Union Pacific Steam Engine

Last week a historic Union Pacific Steam Locomotive made its way to Pocatello! According to our local newspaper, the steam engine is said to be on a 1,600 mile round trip journey in honor of the historic Boise Depot's 92nd anniversary. It has been well preserved and looks much like it did when beginning operation in the 1940's!

If you know anything about my Liam, trucks, tractors, and TRAINS are his favorite things in the whole world! This Union Pacific Steam Engine was only stopped in our town for a day so we knew we couldn't miss it. The second we pulled up and Liam could see it out the car window he exclaimed, "WOW!"

What made the whole thing even more special was getting to see it with Liam's Papa (Nic's dad) who spent his career as a railroad engineer! I love this picture of the three generations of boys walking together ...

I spy a tiny little Liam in this next picture ...

It was pretty incredible to be able to get so close to it. You can see that the wheels alone were taller than Nic ...

Because the train wasn't moving, Liam ended up losing interest in it pretty quickly and all he wanted to do after that was jump in the puddles from the rain earlier in the day! haha