Monday, March 23, 2015

train station and the train yard

I'm going to tell you about a train station and the train yard.


At the train yard they have steam locomotives and diesel locomotives in the roundhouse.

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Diesel Locomotives in the roundhouse


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Steam trains in the roundhouse


 Most trains carry passengers at the station.

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Train carry people at the train station

 It can also travel through countryside.

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Steam train at the countryside

 Trains travel through tunnel.

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Train coming through the tunnel


 It travels over the bridge.


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Train travel over the bridge


 Some of these trains are in the United Kingdom. It has buffers. It is in the National Railway Museum in York, it has a Museum Engine called Mallard


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Mallard

Green Arrow is a v2 class engine. 



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Green Arrow


 Flying Scotsman has two tenders. Tenders are cars that connects to an engine.

Flying Scotsman


 The greatest red train that takes Harry and friends to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is the Hogwarts Express.

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Hogwarts Express


Locomotives can shunt freight cars at the freight yard.

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Shunting freight cars



There is also a coal yard to fill all the hopper cars with coal for the steam trains.

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coal yard



A stange car with a crane on it called the breakdown crane. Which means the cranes can lift heavy things like trains coaches and cars.

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Lifting an engine back on the track


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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

AMC Theaters

I'm going to tell you about the AMC Theaters.

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AMC Theaters


At the Theater you can get popcorn, candy and drinks and movie titles.

It has chairs to sit and watch the movie theater to start and the end. It also has 3D glasses to see through the screen.

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chairs at the theater

It has trailers and it has lights on the ceiling.

One man says "In case of an Emergency please walk do not run to the nearest exit."



















Monday, March 9, 2015

Authors

I'm going to tell you about Authors.

Authors are people. They write books.


William Awdry is a author of Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends.

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William Awdry


Micheal Bond is a author of Paddington Bear.

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Micheal Bond


Dr Seuss Geisel is a author wrote all Dr Seuss books.

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Dr Seuss Geisel



Marc Brown is a author who wrote all Arthur books for children.

Marc Brown



Mercer Mayor is a author of Little Critter books.
Mercer Mayor



P D Eastman is a author who wrote PD Eastman books.

P.D. Eastman


Stan and Jan Berenstain is a author of The Berenstain Bears.

Stan and Jan Berenstain



Lyman Frank Baum is the author who wrote The Wizard Of Oz books.

Lyman Frank Baum


Jeff Brown is the author of Flat Stanley books.

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Jeff Brown


Aesop is the Author of The Tortoise and the Hare from the Living Books.


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Aesop's The Tortoise & the Hare


Catherine Lukas is the writer of The Backyardigans.

Catherine Lukas




Hildegarde H. Swift is the author of The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge.

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Hildegarde H. Swift


Maurice Sendak is the author of Where The Wild Things Are.

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Maurice Sendak




Judith Viorst is the author of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day

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Judith Viorst


J. K. Rowling is the author of Harry Potter.

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J. K. Rowling


Chris Van Allsburg is the author of The Polar Express.

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Chris Van Allsburg


Tomie Depaola is the author of Strega Nona.

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Tomie Depaola


Janell Cannon is the author of Stellaluna.

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Janell Cannon


Paul Galdone is the author of The Three Billy Goats Gruff.

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Paul Galdone

Eric Carle is the author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Papa Please Get the Moon For Me, The Very Quiet Crickett and The Mixed-Up Chameleon.

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Eric Carle


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Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Narrators

I'm going to tell you about narrators of Thomas & Friends.

Ringo Starr narrated the 1st & 2nd seasons in UK/US and even Ladybird audio books in the UK.

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Ringo Starr as Mr Conductor


George Carlin narrated 1 2 3 4 seasons.

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George Carlin as Mr Conductor


Alec Baldwin narrated 5th and 6th seasons In US
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Alec Baldwin as Mr Conductor


Micheal Brandon narrated 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 and 16 seasons in US

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Micheal Brandon as the narrator


Mark Moraghan narrated 17 18 seasons-but other seasons coming up soon in the US.

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Mark Moraghan as the Narrator


Pierce Brosnan narrated The Great Discovery in the US.


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Pierce Brosnan as the Narrator


Micheal Angelis narrated all seasons in the UK & US and he also narrated in the Railway Series.

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Micheal Angelis as the Narrator


Willie Rushton narrated in the Railway Series.

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Willie Rushton as the Narrator


Ted Robbins also narrated in the Railway series.

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Ted Robbins as the Narrator


Johnny Morris who also narrated in the Railway series.

Johnny Morris as the Narrator



Christopher Lee is a narrator of The Nightmare Before Christmas


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Christopher Lee as the Narrator



Sir Micheal Hordern narrated all Paddington Bear Series. 

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Sir Micheal Hordern is the Narrator of Paddington Bear


 Magic Mirror is a Narrator of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in Fairy Tale Theatre who is played by Vincent Price.