MARYSVILLE — While he happily snapped a picture of his daughter, Kristine, 7, Michael Kingsley quipped that he hopes the scene doesn’t repeat itself in the future.

Kristine was one of probably hundreds of youngsters who climbed in the back of one of the city’s police vehicles during the annual Touch a Truck at Asbery Field on Sept. 13.

Touch a Truck allows youngsters of all ages to get behind the wheels of trucks of all kinds, from ambulances to snow plows.

For this year’s event, police, fire and EMS vehicles of all shapes and sizes drew big crowds at the north end of the field, while a bus, city work trucks and construction equipment dominated the south end. Horns honked constantly as youngsters climbed in and out of the various big rigs.

“It’s just a good, fun thing for the kids,” said Kingsley, who made the trip up from

Lynnwood with Kristine and son, Jason, 4.

Jason was a little shy in talking with a reporter, but not in telling his dad he was more than wiling to stand in line for a chance to sit on a police motorcycle.

Over by the fire department rigs, firefighters Ronnie Morton and Tyler Dormaier were busy helping kids on and off their unit. Morton noted they disconnected the truck’s horn after a while, and Dormaier joked with youngsters about not hitting certain controls mounted behind the truck’s cab.

The city’s various displays included a 1953 Chevy one-ton truck, which city employee Dana Lambert said once was used as a dump truck.

“It was a good workhorse in its day,” said Lambert, who has been with the city long enough to remember using the truck.

Out of regular service since 1981, the vehicle has been thoroughly restored by city employees and now is brought out only for special events such as Touch a Truck.