The typical Franklin Institute exhibit is for children 8 and older. KidScience will help parents teach youngsters about the environmental sciences, such as earth, water, light and wind. It features a large cave and a giant lighthouse. Then there's the Baldwin Locomotive. The building that contains it wasn't completed until the Baldwin No. 60,000 was moved inside.
Plans call for a train shed to house the locomotive.
Now, visitors will hear the train and see steam come out of it, in addition to it moving the traditional 2 feet. It's a total immersive experience. We want you to walk into the train shed, hear what a train sounded like and looked like. In addition, a display on how different cultures worked on construction of the nation's rail system will be part of the exhibit. It opens next fall.