Day Out With Thomas
Don't miss the train! Everyone's favorite #1 engine, Thomas the Tank Engine, welcomes friends "All Aboard" as he steams across the nation visiting more than 45 heritage railroads in the US and Canada as part of the Day Out with Thomas 2008: The Great Discovery Tour presented by HIT Entertainment and sponsored by The LEGO Group. This fun-filled event offers preschoolers and their families the opportunity to take a ride on a 15-ton replica of Thomas the Tank Engine, star of the Thomas & Friends™ series, on PBS KIDS® and PBS KIDS Sprout℠, and features a variety of Thomas & Friends-themed entertainment. Each year the tour grows, traveling to new destinations, adding new activities and welcoming new visitors. Rolling out of the station for its 13th consecutive year, the tour begins in March and is expected to welcome more than one million passengers at approximately 300 event days through December 2008.
Day Out With Thomas: Schedule
| Dates | Railroad | City |
| March | ||
| March 2-4 & 9-11 | Gold Coast Railroad Museum | Miami, FL |
| March 23-25 & 30-Apr 1 | Heart of Dixie RR Museum | Calera, AL |
| March 23-25 & 30-Apr 1 | Grapevine Railroad | Grapevine, TX |
| April | ||
| April 13-15 & 20-22 | Inland Lakes Railway | Tavares,FL |
| April 20-22 & 27-29 | Fillmore & Western Railway | Fillmore, CA |
| April 21-22 & 25-29 | Henry Ford Museum | Dearborn, MI |
| April 27-29 & May 4-6 | Tennessee Valley Railroad | Chattanooga, TN |
| May | ||
| May 4-6 & 11-13 | Medina Railroad Museum | Medina, NY |
| May 5-6 & 12-13 | Heritage Park Historical Village | Calgary, AB |
| May 11-13 & 18-20 | Grand Canyon Railway | Williams, AZ |
| May 12-13 & 18-20 | Sacramento RiverTrain | Sacramento, CA |
| May 18-20 & 25-28 | Upper Hudson River Railroad | North Creek, NY |
| May 19-20 & 25-27 | Cuyahoga Valley Scenic RR | Peninsula, OH |
| May 24-28 | Heber Valley Railroad | Heber City, UT |
| June | ||
| June 1-10 | Tweetsie | Blowing Rock, NC |
| June 1-3 & 8-10 | West Coast Railway Assoc. | Squamish, BC |
| June 1-3 & 8-10 | Midland Railway | Baldwin City, KS |
| June 13-17 | National Railroad Museum | Green Bay, WI |
| June 15-18 | Durango & Silverton RR | Durango, CO |
| June 15-17 & 22-24 | Whitewater Valley Railroad | Connersville, IN |
| June 15-17 & 22-25 | Edaville USA | Carver, MA |
| June 16-24 | Strasburg Rail Road | Strasburg, PA |
| June 22-24 & 29-July 1 | Mt. Hood Railroad | Hood River, OR |
| June 29-July 1 & 6-8 | Kentucky Railway Museum | New Haven, KY |
| July | ||
| July 13-15 & 20-22 | Northwest Railway Museum | Snoqualmie, WA |
| July 20-22 & 27-29 | Elgin County Railway Museum | St Thomas, ON |
| July 27-31 & Aug. 2-5 | Great Smoky Mts. Railway | Dillsboro, NC |
| July 27-30 & Aug. 3-5 | Roaring Camp Railroads | Felton, CA |
| July 27-30 & Aug. 3-5 | Boothbay Railway Village | Boothbay, ME |
| August | ||
| Aug. 3-5 & 10-12 | RR Museum of New England | Waterbury, CT |
| Aug. 3-5 & 10-12 | Minnesota Zephyr | Stillwater, MN |
| Aug. 17-19 & 25-26 | IL Railway Museum | Union, IL |
| Aug. 17-19 & 24-26 | Huckleberry Railroad | Flint, MI |
| Aug. 18-26 | Black Hills Railroad | Hill City, SD |
| September | ||
| Sept. 1-2 & 8-9 | Tennessee Central Railway | Nashville, TN |
| Sept. 7-9 & 14-16 | Lebanon Mason Monroe RR | Lebanon, OH |
| Sept. 7-9 & 14-16 | Edaville USA | Carver, MA |
| Sept. 15-16 & 21-23 | Boone & Scenic Valley RR | Boone, IA |
| Sept. 15-23 | Strasburg Rail Road | Strasburg, PA |
| Sept. 15,16 & 21-23 | Colorado Railroad Museum | Golden, CO |
| Sept. 21-23 & 28-30 | Western Maryland Scenic RR | Cumberland, MD |
| Sept. 28-30 & Oct. 5-7 | North Carolina Trans Museum | Spencer, NC |
| Sept. 28-30 & Oct.5-7 | Oklahoma Railway Museum | Oklahoma City, OK |
| October | ||
| Oct.11-14 | Austin Steam Train | Austin, TX |
| Oct. 19-21 & 26-28 | Texas State Railroad | Palestine, TX |
| Oct. 19-21 & 26-28 | SAM Shortline | Cordele, GA |
| November | ||
| Nov. 2-4 & 9-11 | Inland Lakes Railway | Tavares,FL |
| Nov. 3-4 & 10-11 | Essex Steam Train | Essex, CT |
| Nov. 10-12 & 16-18 | Orange Empire Railway | Perris, CA |
| December | ||
| Nov. 30 & Dec. 1-2 | Strasburg Rail Road | Strasburg, PA |
