A REALLY BIG CHOOO-CHOOOOO!!! FOR THIS BLOG!!!!
What is it about toy trains that triggers our smiling muscles? Is it their disarming little chug, chug, chug as they circle around the track beneath the Christmas tree? Or is it their tiny whistle (or not so tiny in some cases) that echoes the steam engines of the past? Or is it just that humans like anything in miniature?
I lived in West Berlin, Germany, for my last two years of high school and I came home from school one day to discover that my dad had bought a wonderful “Lehmann Gross Bahn” toy train! The “Lehmann Large Train” is the largest gauge toy train that I’ve ever seen, though admittedly I am no expert on such things. During their four years in Germany, Dad added to the train each year until he had six cars and many other add-ons such as a Gandy Dancer, gates that…
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By the Mighty Mumford 
Well, aren’t you lovely?! Thank you so much for reblogging this post! There is something about trains and Christmas and happiness that all just go together…oh, and being reblogged…that makes for happiness too! 🙂
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My pleasure! Besides your wonderful story, come see what else I have?
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Indeed I shall!
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THANK YOU! 🙂
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