DAY OUT WITH THOMAS™: LEADER OF THE TRACK TOUR 2011 PULLING INTO THE KENTUCKY RAILWAY MUSUEM

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DAY OUT WITH THOMAS™: LEADER OF THE TRACK TOUR 2011
PULLING INTO THE KENTUCKY RAILWAY MUSUEM

FANS INVITED TO CHEER ON FAVORITE STORYBOOK ENGINE AS HE PULLS INTO THE STATION

Thomas the Tank Engine™ to visit KENTUCKY RAILWAY MUSEUM
ON JUNE 4-5TH & 11-12TH, 2011

NEW HAVEN, KY (MAY 13, 2011) – It’s “Steamies” versus “Diesels” and our favorite No.1 engine is right on track! Thomas the Tank Engine™ is set to roll into Kentucky Railway Museum for the Day Out With Thomas™: Leader of the Track Tour 2011. All little engineers are invited to cheer him on and take a ride with Thomas. The event, which takes place June 4-5th & 11-12th, 2011, will be hosted by Kentucky Railway Museum and presented by HIT Entertainment and sponsored by MEGA Brands, a leading toy company.

For 66 years, children have been captivated by the courageous adventures of Thomas and his engine friends. Pulling out of the station for its 16th consecutive ride on the rails, the Day Out With Thomas: Leader of the Track Tour 2011 will visit more than 45 cities in the United States and Canada. Day Out With Thomas is the only place for families to take a ride with a 15-ton replica of everybody’s favorite No. 1 engine, Thomas the Tank Engine, and enjoy Thomas-themed activities at the Imagination Station, including stamps, temporary tattoos and hands-on arts and crafts. Each year the tour grows, traveling to new destinations, adding new activities and welcoming new visitors. www.kyrail.org

Thomas the Tank Engine, star of Thomas & Friends™, on PBS KIDS® and Sprout® kicks off his Day Out With Thomas: Leader of the Track Tour 2011 in March and is expected to welcome more than one million passengers through November. During the Day Out With Thomas: Leader of the Track Tour 2011, children will ride with Thomas up steep hills, around deep, blue lakes, and help him win the race against the diesel engines—if only in their imaginations. Day Out with Thomas 2011 activities include:

• A 25-minute (approximate) ride with Thomas the Tank Engine

• The opportunity to meet Sir Topham Hatt™, Controller of the Railway
• A Thomas & Friends Imagination Station; featuring stamps, temporary tattoos, hands-on arts & crafts activities and coloring sheets.
• Commemorative activities, merchandise and giveaways to celebrate the 2011 Thomas & Friends DVD movie “Day of the Diesels” (Sept. 2011, Lionsgate), including:
o A video viewing area that shows how steam engines work differently from diesel engines
o Diesel engine tattoos
o A special giveaway character wheel showcasing Steamie and Diesel engines from the world of Thomas & Friends

• Storytelling, video viewing and live music www.kyrail.org

The tour provides a unique, interactive family experience at every station, offering a variety of entertaining activities that reflect the local flavor of each stop.

The approximately 25-minute train ride with Thomas the Tank Engine will depart every 45 minutes, rain or shine, with departure times at Saturday at 11:00 am through 2:00pm on Saturday and 2:00pm on Sunday. Tickets for the Day Out With Thomas: Leader of the Track Tour 2011 are $18 plus tax for ages two and up.

Tickets are on sale now by calling toll-free 866.468.7630 or logging onto http://events.hitentertainment.com For more information and directions contact the (800) 272-0152 or www.kyrail.org

For general information or to find a Day Out With Thomas: Leader of the Track Tour 2011 event near you, visit www.thomasandfriends.com/dowt.

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About The Kentucky Railway Museum

The Kentucky Railway Museum owes its beginning to a small number of rail enthusiasts who formed a local chapter of the National Railway Historical Society in 1948. In the early 1950's, the Chapter asked the Louisville and Nashville Railroad for the donation of a steam locomotive to form the nucleus of a railway museum.

The museum was officially chartered in 1954, and with the donation of steam locomotive #152, leased six acres of land on River Road, opening to the public on Memorial Day, 1958. The museum grew with the addition of other donated rail equipment and artifacts, with over 100,000 visitors coming through the gates by the early 1960's. Over 200,000 people came to the River Road site in the first 10 years of operation!

About Thomas & Friends™

Thomas the Tank Engine was created by a father for his son over 65 years ago and today is enjoyed by families in more than 185 territories and in 30 languages. The #1 blue engine and his friends invite children to enter a world of imagination through the tracks of a train and the words of a story. Children

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