ride on Thomas the Tank Engine. He rode the train with his parents, Harold and Lydia Johnson of Kansas City, Mo.
Thomas the Tank Engine riders enjoy the fresh air on one of the open-air cars last weekend. Each train ride lasts 25 minutes.
Myranda Burns, 7, looks at her temporary tattoo that Gayle Dempsey, right, Baldwin High School pom sponsor, gave her last weekend. Standing by Burns is Marilyn Mason, a family friend that traveled from Harrisonville, Mo. to the event.
The Imagination Station tent is a hot spot for children visiting Thomas as its filled with plastic and wooden trains, mechanical trains, coloring pages and many more activities.
Dayton Hawkins, 2, plays with one of the trains while visiting Thomas with his grandparents, Robert and Katy Kittle of Douglass.
Hunter Hinds, 5, gets excited by the toys at Thomas the Tank Engine while his sister, Taylor, 2, isn't so sure. They were with mom, Julie Hinds of Jasper, Mo.
Savannah Fallis, 5, volunteers as an assistant for Duane the Magician last weekend. She helped him with a couple of tricks. Fallis came with her parents, Heather and Frank Fallis of Olathe, to the event.
Jennifer Schultz, right, and her daughter, Allison, 4, take a photo with Sir Topham Hatt during their visit to Thomas the Tank Engine last weekend.
Kaden Brightman, 2, enjoys playing with the blocks in the Imagination Station tent. His mother, Stephanie Brightman, brought him to Baldwin City from Lawson, Mo.
The inflatable slide and bouncer are two of the activities that children enjoy while visiting Thomas the Tank Engine in Baldwin City.
A Day Out With Thomas visitors file into a school bus that taxis people to and from the Midland Railway Depot to the Baldwin High School parking lot.
Visitors and workers wave goodbye to Thomas the Tank Engine as the train leaves the Midland Railway Depot to make one of his runs Friday at the annual A Day Out with Thomas. The event will run Saturday, Sunday and next weekend.
