What a fantastic day we had yesterday on our trip to Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway. It was great fun going on a train ride on the steam train. We loved the old fashioned carriages and bouncy seats! We ate our lunch on the train on the way to Manuel Station.
We each had a special ticket that we had to keep safe to show the ticket inspector when he came round to check them. He punched our tickets with a special machine. He let us help him use the machine.
When we arrived at Manuel station we all got off the train to watch the steam engine as it uncoupled and moved along the tracks to allow it to attach to the other end of the train so it could pull the carriages home again.
We really enjoyed the museum too, there was so much to see, lots of trains and exhibitions. We got to go inside some of the trains and pretend to drive quite a few too.
To mark the 100 year anniversary of the end of the First World War the museum are asking those who want to to help, make poppies dedicated to the railwaymen who lost their lives in the war. We were only too happy to help and our poppies can be seen on display in the museum.
It was an excellent day out and we had a lot of new experiences, we all loved going on the bus with our friends too. We were all very well behaved and Mrs Kennedy was very proud of us. We will write a report on our day out this week in class.
P1B and Mrs Kennedy
