Steamy steam trains

Hats off to the people who do what they love, for the sake of what they love.

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Sam is turning 4 and last weekend we had a party for him and his friends at the Brisbane Bayside Steam Railway. The railway itself is a miniature sized station and a few kilometres of track. You get on at the platform, sit on the trains. You smell the burning coals that they put into the boiler, or hear them start the "diesel". And they take you for a ride around the bush.

It was a stinking hot day! The car thermometer read 40'C as we drove in. I couldn't stop sweating.

Still Sam's friends turned up. What champions. And the kids loved it! I was anxious about the heat - and whether we should have changed the venue given the heat. Then seeing the kids not phased - I relaxed some more. And the parents - who battled on too, enjoying the moment for what it presents.

I am heaps thankful for them.

Around and around on little tracks, the electric and steam trains ran. Up the hill, backwards to the remote station and back to the platform. There was even a "diesel" train (actually, it's a petrol). From what he's seen, Sam thinks you can pull start a diesel train haha.

It made Sam's day. 

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The guys who show up twice a month to put on the rides, and throughout the month to maintain the track - they are amazing. They commit themselves to a place for the benefit of others.

I am heaps thankful for them.