We had a small train experiance too........... ...
Some years ago my ex girlfriend, her little girl, Lucy and I went to the Pumpkin Patch near Canby OR. When we pulled in the kids directing traffic all made a big deal about how we should take Lucy inside, so I dropped everyone off and went to park the car. By the time I got to the line for the train tickets Antionette (the X) was fuming, Samantha (the kiddlett) was upset, and Lucy was looking around for me to hide behind. It seems the woman in front of us was terrified of dogs and pitched a fit, insisting her son (who I was assured by all bystanders wanted to pet Lucy) was scared of dogs, how dare we bring a dog in there, how dare we have a big dog in out public, BLAH BLAH BLAH, made a huge scene I'm sure you all know the drill......... ..... When we got to the ticket booth the woman working there apologized, sold us our train tickets, and we qued up for the train. Still right behind this woman that had BIG DOG ISSUES........ ........
Shortly after a fellow walks up and asks me "I understand someone has a problem with your dog?" I try to explain our situation, we're just here to have a nice family day out, and the folks outside told us to bring her in............ .......... The fellow cuts me off an says " I own this farm and I like dogs better than people! And Now we're gonna show them!" The train had just pulled up and he made a point to lead us right under this womans nose to the head of the line and sat Lucy in the front car right behind the engineer. You shouldda seen her face.
After pumpkins were chosen and friends were met up with we went to the picnic area for lunch. Soon the same fella shows up and announces "We give the broken sausages to the pups" and takes some off the grill and hands them to a very grateful Lucy. Then every once in a while he'd come back and break a few so he could give her some more.
All in all that was a red letter day for the big girl