The Transportation Museum!

 The Train wheel is almost as tall as Andrew! Some were even taller than him on other train models.

Took Kara to the Transportation Museum the other day. She is a big fan of a kids T.V. show, Thomas the Train. In her eyes all trains are named Thomas based on the show and story books that we read. So when we went walking through the Museum and saw all the old trains, she kept on saying, "Hi Thomas!" and "look a green Thomas, and a red Thomas!" We tried explaining to her these are all trains and not all are named Thomas. That didn't register much with our 2 1/2 year old. The rest of the day she continued calling all the trains Thomas!  It was cute.

Then in the lower half of the Museum there is a section being built and set up as a completly new area. ONLY it is at a stand still for the most part. The building of this new area is not getting finished because the museum only can build as they are funded and volunteers or donations come in. Clever bit on their part is to have a kids train ride for people to ride around in the new section. Basically showing us what will be there in the future and how it is not all finished. This yanks on peoples heart strings in hopes for them to leave donations. If the kids train ride was not in that area, then people wouldn't even see that part and want to donate. So we rode on the kids train and looked at all the new area and how it wasn't being finished.

Then we went inside where the Cars are all kept on display. The old fashioned cars are mostly from Hollywood and displayed here in Missouri?! I don't know the connection with LA and St Louis how these are here and not on display back in California instead? For instance there is the Black old fashioned car called a 1967 Ghia. Next to the Ghia is a cardboard cutout of Dean Martin, along with a back drop of an old hotel that was used in a movie of his.

Then there is the Wacky looking Firetruck that use to be used as a promo vehicle for the LA Fire Department. The "Fire Bug" it is called and was driven in parades and around LA as a funky promotion bit for the LAFD. Why is it here in St. Louis at the Transportation Museum? I don't really know.

One of the cars on display I have never seen anywhere else and is so pretty in its sparkly red paint! I LOVE THIS CAR! This car is called, DiDia 1960. I love the curved back windshield and the wheels that match in Red. I love the fins, and the car as a whole. This is one unique car. I am glad these photos came out good enough to show its sparkle. I took these photos with my cell phone!