When we think of model trains, there is no doubt that the first brand that comes to mind is Hornby. They are famous for their detailed, high quality representations of the world’s most famous engines & carriages. This Santa’s Express train looks absolutely fantastic and is currently set up around our Christmas tree.
Georgie and Lydia really enjoy Thomas and Friends, and they are very into toys that allow them to build or create, too. This playset from Mega Bloks is a lovely way to combine building and playing with trains – with a motorised Thomas rolling along the track with a truck full of coal.
A few weeks ago we visited Wonderful World of Trains & Planes, a fairly new attraction that can be found in Birmingham city centre. It took us just a few minutes walk from the Snow Hill car park which is a favourite of ours, as it is reasonably priced at weekends.
On Monday we took the girls to meet Father Christmas, and much to Georgie’s approval, his grotto was located on a steam train! We headed to the Bodmin & Wenford Railway to catch one of their “Santa by Steam” trains, and we weren’t disappointed. Georgie was delighted to go for a train ride behind a …
Georgie, much to her father’s delight, is completely obsessed with all things trains. This infatuation was recently encouraged to blossom even more when we visited Thomas Land and our living room toy boxes had an influx of train related toys. When we visited North Wales this week there was no doubt in our mind that …
