I couldn’t wait until another day to finish laying the rest of the track through the crossings and past the switches that led to the horseshoe curve back to the terminal platform. I thought I could wait until next week, but it turned out I’m a weaker man than that. I had to finish up so I could push a string of cars through it with my index finger while making ‘choo-choo-choo’ noises and imagining what it will be like when someday soon the tracks will be wired and I’ll be able to open the throttle on a big steam locomotive that will stomp its way through this stretch of track.

choo-choo