Big Boy Locomotive #4014 in Glenfield PA

Friends Debbie and Sy invited us to come see the giant steam locomotive with their visiting family and then see fireworks later in the evening. We had a great time. We were at a fenced in playground so the kids were safe. And they brought chairs! Nice planning. We went across the Ohio River to their house for dinner and then headed to Avalon for fireworks! What a day.

Click to Watch a minute + video of Big Boy #4014

You hear it before you see it.

Spectators captured by Deb. I was at the wheel
Getting back to where we parked.

Deb and Sy went to Euclid Ohio June 8th last week and saw the giant Big Boy engine stopped, with a crowd and here are a few of the pics they sent me

Deb and Sy
Fireworks venue in Avalon
we were in bleacher seats

On the way home I pulled over for “Night Couch” bonus

Wordless Wednesday

Waiting for the freight train Shanahan Road

René Magritte or Harry Potter?

IMG_1378 Harry Potter’s world

yet reminiscent of  Time Transfixed painted in 1938 now at Art Institute of Chicago  by  René Magritte Belgian Surrealist Painter

When renovating this old house, the contractor said leave the chimney in- and they were working with an artist who added the locomotive to create

Harry Potter’s Platform 9 3/4 

Not sure who the purple passenger is.

Found at Old Towne Toys St. Augustine Florida