Helen & I stumbled upon a model train store near a garden center we frequent - and knowing of the fun P,V and Ab have had on the zoo train in Portland we bought a train to circle the Christmas tree. It's nice to have a built-in rationale for buying toys. This one is the same gage Lionel as the one I had growing up but a different model - the North Pole Central (vs the Sante Fe). Special features include: high beam light, smoking locomotive, christmas carols and a nice deep whistle.
Years of fun have begun, little buddy.
