FOR MORE INFORMATION:
On Site Contact: Dana Kirn (410-752-2490 x 221 or dana.kirn@borail.org)
DKC Public Relations & Integrated Marketing
Baltimore City, Maryland (April 27)—Help Thomas the Tank Engine™ find the clues and solve the mystery! Our favorite No. 1 engine is set to roll into Baltimore for the Day Out with Thomas™: Mystery
On The Rails Tour 2012. All little engineers and their families are invited to take a ride on Thomas and participate in fun Thomas-themed activities. The event, which takes place Friday – Sunday April 27-29 &
May 4-6, 2012, will be hosted by the B&O Railroad Museum and presented by HIT Entertainment and sponsored by MEGA Brands, a leading toy company.
For 67 years, children have been captivated by the courageous adventures of Thomas and his engine friends. Pulling out of the station for its 17 th consecutive ride on the rails, the Day Out With Thomas:
Mystery on the Rails Tour 2012 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 to the magic of American railroading.
Thomas the Tank Engine, star of Thomas & Friends™, on PBS KIDS® and Sprout® kicks off his Day Out
With Thomas: Mystery On The Rails Tour 2012 in March and is expected to welcome more than one million passengers through November. During Day Out With Thomas, children will ride with Thomas against scenic backdrops while discovering some mysterious surprises! Day Out With Thomas 2012 activities include:
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A 25-minute (approximate) ride with Thomas the Tank Engine
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Games and activities featuring a mystery element
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The opportunity to meet Sir Topham Hatt™, Controller of the Railway

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A Thomas & Friends Imagination Station; featuring stamps temporary tattoos, hands-on arts & crafts, train tables, and coloring sheets
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Commemorative activities, merchandise and giveaways including a special reveal poster previewing new engines and a new destination from the upcoming 2012 Thomas &
Friends feature, “Blue Mountain Mystery”
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Storytelling, video viewing and live music
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At B&O Railroad Museum activities will include an HO model train layout inside a restored passenger car, an outdoor G-scale model train layout, a new climb-on train, a kiddie train ride through the fictional town of Choo Choo Blueville, activities at Choo
Choo Blue Kids Zone, inflatable moon bounces, pony and carousel rides, and much, much more.
The approximately 25-minute train ride with Thomas the Tank Engine will depart every 45 minutes, rain or shine, with departure times beginning at 9:15 am through 4:00 pm each day of the event. Tickets for the Day Out With Thomas: Mystery On The Rails Tour 2012 are $19 for ages two and up.
Tickets are on sale now by calling toll-free 866.468.7630 or logging onto www.ticketweb.com/thomas.html
. For more information and directions, contact the B&O Railroad
Museum at 410-752-2490 or www.borail.org
. For general information or to find a Day Out With
Thomas: Mystery On The Rails Tour 2012 event near you, visit www.thomasandfriends.com/dowt .
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and select Day Out With Thomas: Mystery On The Rails Tour 2012 Artwork.
About the B&O Railroad Museum:
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of American railroading and its impact on American society, culture, and economy. The
Museum is home to the oldest, most important and comprehensive collection of American railroad artifacts in the world including an unparalleled roster of 19 th and 20 th century railroad equipment. The 40-acre historic site is regarded as the birthplace of American railroading and includes the 1851 Mt. Clare Station, the 1884 Baldwin
Roundhouse, and first mile of commercial railroad track in America. For further information on the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad Museum, please call 410-752-2490 or visit www.borail.org
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 embark on adventures with their engine friends while experiencing timeless life lessons of discovery, friendship and cooperation. Thomas & Friends makes tracks to great destinations on PBS KIDS®, Sprout® and with downloadable episodes available through iTunes. For more information about the world of Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends, please visit www.thomasandfriends.com.
Follow Thomas on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thomasandfriends and Twitter
@TrueBlueEngine.
About HIT Entertainment
HIT Entertainment is one of the world's leading independent children's entertainment producers and rightsowners. HIT's portfolio includes properties, such as Thomas & Friends™, Barney™, Bob the Builder™, Fireman
Sam™, Angelina Ballerina™, Mike the Knight™, Pingu™ and Rainbow Magic™. Launched in 1989, HIT’s lines of business span television and video production, content distribution, publishing, consumer products licensing and live events and has operations in the UK, US, Canada, Hong Kong and Japan. HIT is a part-owner of US-based preschool channel, Sprout ® . For more information, visit www.hitentertainment.com
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