Lionel and Disney Dumbo 75th Anniversary O-Gauge Boxcar
In the Venn Diagram that includes Lionel O-Gauge train stuff and Disney stuff, the overlap has been small but consistent over the years. You can go to any train show (and...yes those things exist!) and find some vintage Mickey the Mouse cabooses and box cars from over the years. And if we were to map people who would have an interest in that intersection, I'd gladly raise my hand. As we've talked about before, I grew up with a Christmas Train. My Dad would break out his vintage post-war Lionel train some time after Thanksgiving and we'd set it up. Sometimes, around the tree, but at some point, my Mom relegated it to the basement. That tradition - of breaking out the Lionel train set - has been one that I've tried to bring to my own kids. And, my Dad fed the beast by giving the oldest girl - The Babe - her own set when she was 1. So, beside last year - when we were transient during the holidays - we've set up our Holiday Train. And we're...