Thomas the Mini Electric Motorized Model Engine

Salutations. This is Anna Moss reporting live from the kitchen table!!!!  Today, I have a very special friend I want you to meet. His name is Thomas, the Mini Electric Motorized Model Train Engine. He is one inch in hight, three and a half inches in length, and half an inch in width. He comes to us from Santa Fe, and he is a very special, very teeny comrad of mine.

I have known Thomas for nearly 2 years now. He is a trusty, hardworking train, and he truly is a good friend. Today at 5:53 PM, I took a picture of Thomas:

Thomas lives with his railroad friends in the garage of our house on a 5 by 10 foot slab of painted wood. Here is a picture of Thomas with one of his friends, Penn Salt.

Thomas' hobbies include speeding at approximately 3 mph, impressing 2 year olds, and chuffing by an old farmhouse where the tenants always say hello. The people who live in this house are about a centimeter tall, and the house itself is just a half inch smaller than he is.

If you zoom in closely, you can see one of Thomas' human friends sweeping up the back porch. She sure is tiny! My fingernail is bigger than she is.
Thomas loves to speed. He is always waiting to blur past anyone who wants to see him. Today I decided to take a picture of Thomas going at full speed. Here, check it out!

Wow! You can hardly see him!

Some day, Thomas wants to be a big engine, just like his twin brother, Gordon. Gordon is a monstrous 15 foot cargo train, who shunts supplies from New Mexico to all around the U.S. But every once in a while, Gordon and his brother Thomas get together and play! In fact, one of the train masters in Gordon's station just uploaded a picture of him on to the internet. Here he is!

Can you see the family resemblance? Well, anyway, I just wanted to introduce Thomas to all of you, because he is a very special, very miniscule train, and a most significant friend.




The photos in this post were sponsored and hosted by the Marc and Anna Moss model train set.