TrainDad

It’s hard to imag­ine how the par­ent of a train buff could escape Thomas. He dom­i­nates the children’s rail­road­ing indus­try (amaz­ing, to think that such a thing exists!). We first received a “Tomy” engine, then a “TakeA­long” set, then more “Tomy.” After build­ing small col­lec­tions of those two Thomas sets, we found out about the wooden Thomas. Oh no — should we switch? I’m sure our con­fu­sion has been mir­rored a mil­lion times — what’s the best?

But then I found Geo­T­rax. I’m not want­ing to knock Thomas here; Jonathan still likes to play with them. But Geo­T­rax is so far supe­rior that I have to share it with you.

On to part 2…