| Railway Preservation News https://rypn.org/forums/ |
|
| Halloween train 2022 https://rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=46996 |
Page 1 of 1 |
| Author: | QJdriver [ Mon Oct 31, 2022 9:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Halloween train 2022 |
Last year I must have made too many wise remarks concerning Halloween trains on this forum, to judge by the number of posts this year. Excuse me, please. Just now a young family came to my door with their young son dressed as a locomotive engineer, riding in a Radio Flyer wagon which his mother had turned into a small version of a steam locomotive parade float !!!! I was so startled that I didn't even have anything to say about SKELETON CREWS. This proves to me that the entire world isn't going to Hell, after all. Happy Halloween, RyPN |
|
| Author: | wesp [ Mon Oct 31, 2022 9:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Halloween train 2022 |
Like. |
|
| Author: | QJdriver [ Mon Oct 31, 2022 9:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Halloween train 2022 |
For once I wish I had a digital camera.... |
|
| Author: | Dick_Morris [ Tue Nov 01, 2022 12:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Halloween train 2022 |
A few days ago we got a panicked Facebook message from three-year-old train fan Reid's grandmother looking for a hickory stripe engineers cap for his Halloween costume. I gave her a couple of suggestions and she was apparently successful as she shared a photo of him wearing cap and bibs in a cardboard 557. They don't get much cuter. With permission, we posted the photo on the 557 Restoration Company Facebook page. |
|
| Author: | QJdriver [ Wed Nov 02, 2022 12:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Halloween train 2022 |
Mr Morris, That is a great idea, and it doesn't need to be limited to Halloween. It seems like anytime a museum or tourist RR has families with small children on the property, this would be a cheap and easy way to stack up some goodwill. And if the cardboard cutout looks like your signature locomotive, it could also be free advertising. |
|
| Author: | Bob Hall [ Wed Nov 02, 2022 3:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Halloween train 2022 |
We had a Halloween-themed day at the Canberra Railway Museum on Sunday. With only social media publicity, we had a record-breaking 324 visitors! Just goes to show, museums need to think outside the box. |
|
| Author: | Gham55* [ Wed Nov 02, 2022 8:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Halloween train 2022 |
About five years ago a co-worker wanted to dress "like an train engineer" because one of her foster kids was a tiny train nut, and I actually came in handy (for a change). Got her pointed in the right directions and she was costumed up with a couple hours (!) to spare. The hickory-stripe hat was the only thing that required a long drive to get. Thanks to modern tech, I got to see the reaction from her kids. They were absolutely wild, wide-eyed and delighted to see mom looking "like a real engineer" too! Nobody involved will forget the special day for that little boy. (Yes, she was really the "conductor" of that little railroad-themed Halloween party, but what the heck.) It was more confirmation of the wisdom of my original mentor of all things railroad, who kept on hand a stock of swag he cadged from various places (he was a retired hogger who never met a stranger and was a man of many contacts). There was always a button, cap, decal, ETT or surplus Star lantern available for any kid - and a few adults - who had been bitten by the bug or need a prop. He understood early that some things are infinitely more valuable when given away. |
|
| Author: | PaulWWoodring [ Sat Nov 05, 2022 6:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Halloween train 2022 |
Locomotive engineer was my ONLY Halloween costume from about the age of six until I quit in the sixth grade. |
|
| Author: | superheater [ Sat Nov 05, 2022 11:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Halloween train 2022 |
QJdriver wrote: For once I wish I had a digital camera.... No phone? |
|
| Author: | QJdriver [ Sun Nov 06, 2022 12:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Halloween train 2022 |
Not one of THOSE kind.... don't want one, either. |
|
| Page 1 of 1 | All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ] |
| Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group http://www.phpbb.com/ |
|