An old ‘locomotive’ being towed in a parade on Boulder’s Main Street Aug. 24 was continuing a journey begun in 1958.
That year, the Boulder River School and Hospital wanted more playthings for the kids staying there to enjoy. So talented shop employees at the school worked afterhours to create a locomotive to pull them around on a circular track. The kids enjoyed that and another more streamlined train for years before the school and the facility evolved into the Montana Developmental Center.
The train sat unmoving until the 1994, when the Boulder Fire Department negotiated with the State of Montana to take possession of a carousel at the school. The train came with it.
