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Day Out with Thomas: Trackable Fun Facts

• The Day Out With Thomas™ 2011: Leader of the Track Tour offers aspiring engineers and their families the opportunity take a ride with Thomas the Tank Engine™ at their regional heritage railroad

• Day Out With Thomas launched in the United States in 1996 and is now in its second decade of engineering miles of smiles at every stop

• The Day Out With Thomas™ 2011: Leader of the Track Tour has more than 264 event days scheduled and will make more than 50 stops at 45 heritage railroads in North America

• Thomas the Tank Engine tracked nearly 15,000 miles last year at Day Out With Thomas events, approximately 2.5 roundtrips across the country

• More than 1 million passengers are expected to take a ride with Thomas the Tank Engine at Day Out With Thomas™ 2011: Leader of the Track Tour events

• More than 75,000 aspiring engineers took their very first train ride ever at Day Out With Thomas events in 2010

• Thomas the Tank Engine's whistle blew 6,450 times at Day Out With Thomas events last year.... Peep! Peep!

• Sir Topham Hatt has directed Thomas the Tank Engine into 350 stations around the United States and Canada since Day Out With Thomas launched in 1996

• Conductors have bellowed 87,865 "All Aboard!" calls to Island of Sodor friends at Day Out With Thomas

• Now in its 16th year in the US, Day Out With Thomas has welcomed more than 10.5 million passengers in its history