Were you ever this excited? Little girl seeing her first train

[packman]

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Thanks to TargetPractice for finding this video - My posting site is worthless

[tblue37]

1. ?? This is just a small, still photo of a track. nt

[lillypaddle]

3. that's all I see, too. nt

[Fla Dem]

2. Cute!

[tblue37]

4. Are you going to fix this so the rest of us can see it? nt

[targetpractice]

5. YouTube version... Adorable...

[targetpractice]

6. Another version...

[TomSlick]

7. Precious.

[Hotler]

8. The first time I saw a train come out of the East portal of the Moffit tunnel...

in Rollinsville, Colorado. I must have been 11-yrs. old in 1966. Watch that big ass door roll up and a big diesel roars out, really still to this day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moffat_Tunnel

[smirkymonkey]

9. Very cute!

[Mersky]

10. That's how I felt about airplanes when I was her age.

Was so enamored with them that for my fifth birthday, I got to take one of the shortest flights possible in the state: San Antonio to Austin. Got all dressed up for it - still remember my big plastic earrings and navy striped dress. Was a big deal. Was glued to the window for the 15 minutes of the aloft, move about the cabin section of the 30ish minute flight.

[DFW]

11. Last Steam Engine Train.....

[joshdawg]

16. Haven't heard from Leo for a very long time.

Back in the day, listened to him with a girl friend who turned me onto his music.
Thanks for this!

[DFW]

18. He's 74 now, but still tours a little. He's still pretty impressive.

My brother turned me on to him in 1971, and I was permanently hooked on his music. I was fanatic enough to learn who made those amazing guitars he was playing at the time (Božo Podunavac), including in the video above, seek the man out when I had the chance (February, 1977), and bought 8 or so guitars from him over the years. I never got anywhere near Leo's level, of course, but got good enough to be invited for a few German folk festivals and a few solo tours there (Leo couldn't be everywhere at once, after all).

At the top of his game here, after ditching the picks and switching to the lighter Taylor guitars:

For those unfamiliar with Leo or this piece (Eggtooth), it changes gears at 2:20 and goes from brilliant to unbelievable.

[rickyhall]

12. I love riding trains.

When I was a kid (55 years ago), my brother, sister and I rode train from the grandparents in Ft. Worth to Colorado Springs several times. We saw bison, elks and bears on the way. It was amazing.

[AllaN01Bear]

13. i grew up in glendora ca , along the old santa fe second district pasadena sub,

loved trains , big machines in general. rode my first train from mexicalli to mexico city in 1969as most of the private trains were closing down for good. in 1970 we rode this new thing called amtrak to gallup new mexico. ( for fans it was during the rainbow era)rode amtrak untill 2000 . mum passed 2004 on the 21st of december . i then flew to las vegas untill my dad and 2nd wife couldnt go to las vegas any more . so i took amtrak to kingman . the station was 6 miles from his house . im 62 going on 63 this coming month and still love trains . the video was lovely.

[Mosby]

14. K and R

[Stuart G]

15. k and r. I love trains..all kinds.

When I was in Tokyo, visiting a friend, we road the Tokyo subway. both of us in our 60s then, and guess what?When we rode, we rode in the front car watching the engineer do what they do, and watching the scenery and buildings as they went by. In the subway, we still watched the background and such.......
..People in Japan, stand ever so politely at the subway platform waiting for the train. Quietly and without movement. Unlike the subways in the U.S.A. were there is noise and lots of it. People have loud radios, yelling etc. Oh, they don't push and shove like they often do here.

[A HERETIC I AM]

17. This one is adorable too; Little boy sees his daddy driving a train;

His expression when he realizes his daddy is driving that big train is just too precious;

[colorado_ufo]

23. The beauty of children cleanses the world.

[A HERETIC I AM]

25. Indeed

[keithbvadu2]

19. 1931 Micheline

[Iggo]

20. Ah, bebes.

[LAS14]

21. :-) nt

[marble falls]

22. Wait til she sees her first steam engine!

[colorado_ufo]

24. Precious child, precious innocence.

The beauty of children cleanses this terrible world.

[Blue Owl]

26. That kid's alright

[Demovictory9]

27. cute

[NoPasaran]

28. Back in 1963, my seventh birthday was on a Sunday

After Mass we went to the railroad station in Colorado Springs as we usually did so my father could get the out of town papers (and my brother and I loved looking at the trains too.) But this was no ordinary sunday. For my birthday, we were going to ride the train to Pueblo and back! It was magic.

Best birthday ever! Thanks, Mom and Dad!