MARYSVILLE — The city’s 2009 Komatsu PC88 excavator is valued at $115,000, but that didn’t stop 3-year-old Wyatt Worthington-Johnson from jerking its controls back and forth like he was playing a video game, even as his toes barely touched the floor.

Kids of all ages got yet another chance to grab the steering wheels and honk the horns of the city’s utility, police and fire vehicles at the annual Touch-A-Truck at Asbery Field Sept. 13.

Marysville Recreation Coordinator Andrea Kingsford reported the city was among 20 organizations presenting 44 vehicles to an estimated 2,500 attendees.

“It was a huge success,” Kingsford said. “Many of the little ones have attended Touch-A-Truck since not long after they were born.”

New this year was the U.S. Army Reserve, with a Humvee, a Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Wrecker, a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle and a Biological Information Detection System, valued at a total of $1.3 million.

“These were impressive vehicles that were very popular with both kids and adults,” Kingsford said.

Also putting in its first Touch-A-Truck appearance was the Marysville Community Food Bank’s 2014 Ford Econoline box truck, which helped collect the 480 pounds of food and $51 donated at the event.

Other highlights included the Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management’s Command and Communications Van, that responded to the March 22 Oso slide, as well as Community Transit’s Enviro 500 Alexander Dennis Limited Double Decker Bus, complete with special guest Oxy Gene, and the Marysville Noon Rotary Train.

Kingsford touted Touch-A-Truck as a unique way for families to learn about the work vehicles of their community.

“During this hands-on experience, they get to explore and discover new vehicles, that they normally only see from a distance,” Kingsford said. “It gives them real insights into the operations of the community, and has that ‘Wow’ factor that kids love.”