I still remember this moment, when I discovered this model railroad in a corner of the living room on Christmas Eve 1967. I had expected that there would be some kind of train as a present under the Christmas tree - I believe that is where a simple version of a model train (maybe out of wood) had been there at Christmas 1966 - but I cannot remember the details. I know, however, for sure that at Christmas 1967 I did expect that some kind of railway would be under the tree. And there was none... only a white Volkswagen car. So that Christmas Eve was about to become a huge disappointment.... until my parents pointed towards the corner.
And there it was - way more than I had expected. Not just a simple wooden toy train, but an electric one, actually two trains: a passenger train and a freight train. With real landscaping, trees, houses with illumination inside which that could be switched on, even a tunnel! Little did I know at that time that the layout of the tracks did not make much sense... two circles with no way of switching into each other. But my enthusiasm for model railway has been ignited that evening, and it is still there more than half a century later.
(publish date should be 24 dec 1967 - but unfortunately one cannot post a date earlier than 1 jan 1970)
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