It ’ s no secret that most young boys are fascinated by trains . But for one young train enthusiast the fascination became all the more pronounced when he witnessed his father operating a locomotive for the first time . Sat on his mother ’ s lap in Buffalo , New York , the young boy waits in anticipation for the oncoming train , which sounds its horn . The young boy sits on his mother 's lap and waits in anticipation for the oncoming train . As the train comes into view the mother waves at the cabin and the camera pans around to capture it . Tooting the horn , the father can be seen waving from the window of the train as it drives past pulling numerous carriages carrying freight . Showing the young boy again , the camera picks up his immediate reaction to spotting his father at the controls . The young boy 's father can be seen waving from the window of the train as it passes by . Shaking with delight , the youngster laughs ecstatically as his mother looks down at him and smiles proudly . The young boy watches as the rest of the train drives past and is seemingly lost for words . According to the family , the father , a Norfolk Southern Engineer , was driving the train en route to Binghamton via Southern Tier Line . Upon seeing his father at the controls of the train , the young boy is ecstatic and laughs in hysterics . While the youngster has seen his dad on board several trains before this is apparently the first time he came to understand that he drove them . The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I railroad owned by the Norfolk Southern Corporation in America . It operates over 22,000 route miles in 22 eastern states , and the most common commodity transported on its railroad is coal .
The youngster sits on his father 's lap and watches the train in Buffalo . Father drives past blowing the horn and stares at family from the window . The young ##ster is amazed at the sight and shakes with delight .