Thomas, in case you don't watch Children's Sunday morning shows is a Tank Engine. Edaville Railroad is hosting the visit. Tank engines were normally found along the docks or in industrial areas of the world where a larger engine with a tender would not fit. A Tank Engine carries its coal in a small bunker behind the engineer and the water in tanks on either side of the boiler, hence the name. Of course...in the real world the engines usually weren't painted blue and didn't have a face on the front of them.
Edaville started out as a Cranberry company, the owner Mr.Atwood bought up the Maine narrow gauge (2ft) railroads when they were in financial difficulty and used them to work the cranberry harvests. (In doing so saving the engines, track and buildings for history). The Maine steam engines have pretty much all returned to Maine as Tourist railroads. Mister Atwood would give rides to photographers and rail-fans when they arrived on the property. After a while he realized there was more money in opening a railroad park and museums than in the cranberries. The property was later bought by Nelson Blount (owner of New Hampshire's Steamtown) Upon his death the Edaville museums and engines were sold off and Steamtown was moved to Scranton PA where it is a National Park now.
I would prefer a Non - Thomas steam engine but where steam engines are concerned you find them where you can. Not to mention the fact that Tank Engines are cool, they always sound like they are busting a gut trying to haul cars.
klay
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