Jim,
You are correct about Christmas Joy, especially with the little ones, to see them having a good time and how excited they get when they operate an operating car, or other accessory.
Merry Christmas and a Healthy and a Happy New Year,
Ralph
The house is all decorated for the holiday and the train is set up under the tree. Nothing much, just a 40" x 60" oval of FasTrack and a few favorite pieces of rolling stock. Its a mixed bag. A Rugged Rails PRR 2-8-0, the AT&SF caboose from my son's Cannonball set, a MPC boxcar, a newer log dump car, and three cars from the set I received for my 3rd Christmas in 1950, (Sonoco tanker, Lehigh Valley Hopper, & 3482 Milk Car).
Today, I spent a good portion of the afternoon playing with this train set with my 4 year old Granddaughter. Three generations later and she loves running the train, blowing the whistle, ringing the bell, dumping the logs, and "shooting" milk cans across the room! At first she called them garbage cans. Some day, I might get to explain how milk was shipped in cans to the dairies, but that's not important. Now that's Christmas joy!
Jim - Preserving the history of the NKP Cloverleaf first subdivision.
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