Flat Matthew knew that Round Matthew volunteered at the R&GN Gift Shop during the summer, so Flat Matthew wanted to visit the Gift Shop first. Flat Matthew saw the computer where Round Matthew plays computer games and helped Michael and Mary pack up for the Mad-City Model Railroad Show next weekend.
After Flat Matthew was done helping Michael and Mary, he went to the Locomotive Shop where Dave and his Dad were working on No. 82, a coal-fired steam engine. Dave gave Flat Matthew a screw driver and Flat Matthew checked each screw to make sure it was right. Flat Matthew is very good a checking things. He found one screw that was out of line. Can you find it?
When he was sure that all of the screws were right, Flat Matthew helped Dale repair a "truck". A "truck" holds the wheels under a train car. Repairing the "trucks" is one of the most important jobs at the railroad, because the train could fall off the rails if something weren't right. So Flat Matthew was very careful.
Dale taught Flat Matthew how to drive the diesel engine, No. 5. Round Matthew knows how to drive the diesel engine, and Flat Matthew really wanted to learn how, too. Maybe Flat Matthew can drive the diesel engine this summer on a work train. Flat Matthew can drive a work train, but he isn't old enough to drive a passenger train.
Flat Matthew saw that the R&GN had a new Bobcat. Dave put him in the Bobcat and showed him how it works. The Bobcat is used to haul heavy things around the railroad in the summer, and plows snow in the winter.
Flat Matthew finished up his day at the railroad by cleaning the boiler on No. 98, another coal-fired steam train. The boilers need to be cleaned each winter, and Flat Matthew was perfect for the job! Flat Matthew is small enough to fit right in the boiler, so he could really get it clean.
Flat Matthew was very happy to roam the railroad, because he knows that Round Matthew likes to be at the railroad, and all the men and women who know Round Matthew liked meeting Flat Matthew, too.
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