New Braunfels Railroad Museum

This afternoon, we met up with some fellow train-enthusiast friends at the New Braunfels Railroad Museum. Our party of 8 filled the tiny former railroad passenger station to near capacity. Especially since 5 members of our crew were excited, train-loving, wild boys.



The kids barraged the patient volunteer curator with loads of questions about model trains and enjoyed watching them travel around and around the cool layout. Also, during our visit a train blew past on the active Union Pacific main line tracks and that was a real highlight. Ben held his ears and said the train was "too noisy" but didn't take his eyes off it until it was gone from sight. Ace loved every second of it and didn't care how noisy it was.


After we spent a couple of hours watching the model trains, we went outside to explore the restored steam engine and caboose. It was a great activity for a hot summer day. Check out the rest of our pictures here.