When I was a kid, the holidays meant that all of the wonderful decorations, ornaments, and special items appeared again at grampa's house. In the basement every December was an old Lionel Train. I could not tell you why I loved it so much. It had a simple oval track, and no buildings or other of the usual railroad models. The locomotive DID have a smoke stack though ... and it worked by dropping some kind of pellet into the top. Worked is a loose term meaning it smoked a little bit for a short time one year. The whole family was down there with advice and ideas to get that train to smoke as all us kids cheered them on. Of course the best part was when you could actually run the speed control yourself. Waiting for the next turn seemed like an eternity. When I think back so many years, I can still see grampa and the twinkle he had in his eye as the smell of electricity floated through the air. Amazing how something apparently so simple can make such a strong, lasting, and happy memory inside a person.
Thank you grampa ...
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