Interesting, your comment about willing it to him.... About two weeks ago, I let him pick out which of my locos he would want to have if "something were to happen to Papa." He chose and was granted [on my demise] the Railbus. For that reason, I took it over to my daughter's house to run with the critter. The other two grandkids were also delighted.
JimC.
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