While Leigh and Brooks were visiting us in Barrie we decided to sign up for a local tourist attraction; the Tottenham Train.

 

 

Tottenham is a small town about 30 miles southwest of Barrie. Fortunately the town elders decided, with a large amount of personal sacrifice, to save a piece of history that would have been otherwise lost.

The coal fired steam engine and the passenger cars are over 100 years old and have been restored with loving care from volunteers from the town and the 10 mile piece of track was saved from private developers as well.

Here's Dave the conductor ready to yell "All Aboard" as we got our tickets and headed for the loading dock. It was a blustery 55 degree day and we had to hide against the building for heat just before this picture was taken.

Once we were enroute though the trip was great. We passed through the spring colored farmlands and Dave our narrator kept up a quite funny and informative history of the rail line throughout its up and down history.

Little Ev had a great time and in time got bored with the slow 20 mph pace of the olden travel style, but was a great sport. Dave the conductor even came through the cabin and punched our tickets just like they used to do.

And of course along the way we passed by the mile marker to ...

If you are our age and haven't experienced one of these trips ... do it, as there is nothing that will bring you back to the reality of history and what made our countries great as these neat machines ... still viable after so many years.