Eureka Springs has an old passenger train you can take a ride on.
Silas had a soccer game in Eureka Springs, so we took the opportunity to ride the rails.
Before the ride we were able to wander around the old coaches and engines.
It was like a train museum. They mostly had steam engines and even had coal still sitting in the yard.
It took a little while for Eli to warm up to the big machines but he finally got over it and ended up climbing all over everything.
Eli and Silas really enjoyed pretending to be a conductor.
This was the controller's train car.
We finally got on the train and listened to the conductor give a fun speech about the history of the railway and, more specifically, trains in the Ozarks.
The train never got going very fast and didn't go far but it was still a fun trip.
Listening to the conductor; he was an interesting guy.
Grammy joined us for the trip to Eureka Springs, but she declined any pictures.
Watching out the back. One of the things we got to do was smash a penny. We all put pennies on the rails and once the train went over them, they were smashed pretty thin.
It was a wonderful day full of soccer, sun, trains and ice cream.
