They include a full-day of activities for families in addition to rides on trains pulled by the customised steam locomotives resembling characters such as Thomas the Tank Engine.Day Out with Thomas family events include train rides and activities like live entertainment, scavenger hunts, bounce houses, mazes, lawn games, and stage shows.The Strasburg Rail Road and Mid Hants Railway) have built working replicas from original locomotives.In New Zealand, Mainline Steam's Bagnall tank locomotive has appeared as Thomas on a number of different locations (including at the Britomart Transport Centre in Auckland and has also appeared at the extremely popular biannual "Day out with Thomas the Tank Engine" weekends at the Glenbrook Vintage Railway (south of Auckland)).[13] As a result of the licensing costs and other demands imposed by Mattel/HiT, some railways have replaced their Thomas events with similar ones which also feature engines with faces.[14] Events have been held in Colorado,[1] Minnesota,[5][2] Pennsylvania,[3] Georgia,[16] Michigan,[17] Maryland,[18] Washington,[19] California,[20] Ohio,[6] and North Carolina).All were decorated or built by the Strasburg Railroad, with the real steam engine being converted from Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal No.In August 2022, a Toby the Tram Engine replica (modified and repainted from a DD20 diesel locomotive) was added to the lineup.