Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Choo Choo Train playground equipment. Elmwood Park Illinois USA. August 2009.

Choo Choo Train playground equipment. Elmwood Park Illinois. August 2009.

The steam era has long since ended on North American railroads, but You wouldn't know it looking at this mock up characture of a steam train in a local Elmwood Park childrens playground on Diversey Avenue.

This mock up steam train of decades past, bears the resemblence of European steam trains. Europe operated steam locomotives longer than other parts of the world.
Although steam trains are mostly found today in museum displays or special fantrip charter operations....Todays children and possibly future railfans, can imagine what this equipment must have been like.

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