Went to Fostoria, OH

I took my almost 3 year old son to Fostoria yesterday. Took us about an hour and half to get there, but it was worth it! I asked a local business owner if there was anywhere we could park and he was cool enough to let us park on his lot which was right on Columbus Road at the diamond. Lots of BNSF trains, and much to the delight (and terror) of my son, one of the locos blew a "da da da da da.....da da" to us. It was quite loud so I covered his ears, but he was so excited naming all the cars. He knows the differences between all the cars, gondolas, hoppers, boxcars, etc. We sat for about 25 minutes and saw 6 trains, went to Mickey D's for lunch then came back and saw 7 more before we went home. Pretty fun!

Christine
Mommy to future engineer Nick

Sounds like a good day! There's almost always something running through there; if you go more than a half hour without a train then something is definitely wrong! Glad to see young railfans getting out trackside. It's the best way to promote the hobby. One of these days you'll have to take him over to Deshler. It's another half hour west of Fostoria and there's fewer trains but the park there would be great fun for him to roam in and you'll have fewer security worries in a smaller town.