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If you go* What: Day Out With Thomas.* When: 9:30-6:30 p.m. today through Sunday and May 1-2.* Where: Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, 4119 Cromwell Road.* Admission: $18 plus tax for ages 2 and up (service charges and fee may apply)* Phone: 894-8028.* Website: www.tvrail.com.

The world-famous talking train, Thomas the Tank Engine, will be pulling into the Scenic City today for a two weekend Day Out With Thomas celebration.

The storybook engine will be in Chattanooga as part of Celebration Tour 2010, the 65th anniversary year, according to spokeswoman Nicole Rodriguez of Dan Klores Communications.

Youngsters and their families will have the opportunity to take a 25-minute ride with a 15-ton replica of Thomas the Tank Engine, star of the popular “Thomas & Friends” series, she said.

The tour, now in its 15th year, is expected to draw more than 1 million passengers year on stops in more than 45 U.S. cities.