Living near a train station has its perks, but I used to think that it also had downfalls - mainly the number of times I would get stopped by a train, especially freight trains, while taking the kids to school, running errands, or trying to get anywhere quickly.
However, now that I have a train OBSESSED little boy, I only can see the good of passing the train station many times daily. Today, after we dropped the girls off at school, Declan and I got caught by a l-o-n-g freight train. We were fortunate enough to be the first car stopped by the lowering gates, so we had a front row seat to watch. Declan squealed as the gates lowered, I re-positioned my rearview mirror, so I could watch his face. 19 month old Declan sat stone-still, not blinking, mouth opened, eyes sparkling watching the train and as the caboose pulled away, he took a breath and yelled, "Bye bye ChooChoo. All ABOARD!" With him, it is fun to get stopped by a train.
