And I Wander: Trains and Planes

Galveston has a railroad museum in the old downtown Strand area. The original station has been refurbished and now also includes a model train exhibit.

There's a huge assortment of engines and cars outside.

Some of the cars have been lovingly restored.

The center piece of their collection

The kid sized train on wheels. They also offer 20 minute rides in a caboose on Saturdays.

The station is shown in the background.

I enjoyed looking at the cars in the unrestored state most. You could climb up the steps and look in the crew accommodations or check out the old dining cars.

Some of the cars have been redone to use as party rentals or company meetings.

While we toured the railroad museum, thinking of the elegant travels of times past, we could see through the cars one of the Disney cruise ships waiting at the dock a block away.

Then and now, huh?

John was interested in the airplane museum here, mainly so he could ride in one of the vintage planes.

I thought a ride in a bi-plane would be a hoot so I was all for it.

The museum really turned out to be way more interesting than I imagined.

The first plane on exhibit, with a tail gunner and side gunners. The one on the side kind of looked like a UFO popping out.

The mustang John had chosen for a ride is shown above. The plane is nothin' but motor - a real hot rod.

It's rare to get a chance to ride in one.

It's also expensive.

At $1995.00 for a half hour ride John passed.

The planes were just beautiful. I don't know anything about WWII airplanes but I do know vintage cars, and these planes were detailed out to perfection.