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A bus load of summer school students from Winfield-Mt. Union elementary sch=
ool arrived at the Dover Museum in New London this morning.=C2=A0 Marvin Kl=
os and I were in charge of entertaining them at the depot.=C2=A0 Actually, =
I had no idea what age group we were going to deal with, so I studied Dave =
Lotz's article on the Burlington and North Western and the Burlington and W=
estern as these railroads ran through the kids' towns.=C2=A0 It turned out =
to be recent graduates of kindergarten thru 4th grade, so they were broken =
up into three age appropriate groups.=C2=A0 I really felt sorry for these k=
ids as they don't get to see any trains on a day to day basis and I get 30 =
to 40 of them in the backyard every day.=C2=A0 My job was to explain what d=
epots were for and what the agents did.=C2=A0 A few kids also got to hear w=
hat their name sounded like in morse code.=C2=A0 Marvin's job was to show a=
nd explain hardware he used in his days with the CB&Q/BN on a B&B crew.=C2=
=A0 I asked one group if they had any questions and I never expected the q=
uestion I got.=C2=A0 One kid wanted to know what was in a drawer.=C2=A0 I h=
ad no idea and opened it for them.=C2=A0 It was full of Sly Fox and Birdie =
coloring books that the BNSF Operation Lifesaver guy (BNSF engineer) left a=
fter a Christmas open house.=C2=A0 Every kid got a coloring book to take ho=
me.=C2=A0 The kids and the teachers were all great this morning.=C2=A0 We k=
eep trying to train up a future generation to continue the interest in hist=
ory and the hobby.

Ken Vandevoort


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A bus load of summer school students from Winfield-Mt. Union elementary sch=
ool arrived at the Dover Museum in New London this morning.&nbsp; Marvin Kl=
os and I were in charge of entertaining them at the depot.&nbsp; Actually, =
I had no idea what age group we were going to deal with, so I studied Dave =
Lotz's article on the Burlington and North Western and the Burlington and W=
estern as these railroads ran through the kids' towns.&nbsp; It turned out =
to be recent graduates of kindergarten thru 4th grade, so they were broken =
up into three age appropriate groups.&nbsp; I really felt sorry for these k=
ids as they don't get to see any trains on a day to day basis and I get 30 =
to 40 of them in the backyard every day.&nbsp; My job was to explain what d=
epots were for and what the agents did.&nbsp; A few kids also got to hear w=
hat their name sounded like in morse code.&nbsp; Marvin's job was to show a=
nd explain hardware he used in his days with the CB&amp;Q/BN on a B&amp;B c=
rew.&nbsp; I asked one group if they had any questions and I never expected=
 the question I got.&nbsp; One kid wanted to know what was in a drawer.&nbs=
p; I had no idea and opened it for them.&nbsp; It was full of Sly Fox and B=
irdie coloring books that the BNSF Operation Lifesaver guy (BNSF engineer) =
left after a Christmas open house.&nbsp; Every kid got a coloring book to t=
ake home.&nbsp; The kids and the teachers were all great this morning.&nbsp=
; We keep trying to train up a future generation to continue the interest i=
n history and the hobby.<br /><br />Ken Vandevoort


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