My friend had an old MTD 18hp riding mower that had 4 flat tires and a dead battery,after bringing it back to life, I stripped it down to the chassis frame and built a plywood a Thomas the train for my son's 4th birthday paety which was a hit!

Model of GE 50 ton switcher built in 15" gauge 3" scale. Powered by a 16 HP Kohler gas engine driving a hydraulic pump driving two hydraulic motors. Pump, motors, tank, controls, plumbing all bought from Northern.

EMD LOCOMOTIVE MODEL GP-7 EX-SANTA FE, 1500 H.P. BUILT :1953 RE-BUILT :2006 SIERRA NORTHERN RAILWAY, MCCLELLAN SHOP, CA.

My ride as I were not the driver but the conductor of a 4000 train stopped at Milepost 26 in Dyer, Indiana. It only weighs in at 100,000 lbs and the train at 4,356 tons. The locomotive built in the 70s, thats an old vehicle with millions of miles on it, holding up pretty good huh! Oh, by the way this is my favorite paint job!

Rail speeder, Fairmont M9-B. Built for the Rutland Railraod in 1932. Now privately owned. Restored to full running condition and run on a regular basis.

i took an old riding lawn mower and made it into a thomas the tank engine train for the local christmas parade for my 4 year old son who loves thomas.it has an alternator mounted under it to power up the lights and smoke mavhine and he rings the bell and blows the whistle.